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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 3 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than three million people to date. Designed for newcomers to the language, Talk Now! is the perfect method to access a wealth of comprehensive fundamental vocabulary and accurate pronunciation in one user-friendly plan packed with useful words, a picture dictionary, and quizzes. Anyone over 10 years of age will find the program indispensable for improving listening, understanding and spoken language skills. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Package Length: | 7.7 inches | | Package Width: | 5.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 9 reviews |
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| | System Requirements | | Platform: | Windows XP / Mac OS X | | Media: | CD-ROM | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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| | Features | The "intelligent" software feature remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak pointsExtensive basic vocabulary from first words, food, colors, phrases, parts of the body and numbers, to telling time, shopping and countriesEach of the target languages for Talk Now! has help available in an additional 102 languages ¿ simply choose the flag of your native country in the beginning of the program & EuroTalk¿s Talk Now! Program will provide instruction in your native languageEach topic contains listening practice, an easy game, a hard game, a printable dictionary as well as the opportunity to record your voice and hear how you sound in comparison to the two native speakers who tutor the user throughout the Talk Now! courseEach question that is answered correctly increases the user's score - get an answer wrong and points will be lost. There are 1800 points in total to gain from the disc. A full score earns the user a 'Gold Award'
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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Love it, very helpful! Jun 22, 2008
By amazonguppy
I'm traveling to Ethiopia soon and I wanted to become familiar with the language. Amharic is a very difficult language but this CD offers great immersion into it. It doesn't offer any grammatical education or full sentences. It is vocabulary based and the words and short phrases are divided into sections such as Food, Basics, etc. Each word is pronounced by a mail and female voice and is shown in English ( or other language you choose) as well as in Amharic script. There are also options to be quizzed and play games with the different vocabulary. You can also record yourself saying the words and compare it to the program's pronunciation. This is a great CD for learning how this language sounds and practicing saying it. I highly recommend it!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 CD not compatible with latest version of iTunes 10 Feb 02, 2011
By Alphalaydie
I purchased this item because I wanted to supplement my written Amarigna lessons with audio. This CD helps a little ... but it fails to provide you with ALL forms of each word. For example, when saying "Please" only the word used to address a male is taught. You will definitely embarrass yourself by saying "Ibakow" to a female! In my opinion, you really need to have a rudimentary understanding of the masculine/feminine/elder/plural forms of certain words before you think about using this CD. I will admit that this CD will definitely help you with pronunciation, which is why I gave it 3 starts and not 2. THE BIGGEST problem with this CD is that it is not compatible with the newest version of iTunes. I tried to download it to my iPod and learned quite quickly (well... after attempting to download the CD at least 5 times and getting the same message telling me to update my iTunes software). Having the ability to listen/learn during my daily commute was an added incentive when I decided to purchase this item, so I was quite disappointed when it didn't work out. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of relatively inexpensive learning materials for Amarigna. This was a cheap find (and Rosetta Stone does not offer Amarigna ...boo) so you might as well go ahead and try this one out. I would also suggest going on youtube and searching "amharic lessons" to find some VERY helpful learning videos provided by the LOJ society.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Wonderful method, but lacks important key phrases Dec 11, 2010
By MarinaMama
I love using this program; it's a great way to hear the language and to practice with as much repetition as I need. However, I find the phrases section lacking many key phrases as "YaYa" commented. "Where is the toilet?" "How are you?" "I am fine" "What's your name?" are some obvious omissions. I also purchased the Lonely Planet phrasebook which is very useful, but I like to practice with Talk Now. I just wish it were more complete. Update: I just found internetpolyglot online for free! Now I can practice more phrases, hearing them first. There're probably even more free resources online to find!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Generic but does the job! Sep 10, 2010
By J. A. Berlin
The characters are generic, and there is nothing culturally ethiopian about this product AT ALL... except the fact that they have an amharic-speaking voice dubbed into the mouths of the generic people. For BEGINNERS, this is great.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Helpful Introduction Sep 30, 2010
By Larry Pediford
It is a very helpful introduction to Amharic pronounciation, as it is interactive, and can correct you if you pronounce the words incorrectly. It does'nt teach you the Amharic syllabary/alphabet, but it has many features like speech recording, which compares your pronounciation to the speakers on the CD, many words to learn and a dictionary which you can print. A good choice for beginners.
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