Czech-English/English-Czech Concise Dictionary

by Nina Trnka

A concise Czech-English/English-Czech dictionary. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870529811
• ISBN13: 9780870529818
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.0" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

A great little Czech dictionary

In my quest to learn Czech, I have now purchased four pocket English/Czech dictionaries, this being the last of the four. I have now cast the other three away. This book is obviously directed to native English speakers trying to learn Czech. The pronunciation guide is very easy to use. My only complaint about the book is the "typewriter" script it uses. I would prefer seeing more of a standard type style, such as is used in the other Hippocrene books I own. As a side note, I am impressed with all my Hippocrene language books.

It serves its purpose

This is a small dictionary that I have used extensively in my long struggle with the Czech language. It's small enough and cheap enough to be carried around easily and gives you a ton of words to learn whenever you get the chance. I use my huge Czech printed dictionaries for more intensive home study and take this book around wherever I go. I recommend it along with other works by this author. (By the way, other reviewers really need to loosen up, what do you really expect out of a small abridged dictionary that can be had in a used English language book store for kc50?)

I disagree!

I happen to think this book is extremely helpful and handy. Its size is perfect for throwing into my backpack for my weekend trips, and I use it constantly to communicate better with my boyfriend's parents, who are from Morava and speak next to no English. They also think it's a good book and use it as frequently as I. It's a great book to use in conjunction with Naughton's book (Naughton's book is a little light on phonics); as someone who loves language, I realize that no dictionary in any language is going to be perfect or complete. I've had my copy for three months now and I've had no problems with the spine, ink, or any other part of the book and I use it just about every day.

Nina Trnka dictionary is very handy for travellers

Some of the people who wrote a review for this dictionary and gave it one star have no idea what they're talking about. This dictionary was created for travellers to use while they were trying to bus or backpack their way through the Czech Republic and wasn't intended for use in an intensive Czech language study. You people make this out to be the worst dictionary ever written. You are mistaken. I personally used this dictionary on my recent trip to Moravia and found it very helpful for travellers, so you "so called" Czech dictionary experts should consider what this dictionary was intended for before you go slamming it and giving it only one star.