--- product_id: 47508281 title: "Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Audio CD" price: "₹ 636" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/47508281-beginners-bengali-bangla-with-audio-cd store_origin: IN region: India --- # Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Audio CD **Price:** ₹ 636 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Audio CD - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 636 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/47508281-beginners-bengali-bangla-with-audio-cd) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Audio CD: 9780781813525: Thompson, Dr. Hanne-Ruth: Books Review: Excellent book for learning Bengali - A new Bengali learning book from Hippocrene Press has been published by Hanne-Ruth Thompson, author of the magisterial 700-page "Bengali --A Comprehensive Grammar" as well as other Bengali language books. This is "Beginner's Bengali". This is definitely one of the best Bengali study books in the not-too-enormous field of Bengali. It starts with information for total beginners up through a strong basic knowledge, along with plentiful exercises, and encouraging comments and information about study methods. Thompson's approach is informed by many years of classroom teaching of Bengali, a real affection for the ins and outs and peculiarities of the Bengali language and shows a very clear understanding of what the stumbling blocks are for a foreign learner and how to deal with them. It is a book which demands real study and focus from the learner, but is definitely a valuable resource when learning a language which is both dimly familiar and grammatically confounding for a speaker of Romance languages. The book features a CD of readings. It also has a wealth of well-organized and culturally useful information, such as Exercise Answer keys, Bangla Grammar Overview, Using Bangla Dictionaries, basic dictionaries of Bangal and English, a clear explanation (!) of the Inherent Vowel, verb charts, Common Verbs, a complete list of Muslim and Hindu family relations, Months and Seasons. These are what you would hope to find in a good language book, though you might not get all of them. There are additional features, some of which, to my knowledge, are not available elsewhere, such as unless you seek out Bengali A Comprehensive Grammar. These are lists of peculiarly Bengali forms like Common Compound Verbs and Common Conjunct Verbs. If you ask a Bengali for a list of these he/she will draw a blank but they are constantly in use and yet can be hard to find in dictionaries. My only complaint could be that the audio in the CD has, for some odd reason, way too much reverb in the men's recordings. Not the women's, at least. We are using this book in our New York Bengali class. I cannot recommend one single book more highly. Review: Perfect for Bengali Learners!!! - So a bit of a disclaimer: Firstly i am not done with the book yet, I am at around chapter 4, but I will update my review when I'm finished. Another disclaimer is that I am at a advanced level of Hindi, so I'm not sure how much that effects my review. If you are a serious learner of Bengali, this book is absolutely awesome! The book starts out with a section on reading and writing the Bengali script. It is a very basic introduction to the script. I think the Teach Yourself Bengali did a better job at teaching the script, but still the introduction is quite good. the book continues with dialogues and grammar. The dialogues are long and filled with a lot of good phrases and then they follow with an English Translation. One thing I really like about the book is that it also translates the exact word order so you know where to put the word. This really helps with a language like Bengali since the word order is different. The audio is great and the voices are very clear. And this is just my opinion but I absolutely love the way Bengali sounds, it is super sweet and so fun to listen too! Another feature I love is the review exercises, they aren't extremely hard but not super easy either. They are perfect. Another thing I want to point out is you can tell how much the author loves Bengali while reading this book. You can tell she really loves the language and wants others to learn it. I think this book is great and I am so glad I got it. I can't wait to finish it! I have used many books for Bengali and this one so far has been my favorite. Hippocrene, please add more Indian languages! :) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #4,450,584 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,189 in Foreign Language Instruction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (60) | | Dimensions | 6 x 1 x 9 inches | | Edition | Bilingual | | ISBN-10 | 0781813522 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0781813525 | | Item Weight | 1.12 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 348 pages | | Publication date | March 31, 2017 | | Publisher | Hippocrene Books | ## Images ![Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Audio CD - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81glB0Wq4+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book for learning Bengali *by D***S on November 29, 2017* A new Bengali learning book from Hippocrene Press has been published by Hanne-Ruth Thompson, author of the magisterial 700-page "Bengali --A Comprehensive Grammar" as well as other Bengali language books. This is "Beginner's Bengali". This is definitely one of the best Bengali study books in the not-too-enormous field of Bengali. It starts with information for total beginners up through a strong basic knowledge, along with plentiful exercises, and encouraging comments and information about study methods. Thompson's approach is informed by many years of classroom teaching of Bengali, a real affection for the ins and outs and peculiarities of the Bengali language and shows a very clear understanding of what the stumbling blocks are for a foreign learner and how to deal with them. It is a book which demands real study and focus from the learner, but is definitely a valuable resource when learning a language which is both dimly familiar and grammatically confounding for a speaker of Romance languages. The book features a CD of readings. It also has a wealth of well-organized and culturally useful information, such as Exercise Answer keys, Bangla Grammar Overview, Using Bangla Dictionaries, basic dictionaries of Bangal and English, a clear explanation (!) of the Inherent Vowel, verb charts, Common Verbs, a complete list of Muslim and Hindu family relations, Months and Seasons. These are what you would hope to find in a good language book, though you might not get all of them. There are additional features, some of which, to my knowledge, are not available elsewhere, such as unless you seek out Bengali A Comprehensive Grammar. These are lists of peculiarly Bengali forms like Common Compound Verbs and Common Conjunct Verbs. If you ask a Bengali for a list of these he/she will draw a blank but they are constantly in use and yet can be hard to find in dictionaries. My only complaint could be that the audio in the CD has, for some odd reason, way too much reverb in the men's recordings. Not the women's, at least. We are using this book in our New York Bengali class. I cannot recommend one single book more highly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect for Bengali Learners!!! *by M***A on April 30, 2017* So a bit of a disclaimer: Firstly i am not done with the book yet, I am at around chapter 4, but I will update my review when I'm finished. Another disclaimer is that I am at a advanced level of Hindi, so I'm not sure how much that effects my review. If you are a serious learner of Bengali, this book is absolutely awesome! The book starts out with a section on reading and writing the Bengali script. It is a very basic introduction to the script. I think the Teach Yourself Bengali did a better job at teaching the script, but still the introduction is quite good. the book continues with dialogues and grammar. The dialogues are long and filled with a lot of good phrases and then they follow with an English Translation. One thing I really like about the book is that it also translates the exact word order so you know where to put the word. This really helps with a language like Bengali since the word order is different. The audio is great and the voices are very clear. And this is just my opinion but I absolutely love the way Bengali sounds, it is super sweet and so fun to listen too! Another feature I love is the review exercises, they aren't extremely hard but not super easy either. They are perfect. Another thing I want to point out is you can tell how much the author loves Bengali while reading this book. You can tell she really loves the language and wants others to learn it. I think this book is great and I am so glad I got it. I can't wait to finish it! I have used many books for Bengali and this one so far has been my favorite. Hippocrene, please add more Indian languages! :) ### ⭐⭐⭐ Beginner’s Bengali with audio CD *by C***R on April 5, 2021* There is nothing wrong with the book. 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