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| KimG Diglot Groupie Norway Joined 4979 days ago 88 posts - 104 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Portuguese, Swahili | Message 1 of 7 06 October 2011 at 7:24pm | IP Logged |
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Learng an language like German can be easier or more difficult depending on what languages you know, and should probably be rather easy since it really reminds me of the scandinavian languages in some ways. But, what books/cd's would work best from the view of a scandinavian?
I could use any English self study kit or CD set, but do it exist some scandinavian sets out there who is better than the English ones? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 2 of 7 06 October 2011 at 7:59pm | IP Logged |
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I don't know. Most of the books I've seen in book shops are aimed at classroom teaching (ungdomsskole and
videregående skole) and not self-study. I've used English based materials: Assimil, Linguaphone, Berlitz Self-Teacher, Cortina, German How to Speak and Write it. Linguaphone used to sell their courses in Norway in the eighties, so maybe it's possible to find a Norwegian version of the course, maybe at your local library. From a Scandinavian point of view, it's the grammar that makes German difficult. Most of the grammar notes in the English based courses I've used are relevant also to us. 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 3 of 7 07 October 2011 at 12:23am | IP Logged |
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Not specifically for Scandinavians, but for beginner/intermediate grammar, then you
might look at this book: Publication/dp/0340741899/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317939225& sr=8- 1">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-German-Grammar-Hod der- Publication/dp/0340741899/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317939225& sr=8-1 The Scandinavian crime thriller genre is very popular in Germany, and translations of them widely available there. I'm thinking of Swedes like Mankell and Larsson, but I'd be surprised if, for example, Jo Nesbo wasn't translated. You would be able to find your way through them with the help of the Scandinavian versions. There are probably German audiobook versions of the more popular ones. EDIT: I must admit, i don't have the following book, but I keep meaning to get it. It was recommended to me by a native speaking German teacher: Learning/dp/0934034389/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=131793 9961&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Grammar-Student s-German- Learning/dp/0934034389/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=131793 9961&sr=1-1 Edited by montmorency on 07 October 2011 at 12:29am 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 4 of 7 07 October 2011 at 8:32pm | IP Logged |
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This is exactly the opposite, and not for the OP, but perhaps it might be relevant for
someone who might look in this thread: Swedish for Germans: http://www.sprichmalschwedisch.com/ (I found this in the very useful podcast thread in this forum). It sounds quite good! (there are PDF lessons, as well as the audio; not sure if they are actually transcripts). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| KimG Diglot Groupie Norway Joined 4979 days ago 88 posts - 104 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Portuguese, Swahili | Message 5 of 7 08 October 2011 at 1:11pm | IP Logged |
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What i was wondering, was how much sense the explanations of the German inflections would make, since English materials are written from the point of view of a English speaker, who simply lacks all the corresponding forms the material is teaching, while I know Norwegian books builds upon how simmiliar our language are to, in this case, German.
Are there some newbie self study materials who explains German grammar well, in English? The grammar don't exacly look intimidating for a Norwegian who happen to use the Dative Case in his dialect, and who knows some Portuguese, I'd just like to see if i find a nice introduction book or CD set who can explain the most basic parts well. Though, I really think I need a newbie book or kit of some kind, there's too much I don't understand, even if it looks lots more simlple than learning the basics of Portuguese. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5455 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 6 of 7 08 October 2011 at 8:21pm | IP Logged |
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Standard Norwegian has lost most of the case system, just like English. Therefore, the explanations given in English
books are very useful. Speaking a dialect with the dative case will probably make things easier for you, but there are most likely plenty of things that are very different. I thought that the German case system looked pretty straightforward and simple until I found out that adjective endings are governed not only by the case, singular/plural and the gender of the noun but also by the preceding article. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Bjorn Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 4870 days ago 244 posts - 286 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: German, French | Message 7 of 7 08 October 2011 at 11:29pm | IP Logged |
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Jo Nesbø's Die Harry-Hole-Serie has been translated to German, eight books.
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