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.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Abbreviations
Gujarati alphabet and script
Map of Gujarat
Gujarati alphabet and script
1 ??? ??? kem chho?
2 ????? ????? post Ophise
3 ???? ????? ???? sathe kharidi karva
4 ?????????? ?????? tòeliphonmaaÞ vatchit
5 ?????? ??? stòeshan taraph
6 ???????? hotòelmaÞ
7 ???? ???????? ???????? juna mitroni mulakate
8 ???????? nishalòmaÞ
9 ??????? ?????? gujarati philmo
10 ???? ?????? ???????? havai mathak nuÞ udghatan
11 ?????? ??? thietòar taraph
12 ????? ?? pres par
13 ????????? ?????????? gandhijini sansthaomaÞ
14 ???????? patralekhan
15 ??????? bhashantar
Translation
Key to exercises
English-Gujarati glossary
Thematic English-Gujarati glossary
Gujarati-English glossary
Thematic Gujarati-English glossary
Grammatical index