Colloquial Norwegian: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series (Multimedia)) (Paperback)

by Kari Bratveit (Author) "You will find many Norwegian words easily recognizable..." (more)
Key Phrases: ikke noen, lukke doren, til sengs, Roald Amundsen, Infinitive Present, Infinitive Stem Past (more...)

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Product Description
The most up-to-date presentation of both spoken and written Norwegian available--with the added feature of paying particular attention to the most recent changes in this evolving language. The affordable price makes this the perfect accompaniment for the traveler.

Language Notes
Text: English, Norwegian --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Pap/Com/Ca edition (April 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415110114
• ISBN-13: 978-0415110112
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #586,251 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the intermediate beginner, August 15, 2001

By	cptkomando "cptkomando" (Colorado Springs, Co United States) - See all my reviews

I'm in the military and began learning Norwegian for an upcoming exercise. I found this book rather informative, but too fast paced for the beginner. Luckily this was my third Norwegian instruction book.

I would reccommend that beginners start out with the book "Norwegian in 10 minutes a Day", as this will give you a basic understanding of the pronunciation by actually translating it phonetically next to the 'norsk ord'. As you go through the book, you will become used to the pronunciation of the words rather than having to flip to the pronunciation pages in other books. Once you have finished your "10 minutes a Day" book, I would recommend this book (with the tapes) or the Teach Yourself series.

I managed to study about 30 minutes a day for 6 weeks and scored fairly decent on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (1/1+). This language is fairly easy for English speakers, so good luck!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book to begin, November 7, 2001

By	Rafael Tello (Oslo Norway) - See all my reviews

If you are going to begin to learn Norwegian from this book I would strongly recommend to buy it with the audio cassettes. The book is really good with the grammar and vocabulary but you must have an idea of the grammar terminology to get the most from this book.
This book helped me when I moved to Norway so I could have a "survival" vocabulary once in Norway and be very independent in my daily activities.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just great, especially the cassettes, June 1, 2000

By A Customer

This book contains grammar, vocabulary, conversations, just everything. This book is designed for beginners who have never learned norwegian. But after studying this book, you will have no problem with simple conversations. I particularly liked the cassettes. The narator explains norwegian easy to understand. You can learn norwegian simply by hearing the cassettes. I recommend you to buy cassettes because the norwegian language has a weird accent.