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| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5420 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 9 of 14 05 October 2011 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In the video by Prof. Arguelles about the Linguaphone courses you get a look at the Swedish and Norwegian courses and they seem largely the same. There will be differences here and there, especially with the literature section for obvious reasons, but by and large they should be very similar.
I would think it best to focus on Norwegian first of all and then later study some Swedish and Danish as they are so similar you might well start confusing things if you start studying them all at the same time. Iallfall, lykke til! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5567 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 10 of 14 05 October 2011 at 4:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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There are also 3 generations of Swedish - 20s, 50s, and 70s. The 50s Swedish is the one that Arguelles shows in his videos but the more commonly available on ebay is the 70s version. I have the 70s Swedish course and it is different to the 50s Norwegian. Edited by Elexi on 05 October 2011 at 4:23pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5085 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 11 of 14 10 October 2011 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
I don't have the Danish one, but the Swedish and Norwegian are completely different. They obviously were developed seperately. I love the Hugo series, but they are not uniform. What is good in one, may not even be in another. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4830 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 12 of 14 10 October 2011 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
I have a pretty old copy of the Dutch one (Book and cassettes), and I have to say it's a bit pedestrian and uninspiring. It certainly gives you the basics and a motivated learner would get something out of it, but I would hope the current version is a bit better. There wasn't much choice out there when I bought it (probably 1970s). I think now if I were starting with it, I'd spend some time with it to get a hold of the basic grammar, but then sit down with some good audiobooks and the corresponding books and translations, and spend most of my time with that. Not sure if there is quite as much choice for the Scandinavian languages though, plus the pronunciation issues might be a bit more challenging especially for Danish. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| pfn123 Senior Member Australia Joined 5085 days ago 171 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 14 11 October 2011 at 10:46am | IP Logged | |||||
I really like the Hugo series, so I collect them whenever I come accross them. I've got a Dutch pack (book and four tapes). I'm really looking forward to using it, when I finally learn Dutch (it's lower on my hit-list, so quite a while yet...) But it looks good. It has dialogues, grammar notes, vocabulary, and which is a bit unusual for Hugo, FSI style drills. But as for the Scandanavian ones, Norwegian looks good, but the Swedish one I have is mostly grammar and grammar and some more grammar. And readings. It looks like a good supplement after having first used a more conversational course. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4830 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 14 of 14 11 October 2011 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
I looked in my local library today, and they had a more up-to-date Hugo Dutch than the one I have. Sounds like yours is the same or a similar edition. It looked a lot better than I remember. There was an optional CD, but not bound in with this particular copy. Unfortunately, they didn't have any Scandinavian Hugo's to have a look at. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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