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Summary: *the* book for learning Icelandic
Review: This new book on Icelandic is a very well structured book that will enable the serious learner to communicate quite confidently in Icelandic. For a long time now, there has been a shortage of good books for people wanting to learn the language; "Teach Yourself Icelandic" is unsatisfactory and Linguaphones outdated version is a catastrophy. This book, on the other hand, is up-to-date and easy to use. In each chapter new vocabulary and aspects of grammar are introduced in a very logic way, gradually building up your language-skills from the beginning. Since my grandmother speaks a very archaic dialect of Swedish, I found this book extremly easy - 75% of the vocabulary and most of the grammar was already familiar to me. If you don't have that kind of background, be prepared for a rather hard language to learn; the grammar is admittingly a bit complicated. On the other hand, all aspects of grammar are dealt with very thoroughly and they shouldn't present any major problems. Icelandic is a very interesting language which have remained remarkably true to the language spoken by the Vikings. By learning Icelandic you will not only be able to cope in Iceland, you will also understand the more than 1000 years old nordic sagas in their original form.
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