COF Senior Member United States Joined 5590 days ago 262 posts - 354 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 1 of 11 04 February 2009 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
I was wondering if anyone could suggest any good Icelandic material? I have tried Teach Yourself Icelandic, and while there is a lot of content, I find it a bit dry and not particularly motivating - I can sense myself getting bored of it quite quickly. I haven't tried Colloquial Icelandic as it appears to be out of print, but with a bit of searching I imagine I could aquire it second hand - is that any better?
Is there any other good courses for Icelandic?
Thanks
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Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5770 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh
| Message 2 of 11 08 February 2009 at 2:14pm | IP Logged |
Colloquial and TY are cut from the same cloth. If you like one, you'll like the other. You don't like one, so you certainly won't like the other.
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fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6905 days ago 1152 posts - 1817 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto
| Message 3 of 11 09 February 2009 at 12:53am | IP Logged |
OK, I see I was too impatient. I had to register first to get the download link.
I have downloaded the book.
Thanks for the site information.
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Ham Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5748 days ago 21 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 4 of 11 11 February 2009 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
There is a free online icelandic course, from the university of iceland.http://icelandic.hi.is/
Also on the site mentioned above, if you look at the top you will see a link to make it in english or uzbek, hope that helps.
Edited by Ham on 11 February 2009 at 1:35pm
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fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6905 days ago 1152 posts - 1817 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto
| Message 5 of 11 16 February 2009 at 7:06pm | IP Logged |
I have downloaded both the Colloquial and the Linguaphone courses. I also have the Teach Yourself course so I am ready to start.
The site has a wealth of material for language learners. I have downloaded a lot.
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PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5132 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish
| Message 6 of 11 19 March 2010 at 8:12pm | IP Logged |
I´ve recently, after only just seriously undertaking Icelandic study (my first foreign language, so undoubtedly a challenge), discovered the book "Beginner´s Icelandic" by Hippocrene. I´m using it in conjunction with Colloquial; so far through the first 5 or so lessons in each, Colloquial´s downfalls (short texts with quite unsubstantial new vocabulary lists and the underdevelopment of some basic aspects of the language) have been helped by Hippocrene. Colloquial seems to be better so far at explaining grammar in full detail, but lacks a table format a lot of the time, which makes Hippocrene good for cementing the grammar rules.
As I said I´m only speaking after less than 100 pages in each book but I consider Hippocrene and Colloquial a useful combination at the moment. (I´m yet to listen to the audio for Hippocrene).
I was also wondering if anyone's tried the book "Learning Icelandic" from teachers at the University of Iceland? I found it here (I realise it may block the actual hyperlink to prevent spam): http://www.nordicstore.net/learning_icelandic_341_prd1.htm. I doubt I'll get it myself now, as it seems by the description as to be as developed as both those that I have, and the price tag is fairly high.
I'm still lost as to where to get a decent dictionary. I'm not going to get the Hippocrene one judging by the word count.
(I´m aware that the last post date on this thread is February 2009, however I can´t find another newer thread mentioning Icelandic resources so I thought it´d be best to post here)
Edited by PaulLambeth on 19 March 2010 at 8:26pm
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zorglub Pentaglot Senior Member France Joined 6759 days ago 441 posts - 504 votes 1 sounds Speaks: French*, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: German, Arabic (Written), Turkish, Mandarin
| Message 7 of 11 20 March 2010 at 12:59am | IP Logged |
Message suppressed by author. Stoopid question withdrawn
Edited by zorglub on 21 March 2010 at 7:15pm
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egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5455 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch
| Message 8 of 11 20 March 2010 at 6:44am | IP Logged |
I'm sure you've probably heard of this resource. But just in case, I think the Stefán Einarsson text: Icelandic: Grammar, Text and Glossary is an awesome resource. Not only does it include a complete grammar, it also has a sizable glossary in the back. It is slightly dated, but for comprehensiveness and value it can't be beat.
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