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