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