201 Swedish Verbs (201 verbs series) (Paperback)

by Richard Auletta (Author), Leif Sjoberg (Editor)

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Product Description
Verbs are presented alphabetically, one verb to a page, and shown in all of their forms.

Language Notes
Text: English, Swedish

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (December 31, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812005287
• ISBN-13: 978-0812005288
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #212,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good reference to Swedish verbs, May 21, 2000

By	mc - See all my reviews

This is a very good book for learning Swedish verbs as well as changes that are occurring in the Swedish language. It gives alternate forms that are used in historical or formal situations as well as those constructions used in more contemporary daily speech. Overall I think if you memorize the verbs in this book and practice the conjugations you will not have any problem with the Swedish language. Thankfully Swedish and English share a common history and that makes it easier for an English speaker to learn Swedish. If you know Swedish you will also understand much written and some spoken Danish since Swedish and Danish are closely related. You will also understand much Norwegian. Therefore I highly recommend getting this book to help you get a start on Swedish and the other Scandinavian languages.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good As Any In The 201/501 Verb Series, December 9, 2002

By	"polyglot15" (Ardmore, PA United States) - See all my reviews

While the conjugation patterns of Swedish verbs are relatively simple and do not require the same schematic analysis as, say, the verbs of Russian or Hebrew, Richard Auletta has gone beyond the mere compiling of Swedish verbs and offered the reader a truly valuable explanation of Swedish verbal morphology. The first part of the book is dedicated to this explanation, presenting the various classes of verbs, the rules behind the morphology, and the history of some archaic forms. Auletta's explanation of the nature of Swedish verbs will serve and interest the student long after he or she has actually learned to conjugate most verbs.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your solution to Swedish strong verbs, November 15, 2003

By	"adamrush" (Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This is without a doubt the one Swedish book which one needs. There are plenty of good grammar books, a couple excellent dictionaries, but only one verb reference--fortunately it's outstanding.

It does an excellent job of explaining the changing nature of Swedish verbs and describes biblical/antiquainted forms in detail. Strong verb vowel patterns are included in a consice chart and most of them have an example fully conjugated as one of the 201 (which leads to some of them being rather odd choices [att niga - to curtsy] for the book). This is an important thing to remember, because many very common verbs are left out of the 201 for being perfectly regular; one can find them on the abbreviated list in the back. Finally, the colloquial exceptions to the rule are not omitted, in true Swedish egalitarianism.

I highly recommend this: I just bought five for the people in my Swedish class.