Colloquial Icelandic: The Complete Course for Beginners

Daisy L. Neijmann0415207061, 9780415207065, 9780203995457

Written by an experienced language teacher, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Icelandic. Features include:

* pronunciation guide * lively dialogues * concise grammar explanations * lots of exercises with full answer key * English-Icelandic and Icelandic-English glossaries.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Series Title……Page 3
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
Acknowledgements……Page 8
Abbreviations……Page 9
Introduction……Page 11
The Sounds and Letters of Icelandic……Page 14
1. Velkomin til Íslands!……Page 21
2. Hvaðan ert þú?……Page 36
3. Hvert förum við?……Page 51
4. Ég ætla að fá… Hvað verður þetta mikið?……Page 69
5. Föt……Page 82
6. Á ferð og flugi……Page 97
7. Daglegt Líf……Page 114
8. Verði þér að Góðu!……Page 127
9. Fjölskyldan……Page 144
10. Stefnumót……Page 155
11. Gisting……Page 166
12. Tómstundir……Page 178
13. Ísland……Page 192
14. Saga og þjóð……Page 205
15. Höfuð, Herðar, Hné og Tær……Page 216
16. Gangi þér Vel!……Page 228
Grammar Summary……Page 241
Glossary of Grammatical Terms……Page 249
Key to Exercises……Page 252
Glosses of Reading Passages……Page 267
Icelandic-English Glossary……Page 278
English-lcelandic Glossary……Page 320
Index……Page 339