[Idyllchat] Italian phrase book?

[Jay Cloidt]

Langenscheidt makes great dictionaries. I used their Russian-English
dictionary when I was studying Russian, and I use their Italian-English
dictionary now that I'm studying Italian. I carry it in my bag when I travel
to Italy, though I forgot it this past September when we went to Ticino. I
was excited by the fact that I was able to get along without it now.

  - Jay

On Feb 18, 2008 11:25 PM, Pete and Maggie Haggart <haggart at moscow.com>
wrote:

>  We picked up and used a lot a small pocket dictionary - English to
> Italian and Italian to English - that came in very handy when dealing with
> parking meters and such. It has a yellow cover and is called:
>
> *Langenscheidt's, Italian - English*
> **
> It is available at most bookstores (Borders) and we actually got ours in
> an Italian bookstore!
> **
> *Happy Traveling*
>
> Pete
>
> Peter and Margaret Haggart
> haggart at moscow.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jerry Clancy <jclancy at billtrak.com>
> *To:* David Wayland <dfwayl at embarqmail.com> ; idyllchat at lists.untours.com
> *Sent:* Monday, February 18, 2008 7:05 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Idyllchat] Italian phrase book?
>
> I think the Rick Steves recommendation is a good one. There is also the
> Marling Menu-Master for Italy which includes phrases but we found a
> dictionary faster for translating menus (partly because of the way the
> former is organized).
>
> Cassell's (which makes the "bible" Italian-English Dictionary) has an
> interesting and inexpensive companion paperback called "Colloquial Italian -
> A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage" (ISBN 0-02-079440-1). It won't help you in
> real time but it does make for interesting reading. For example and to use a
> common phrase, it presents half a page on the usage of *buon giorno* and
> its variations (*buona sera, buona notte*, etc.) and when to use them.
> It's the kind of handbook you browse.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> At 07:59 PM 2/18/2008, David Wayland wrote:
>
> We're headed to South Tuscany in October.  Others have suggested taking an
> Italian phrase book.  Does anyone have any suggestions for a good one?
> Thanks.  David Wayland
>
>
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