BeginnerÆs Norwegian - Includes Downloadable Audio

This popular self-study guide for learning Norwegian includes 13 practical lessons with exercises, glossaries and answer key. Accompanying audio featuring pronunciation by native speakers (MP3 files) are available for free download.

About the author

Laura Žiūkaitė-Hansen received her MA in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She has taught Norwegian language and literature at the UW-Madison and UC-Berkeley. She is the author of Norwegian Practical Dictionary, also published by Hippocrene Books. She resides in the Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area.

Summary

Norwegian (Bokmål) is a North Germanic language, and an official language of Norway with 5 million speakers. This popular guide is also a useful resource for students of the mutually intelligible Nordic languages Swedish and Danish.

Ideal for those new to Norwegian, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner’s Norwegian with Online Audio includes:

•  A brief introduction to Norwegian history and culture


• Thirteen carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions


• Exercises for each lesson with answer key


• Norwegian-English and English-Norwegian glossaries


• An alphabet and pronunciation guide and a pronunciation section on Norwegian dipthongs


• Online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Äiukaite-hansen, Zi&, Laura Ziukaite-hansen, Laura Žiūkaitė-Hansen
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780781813792
• ISBN: 978-0-7818-1379-2
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies; Norwegisch, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Scandinavian Languages (Other), Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Norwegian