A comprehensive, graded course in Icelandic, invaluable both to the absolute beginner and to the student of Icelandic literature and culture.
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A comprehensive, graded course in Icelandic, invaluable both to the absolute beginner and to the student of Icelandic literature and culture.
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Add this copy of Teach Yourself Icelandic Complete Course to cart. $65.28, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by McGraw-Hill.
Add this copy of Teach Yourself Icelandic Complete Course to cart. $13.76, good condition, Sold by Zoom Books Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lynden, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by McGraw-Hill.
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Add this copy of Teach Yourself Icelandic Complete Course to cart. $45.52, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by McGraw-Hill.
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Add this copy of Teach Yourself Icelandic Complete Course to cart. $51.00, very good condition, Sold by BARRY'S BARGAIN BIN rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ISLIP TERRACE, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by McGraw-Hill Companies.
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Very good; Collectible. This is the OVERSIZED softcover stated NTC Edition from 2004. Other than a back cover cardholder (ex lib), the book is in very good condition. There are no rips, tears, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find LANGUAGE / EDUCATION COLLECTIBLE.
This is not a friendly book. The learning curve is so steep that you're up against noun cases, and verb conjugation right at the outset. The supply of sentences which the author requires you to learn rote fashion doesn't inspire the learner to want to learn Icelandic, as to all intents it seems like random and rather useless sentences which would be suited to those with a love of complex grammar and syntax rather than the use of the language for everyday conversation.
As I own this book, pictured with the geysir, church, horses, ships, ravens etc on the front cover, this book's author is P.T. Glendenning. As far as I know, Hildur Jonsdottir has no hand in this earlier Teach Yourself Icelandic example of how not to write a book on learning Icelandic.
On the contrary, Hildur Jonsdottir's modern offering also entitle Teach Yourself Icelandic, has a different cover, being skyblue in colour rather than the garish example above. The HJ version deals with grammar and syntax when needed, and the book aims to furnish the learner with useful everyday spoken Icelandic, if you're planning to go to Iceland for a trip.
Don't confuse the two books.
The earlier Glendenning one is utterly confounding, with excercises that require you to translate into Icelandic words which the chapter hasn't introduced, nor contained in wordlist at the back. You have been warned.
