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Introduction Welcome to Complete Welsh! If you are an adult learner with no previous knowledge of the Welsh language and are studying on your own, then this is the course for you. If, however, you are already attending Welsh classes, you will find this book a useful aid and valuable revision...

A holiday, a business trip, an interest in world affairs or in the riches of Russian culture and history - there are many reasons for learning Russian, a language spoken throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the USSR) by more than 285 million people (for about half of whom...

INTRODUCTION Arabie is a Semitic language and so different from those usually studied in Europe ; this is perhaps the main difficulty, there are none of the familiar landmarks. The verbs ' have ' and ' be ' do not exist ; when ' be ' is indispensable, ' become ' is used as a substitute and it...

INTRODUCTIONThe Cantonese LanguageCantonese is one form or "dialect" of the Chinese language. It is spoken in Kwangtung, the most south-easterly province of China, of which Canton is the capital. The word 'Canton' is a rather rough rendering by early European visitors of the name of the province,...

PREFACEThe present volume has been written for those who wish to acquire a knowledge of Dutch by private study. This has made it necessary to be rather more explicit on minor points than would have been the case if the book were intended for use with a teacher, and to devote special attention to...