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Beginner's Icelandic with 2CDs
Book & 2 CDs. A small volcanic island just south of he Arctic Circle,
lceland is a place of fierce natural beauty and warmly hospitable people.
Glaciers and fjords punctuate the coastline while geysers, waterfalls and
hot springs dot the interior, harnessed by Icelanders to provide geothermal
and hydropower energy. The island itself is composed primarily of basalt, or
cooled lava. Icelandic retains ancient characteristics that today have been
lost by most Western European languages. A North Germanic language related
to Faroese, it is grammatically comparable to Latin or Ancient Greek, but is
most closely linked to Old Norse. Written Icelandic has changed very little
since the 13th century. Icelanders take the preservation of their language
very seriously, and are immensely proud of the fact that the 800-year old
sagas can still be read today. "Beginner's Icelandic" contains 14 lessons
structured to help the student traveller gain ease and familiarity with this
noble language. The dialogues follow a variety of practical situations such
as shopping, transportation, discussing the weather, eating in restaurants,
and renting a car or a room, while building on the grammar, vocabulary and
phrases learned in previous exercises. The audio CDs follow the dialogues on
the page, so that the student benefits from seeing the script while
simultaneously hearing the pronunciation. A glossary of words and
colloquialisms rounds out this remarkable introduction to a unique language. |
Helga Hilmisdottir & Jacek Kozlowski
9780781811910
140x215mm
300 pages
Hippocrene Books
£17.99 paperback |
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Icelandic-English /
English-Icelandic Concise Dictionary
Contains alphabetical listings in both languages, lists English irregular
plurals and irregular English verbs, states gender of Icelandic nouns. |
9780870528019 Arnold R Taylor
384 pages 100x155mm 10,000
entries
£7.99
Hippocrene Books |
