Colloquial Estonian

Christopher Moseley worked for two decades for the BBC World Service, specialising in Baltic affairs, and is now a freelance translator and editor, as well as Latvian teaching fellow at SSEES. He has a particular interest in endangered and minority languages. He is the author of Colloquial Estonian (1994) and Colloquial Latvian (1996) and the general editor of the Routledge/Curzon Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (2007) and the general editor (with R.E. Asher) of the Atlas of the World’s Languages (2007).

• Introduction  The Sounds of Estonian  1 Kaks vana sopra – Two old Friends  2 Telefon – The telephone  3 Kohvikus – In a café  4 Tartus – In Tartu  5 Pireti juures – Visiting Piret  6 Nädala päevad – Days of the week  7 Sünnipäev – A birthday  8 Riided – Clothing  9 Piret ostab riideid – Piret buys clothes  10 Ilm ja aastaajad – Weather and the seasons  11 Kauplustes – Shopping  12 Tööolu – Working life  13 Perekonna elu – Family life  14 Meresõit – Sailing  15 Küllakutse – An invitation  16 Eesti kirjandus – Estonian literature  17 Kaubamajas – At a department store  18 Eesti novell – An Estonian short story  19 Rongisõit – A train journey  20 Jõulud – Christmas  Key to exercises  Ready-reference grammar  Glossary of grammatical terms  Estonian – English glossary  English – Estonian glossary  Grammatical index

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