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SPEAK JAPANESE TODAY -- A Little Language Goes a Long Way!
SPEAK JAPANESE TODAY A Little Language Goes a Long Way
Author: Boye Lafayette De Mente
Speak Japanese Today is designed for anyone who comes into contact with Japanese and wants to communicate with them in their own language. It includes basic greetings, farewells, telling time, everyday expressions about the weather, giving directions, telling distances, counting, money, telephoning and much more. Speak Japanese Today...  more » is unique in that it also provides vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, stewardesses, Immigration officials, Customs officials, hotel staff, restaurant staff, bartenders, shop clerks, taxi drivers, tour guides, doctors, people hosting Japanese students, and more. With a little practice, a person can communicate as many as 500 key concepts using only a 100-word vocabulary. Speak Japanese Today contains more than 700 key words -- which is close to the total number of words most people use in their own language in the course of a day. All of the words and expressions in the book are given in Romanized Japanese along with an easy-to-master pronunciation phonetic system that uses standard English. Just pronounce the phonetics as if they were English, and the sounds come out "in Japanese!" Whatever your contact with the Japanese, you'll find this book of enormous help in being a goodwill ambassador through their language!
ISBN-13: 9780914778462
ISBN-10: 0914778463
Publication Date: 2/27/2006
Pages: 176
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Publisher: (dba) Phoenix Books / Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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