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| BlaBla Triglot Groupie Spain Joined 4162 days ago 45 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French Studies: Nepali, Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin | Message 49 of 72 18 August 2013 at 6:16pm | IP Logged |
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Eric, I have the German edition: 'Niederländisch ohne Mühe', printed in 1989, the last printed page number
is 422, 132 lessons, ISBN 2-7005-0039-3. Those words above are just some miscellaneous examples I found while flipping through the pages. Those 'Questions on Orthography' ('Fragen zur Rechtschreibung') start on page 408 in my copy. The grammatical appendix ('Grammatikalischer Anhang') starts on page 406. I'm somewhat sorry to hear that the Dutch might sound like Tarvos grandmother, it's such a great little book otherwise. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Kronos Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5294 days ago 186 posts - 452 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 50 of 72 18 August 2013 at 6:30pm | IP Logged |
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Tarvos is young. For many of us, the same Dutch is probably that of our parents' generation, which to me is close enough.
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| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4744 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 51 of 72 18 August 2013 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks, BlaBla. Tihs is very strange, though. I searched on amazon.de for it, and it
brought me to this: heute/dp/2700500393/">Dutch Without Toil This book is from 2005! But it definitely matches the ISBN. Edited by ericblair on 18 August 2013 at 6:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4744 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 52 of 72 18 August 2013 at 6:49pm | IP Logged |
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Okay, I can't seem to link it correctly. But if you go to amazon.de and search the ISBN
2-7005-0039-3, it takes you to a book from 2005. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5598 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 53 of 72 18 August 2013 at 6:53pm | IP Logged |
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The one on Amazon.de is the German base edition I have of Dutch Without Toil - it has
one different lesson to the English base. Its the last year before Niederländisch ohne Mühe heute (Dutch With Ease). Edited by Elexi on 18 August 2013 at 6:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kronos Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5294 days ago 186 posts - 452 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 54 of 72 18 August 2013 at 7:08pm | IP Logged |
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The ISBN is that of the old course, but the title and description are those of the new one. They got it mixed up.
But since the new course got not published before 2006, and the ISBN is nonambiguous, most of the offers on the page should be correctly referring to the old course. Technically, it is the entry for the old course. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4744 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 55 of 72 18 August 2013 at 7:32pm | IP Logged |
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Interesting. I found a copy from 1986 I wish to purchase. Sadly, German Amazon doesn't
want to deliver it to me in the US. What a bummer. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kronos Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5294 days ago 186 posts - 452 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 56 of 72 18 August 2013 at 7:50pm | IP Logged |
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If it's a private seller, you can contact him/her and ask if he/she will change the settings and ship internationally. I did this once when I wanted to order a book from a US seller via amazon.com that was originally blocked for European buyers and succeeded.
But there are also other sources where you can order books from Germany (some sellers at least will sell globally). Try: abebooks.de (or com) booklooker.de - private platform for selling used books zvab.com - joint database of second-hand booksellers ebay.de (or com) Edited by Kronos on 18 August 2013 at 7:52pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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