Colloquial Gujarati provides a step-by-step course in Gujarati as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Gujarati in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Key features include:
• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Gujarati will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Gujarati.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
By:
Jagdish Dave Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 400g ISBN:9781138958401 ISBN 10: 1138958409 Series:Colloquial Series Publication Date:05 August 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Acknowledgements Introduction Abbreviations Gujarati alphabet and script Map of Gujarat Gujarati alphabet and script 1 કેમ છો? kem chho? 2 પોસ્ટ ઑફિસે post Ophise 3 સાથે ખરીદી કરવા sāthe kharidi karvā 4 ટેલિફોનમાં વાતચીત tòeliphonmaāÞ vātchit 5 સ્ટેશન તરફ stòeshan taraph 6 હોટેલમાં hotòelmāÞ 7 જૂના મિત્રોની મુલાકાતે junā mitroni mulākāte 8 નિશાળમાં nishālòmāÞ 9 ગુજરાતી ફિલ્મો gujarāti philmo 10 હવાઈ મથકનું ઉદ્દઘાટન havāi mathak nuÞ udghātan 11 થિયેટર તરફ thietòar taraph 12 પ્રેસ પર pres par 13 ગાંધીજીની સંસ્થાઓમાં gāndhijini sansthāomāÞ 14 પત્રલેખન patralekhan 15 ભાષાંતર bhāshāntar Translation Key to exercises English–Gujarati glossary Thematic English–Gujarati glossary Gujarati–English glossary Thematic Gujarati–English glossary Grammatical index
