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Burmese Phrasebook | 
 enlarge | Authors: San San Hnin Tun, Vicky Bowman
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
List Price: $8.99
Buy New: $4.27
You Save: $4.72 (53%)
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 273965
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Pages: 228
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 3.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 1741040272
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781741040272
ASIN: 1741040272
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
Cross-cultural communication is easy in Myanmar - a smile will do the trick. But just a few words of Burmese will reward you with an enthusiastic reception. Test your bargaining skills at the many colorful markets or try your hand at karaoke Burmese-style. Get where you're going as you tour on a trishaw or chat with the locals as you party at a pwe. Whatever you choose, you won't be stuck for words!
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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No major changes December 4, 2008
Li Chan (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
WARNING!! There is no substantial difference between the 3rd and 4th editions of the Burmese phrasebook. Calling it a new edition is a bit of a misrepresentation. The page numbering, titles, subtitles, phrases, and dictionaries are unchanged, only the 4 pages on whether to visit Myanmar at the end of the 3rd edition has been replaced by 3 pages of sustainable travel phrases by San San Hnin Tun in the 4th edition. So if you have the 3rd edition, save your money. If you don't, then buy the 4th edition.
Useful and helpful...but not as comprehensive as other Lonely Planet Phrasebooks May 27, 2007
Ko Thi Ha
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Here's what it comes down to: If you're going to Myanmar/Burma and don't have a phrase book, then get this one for yourself and tell everyone else you're going with to get it!
I lived in Myanmar for a while and found this quite useful, especially back when I knew only a few words of Burmese. I would stumble through and try to pronounce the text and fail miserably (though not the fault of the book as they do a good job trying to discuss pronounciation).
Then I would point to the word or phrase in the book. The person I'm "talking" with would then stare at the page for a moment, see the Burmese script, then understand what I was trying to say.
Now that I can do basic conversation and basic reading/writing, I've found it to be a good resourse to keep on hand.
So, if you're going to Myanmar/Burma, take this phrasebook along, you won't regret it, even if you do have to point to the text because of your poor pronounciation!!
My only complaint is that there were times where it seemed additional phrases should be included in this type of phrasebook to make it as comprehensive as other ones.
By the way, just about everyone I showed this phrasebook to wanted a copy so they could learn more English. You might even want to order a few extra for your trip to give away.
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