Lonely Planet South Pacific Phrasebook

Your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Chat over dinner with a local family in Fiji, understand the hula in Hawaii, and join a traditional umukai feast in Rarotonga – all with your trusted travel companion.

Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation! Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips. Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary. Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology, meet friends with conversation starter phrases, and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

Inside you'll find full-colour pages with a user-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories. Survival phrases are inside the front cover for at-a-glance reference, plus convenient features including 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go, 10 Ways to Start a Sentence, 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local, and handy shortcuts. Comprehensive coverage includes basics like time, dates and grammar rules; practical travel topics from sightseeing to transport; social situations from meeting people to romance; safe travel essentials for emergencies and medical needs; and food vocabulary for ordering, markets and restaurants.

The perfect choice for language students and travellers looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in the culture of the South Pacific.