Danish
An Elementary Grammar and Reader

Elias Bredsdorff (Author)

9780521098212, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 March 1974

316 pages
20.5 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.385 kg

This course has six parts: 1. A general introduction to written and spoken Danish. 2. A chapter on Danish phonetics. 3. A grammar, arranged by sections under nouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc., with chapters on word-order and word-formation, and including exercises. 4. A section of general information - about money, weights and measures, meals, etc. 5. Twenty-five Danish texts (twenty prose, five poetry) from standard authors for translation into English. 6. Twenty English texts, graded in difficulty, for translation into Danish. No other Danish grammer and reader with this scope and degree of scholarship exists. Mr Bredsdorff has taught in England for a number of years, and most of his pupils have started with no knowledge of Danish. His course has been tried out and proved successful.

Preface to the first edition
Preface to the revised impression
Part I. An Introduction to Danish: 1. The Danish alphabet
2. The written language
3. The spoken language
Part II. Danish Phonetics: 4. The sound system
5. Spelling and sound values
6. Special pronunciation
7. Stress
Weak forms of words
Part III. Grammar: 8. Nouns
9. Adjectives
10. Adverbs
11. Numericals
12. Pronouns
13. Regular verbs
14. Irregular verbs
15. Conjunctions
16. Prepositions
17. Injections
18. Word order
19. Word formation
Part IV. Useful Words and General Information: 20. Special Idioms
21. Day and night
22. Meals
23. The days of the week
24. The months
25. Public holidays in Denmark
26. The four seasons
27. The cardinal points
28. Names denoting kinship
29. Countries and nations
30. Colours
31. The monetary system
32. Weights and measures
33. Common abbreviations
Part V. Danish Texts: Part VI. Twenty Texts for Danish Composition.

Subject Areas: Grammar & vocabulary [CJBG]