Survival Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary: How to Communicate Without Fuss or Fear Instantly! (Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary)

by Boyé Lafayette de Mente

Book Overview

A handy Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language, Survival Korean contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around Korea.

This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Korean in any setting. Perfect for students, tourists, or business people learning Korean or traveling to Korea, it also contains a beginner guide to the Korean language, allowing for a deeper understanding of Korean than a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804845611
• ISBN13: 9780804845618
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.0" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Well done but with one glaring omission.

As far as phrasebooks go this is a superior effort. It has the right balance of basic grammar, essential travel phrases, and culture notes to get one going without being intimidated by the Korean language. Particularly useful was the section on counting which has different forms depending upon what is being counted. All words and phases are given in romanized form as well as in Korean script. The booklet concludes with a short but handy vocabulary list. What is missing is a pronunciation guide for the Korean alphabet. While the author does furnish a table indicating how Korean vowels are pronounced, it is presented in romanized form with no accompanying Korean script. This is unfortunate because it is relatively easy to follow Korean pronunciation when reading from written Korean. Despite this flaw, this is one of the better phrasebooks available.