Survival Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary: How to Communicate without Fuss or Fear Instantly! (Korean Phrasebook & Dictionary)
By (Author) Boye Lafayette De Mente
Revised by Woojoo Kim
Illustrated by Akiko Saito
Tuttle Publishing
Tuttle Publishing
26th April 2016
12th May 2016
Second Edition
United States
General
Non Fiction
Language phrasebooks
495.783421
Paperback
192
Width 102mm, Height 152mm
142g
A handy Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language, "Survival Korean" contains basic vocabulary necessary for getting around Korea. This book contains all the necessary words and phrases for speaking Korean in any kind of setting. Perfect for students, tourists, or business people learning Korean or travelling to Korea, it also contains a b
"The travel vocabulary was especially helpful. Some of the smaller towns we explored did not have a lot of English speakers, and so we had to rely on my Korean skills to navigate the buses, trains, and taxis. And these books are small, so they fit easily into a purse or backpack without weighing you down." -- These Temporary Tents blog
Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird: The School of Global Management). His 70-plus books include Instant Korean, Instant Chinese, Survival Chinese, Survival Japanese, Asian Face Reading, Kata and Korean Business Etiquette.