6/21/2009

New books for foreigners learning Faroese!

(Faroese version taken from the Faroese news portal, portal.fo, and translated by Roskur)

"Now two books will be published for foreigners, who speak English, and want to learn Faroese.

It's two doctors in linguistics/philology that have written these books. One of the books is a grammar book with 300 pages, and the other one is a 400 page textbook, wherein the reader is led slowly into the modern Faroese community. All the explanations are in English, but there are a lot of conversations in Faroese.

These Faroese conversations are recorded and burnt onto a CD, which is included in the book, so that the reader can listen to good Faroese, and in this way inform themselves on the Faroese language, in both written and spoken Faroese.

The men who have made the books are Hjalmar P. Petersen from Sandavágur, who is a doctor in lingustics from the University in Hamborg, and Jonathan Adams, who is English and a doctor in linguistics from the University in Hull. They have been working on this project for a long time, and have been using the materials when they have taught foreigners in the Faroese summer classes on the Faroese University(Fróskaparsetrið). These materials have awaken a lot of attention and interest, which is the reason for them being published now."

I've been doing some research, and it looks like the books are called:
Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Textbook. With CD. Stiðin, 2009.
Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Grammar. Stiðin, 2009.


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Nýggjar bøkur fyri útlendingar, ið læra seg føroyskt!

(Tikið frá føroysku tíðindasíðuni, portal.fo)

"Nú koma út tvær bøkur fyri útlendingar, sum duga enskt og vilja læra føroyskt.

Tað eru tveir doktarar í málfrøði, sum hava skrivað tær. Onnur er ein mállæra við 300 síðum, og hin er ein 400-síðu lærubók, har næmingurin verður leiddur so við og við inn í tað nútíðar føroyska samfelagið. Allar frágreiðingarnar eru á enskum, men har eru samrøður í hópatali á føroyskum.

Hesar samrøður eru tiknar upp og lagdar inn á eina fløgu, sum er í bókini, so tað ber til hjá næmingunum at hoyra gott føroyskt, og á tann hátt at kunna seg við mál okkara bæði í skrift og talu.

Teir, sum hava gjørt bókina, eru Hjalmar P. Petersen úr Sandavági, sum er doktari í málfrøði frá universitetinum í Hamborg, og Jonathan Adams, sum er eingilsmaður og doktari í málfrøði frá universitetinum í Hull. Teir hava leingi arbeitt við hesum verki, og hava brúkt tað í frálæruni, sum hevur verið fyri útlendingar á sumri á Fróðskaparsetrinum. Hetta tilfar hevur vakt miklan ans, og tí verður tað nú givið út."

Eg havi kannað málið eitt sindur, og tað sær út sum um bøkurnar eita:
Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Textbook. With CD. Stiðin, 2009.
Faroese: A Language Course for Beginners - Grammar. Stiðin, 2009.

10 comments:

  1. Where can I get this book? Tusend takk for the information! Very much appreciated!

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  2. I actually don't know where one can buy these books, yet. On the newsportal, it said furthermore that there was being held an outcoming explanation, or something, about the books, tomorrow.. Maybe they will give some more information about them then. I will tell you all on the blog, when I get some more information, on where to get the books :P
    Einki at takka, Shinta!.. ;D

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  3. I can't wait to get my hands on one or both of these books! :D The Faroese Grammar I have now is more than 50 years old, a bit outdated!

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  4. Tusend tusend tak! (No idea if that is Faroese or Danish..haha)..see this is how BAD I need these books! =D Hans helped me call the bookshop, and the lady who answered the phone said that they can send it to us. YAY! They don't know how much the books are yet, but they will call us back when they find out from later this afternoon.

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  5. Yeah, Miranda, it's about time that they make something new! :D

    Shinta, it's "Túsund, túsund takk!" in Faroese, good try, though.. ;D
    Any news on the books now? :P

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  6. Shinta, did you get the books? If so, where can I get them? Takk.

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  7. The books and CD are available from:

    H. N. J. Bókahandil
    Vaglið
    Postbox 55
    FO 110 Tórshavn
    Faroe Islands

    Email hnj@hnj.fo

    The package costs 1000 DKK. The audio recordings (from the CD) are also available free of charge for download at www.stidin.fo

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  8. Oh, cool!
    Thank you so much for telling us! ;D

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  9. 1000 DKK?!?!?! it's 134 euros xD Luckily I have a job... LOL

    do you know if they send the books or if you can only buy them in the Faroes?

    - Fabrizio

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  10. Haha.. yes, that is a lot.. sadly.. But, that is how it is whit all of the books here - because there are so few buyers, the prices need to be so high; Otherwise there would be no profit.

    Yes, you can buy the books from either Rit & Rák's and HNJ Bókhandil's online bookshop. Direct links:
    Rit & Rák
    HNJ Bókhandil

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