Costa Rican Spanish: Lonely Planet Phrasebook |  | Authors: Thomas Kohnstamm, Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 53177
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 3.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1740591194
Dewey Decimal Number: 468.2421097286
EAN: 9781740591195
ASIN: 1740591194
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
Lounging around in a resort will make great use of your English. You could, however, grab this phrasebook and trade tiquismos with the Ticos, chase the best beach break, track down a toucan and go home knowing youve had an all-round pura vida time.
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 Great for the whole family January 12, 2009
Judith L. Cline (Rockville, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I took a copy of this book on our family vacation to Costa Rica over winter break and it got passed along to all family members ages 10 - 75! Everyone got something from the book and my sister purchased another copy while we in Costa Rica. The small size was handy, very light weight and the contents are organized logically.
Great for a vacation trip! February 18, 2009
D. R. Coleman (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although I'm glad I read other reviews about the use of the formal you instead of familiar that is addressed in the book, overall, I am much more pleased with the layout and content of the this compact travel book than some of the reviews had led me to believe.
Good for a Refresher May 13, 2009
Timothy Miller (MD)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is nice to have when your going on a vacation. It's really going to help. My spanish is really dusty. This little guide will help out alot.
OK for beginners November 21, 2009
William (Aurora, Colombia)
Book is fine for beginning Spanish speakers but only somewhat useful to semi-fluent Spanish speakers.
 Inferior to previous edition February 4, 2007
PDSF (SF, CA USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
This 2nd edition is more than just a beauty cleanup of the 1st. It completely changes the content, the intent and therefore the usefulness of the book. It is full of pronunciations, painstakingly spelled out as if someone was going to read them preferentially over the Spanish words. It's sort of lame, because Spanish pronunciation is basically invariable (accents aren't, of course) and if you are having trouble with it that is best fixed with a different book. It seems like there is less information, because a big chunk of the page has gone over to pronunciations. It has been scrubbed of most of the sketchier inclusions of the 1st edition, which are fun. The very useful verb endings charts and some of the Tiquismo sidebars are gone. I also find the typeface harder to read in dim light, especially the dictionary. On the plus side, it is prettier, and perhaps better organized and easier to find information.
I had my 1st edition stolen while down there. I hadn't been in a hurry to replace it, but the minute I received this 2nd edition, I scoured the 'net to locate another 1st. You should consider the same.
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