Customer Reviews
a good aid for the Norwegian learner - By: bonnie duff, 19 Feb 2008 
usedin conjunction with some other aids (a dictionary is needed, other materials may be beneficial) this book is fantastic for people fairly new to learning norwegian, as i am.
the biggest advantage is the ability to expand on your current (and soon to be) vocabulary using grammatical rules. For instance if you know the word sleep, you can develop sleeps, sleeping & sleepy without the need of learning the variations as new words. This opens up a new confidencein your speaking & you become much more fluid.
The gramatical concepts are divided into easy to understand sections & so are able to be practiced as you go along. Before finishing the book I was writing poetryin Norwegian to hone my skills & it proved very enjoyable.
But it must be stressed this is suited for the learner & is not a stand alone learning tool.
Great resource for beginners - By: David Welsh, 28 Apr 2007 
This is a great grammar for learners of Norwegian. Everything's clearly laid out & accessible. I found the list of the most common mistakes made by English speakers & the tables of strong & irregular verbs at the back particularly useful. Norwegian grammar's not all that complicated really, so this will last you until you're getting to a fairly advanced level, & at that point you'd do well to get a Norwegian grammarin Norwegian. There are few culturesin the world as interestedin their own language as the Norwegians, so there are plenty to choose from! I'd recommend Finn-Erik Vinje's "Norsk grammatikk" which is nice & user-friendly, or Kunnskapsforlaget's "Språkvett", which isn't a proper grammar really, but a very useful compendium of articles on the most commonly asked questions about grammar & correct usage.
Not big enough - By: Rumplestiltskin, 13 Jan 2007 
I don't think I see the pointin this book if you've already got a book like Teach Yourself Norwegian.
It just doesn't contain enough stuff... & what there is is padded out with lots of empty space.
Having said that, it's well set out & an easy read, but it really should be twice as thick & have a lot more packed into it.
Really really useful - By: , 28 Jan 2004 This book clarifies all those grammatical things so the language falls into place as you learn it. I've been going to Norwegian classesin Norway & this book fillsin those gaps that you struggle on as an English speaker, it has excelled my learning amazingly. Its nicely laid out, very user friendly so you can just pick it up & get absorbed while having a coffee without feeling you 'must' study. Good verb listing to help everyday uses. Essential reading if you are an English speaker learning Norwegian!
