Making Friends in Italy
An Italian Phrasebook
Andrea Paleologo
You’ve used a phrasebook in a foreign country, right? So, you know how frustrating it can be to find anything in them. All the words and phrases are scattered helter-skelter in 10 or 12 categories. And those that apply to socializing and making friends are in pitifully short supply. Romance? Ha-ha, forget it! You’ll have more luck with phrases for customs agents and porters.
“Making Friends in Italy; An Italian Phrasebook” is one of a new series of phrasebooks that radically changes all of that. Breaking loose from the usual fixation with taxis, hotels, and restaurants, this English-Italian phrasebook provides thousands of words and phrases for getting acquainted, socializing, making friends, having fun, and even pursuing romance in Italy.
You won’t spend long minutes looking for what you want to say, either. The phrases and terms in “Making Friends in Italy” are grouped under their alphabetized key words (as in a dictionary), making it quick and easy to find desired expressions. Suppose you want to say, “Would you like to go to a concert?”. You can look under “concert” or under “go”. Elapsed time: 6 seconds.
To help with other aspects of the language, the phrasebook includes 12 appendices dealing with pronunciation, grammar, numbers, time, occupations, metric measurements, heights and weights, glossaries of food and drink, and websites to meet Italians.
The 432-page phrasebook comes in a softcover pocketbook format and can be purchased retail for $9.95 in many bookstores, as well as through the major online booksellers. Booksellers and libraries please order through Baker & Taylor www.btol.com.