Italian For Tourists a phrasebook published through the online content marketplace Lulu.com, is a basic guide to the Italian language covering phrases and words most needed by tourists. It includes all the words and phrases a tourist is likely to need during their stay in Italy as well as a pronunciation guide.The phrasebook is divided into 16 chapters including; Emergency, The basics, Common expressions, Learning Italian, Greetings and introducing yourself, Transport, Hotel, Sightseeing, Asking and giving directions, Food and drink, Health, Shopping, Offices and bureaucracy and Signs and notices. For easy reference, English words and phrases are printed in bold black type, while the Italian translations are shown in green.
What others say about the book: “Very handy and a light load to carry! I love the feature…that you can print off only the pages you need! There is always so much to lug around when traveling. Thanks for a great service to the travel-world! And so accessible! No waiting for book to be shipped out!”. Tanya Rice, writer
Jo Linsdell came to Italy from the UK 6 years ago and now lives in Rome working as a freelance writer. She wrote the book drawing on her own experience. She explains “A tourist doesn’t need to know everything about Italian grammar or the in’s and out’s of buying an apartment. They want to have an easy to use reference book of the language they will need to use and understand during their stay”.
Jo Linsdell is a freelance writer who lives in Rome with her Italian fiancé. She is available for comment at jo_bins@yahoo.com.
I have Italian at school and have been to Italia in Sep 2006 and I just love the country!
But even with 1 + year of learning the language I hardly understand them – wish I had a book like that with me!
This looks like a good book! I don’t know Italian
rory, you should definately try to visit that country one time in your life!
It’s in Europe,too,but totally different from my country…I can’t really tell why, there must be something in the air in Italy
The only thing I was disappointed about was the food.
My mom cooks a lot of italian food that I love, but the food I got to taste in Italy was sweet – everything! noodles, vegetables…
I will visit it. And I bet I’ll love it! =D
Be sure to visit both south and north and of course venezia since it won’t be there a long time anymore!