Complete Danish Beginner to Intermediate Course: (Book and audio support) (Teach Yourself Language)

I have never cared enough about something on amazon to write a review. Maybe a few years ago. If you're serious about learning danish as I am, and like me you actually missed a flight trying to read a danish newspaper and lost track of time at the airport, you need this book. This book is something else. It's almost cheating. Edit 1: I'm done the first four chapters and I must say, I can count to 100, I know know how to tell the time in the most complex ways, I can talk about buying food, tickets, flowers, red wine, pretty much things you do on a date. I can say that I called someone and talked to them, I can ask what something costs, I can pretty much read danish text messages and comments on youtube and reddit. And right now in chapter five I'm about to learn how to say something is a good idea, ask someone what they want to do today. I'll do another update once I reach chapter 8. Not a single negative thing to say about it so far, this is the closest thing to sling shooting yourself from beginner to advance. A note, you need to know basics words like han, til, for, at, jeg, har, i, godt, du, skal, os, en, er before reading this book. If you don't memorize the meanings before chapter one you will burn a lot of time trying to figure out what something means instead of memorizing new vocabulary. I suggest duolingo and pass it's first test before trying this book, so that you are comfortable with the bread and butter words. If you can pick them up some other way great. This is not to say if you straight jump into this book you can't pick them up, but it feels good when you know something before they introduce it too you with other unknown stuff. Kept me motivated and I didn't burn out.

As someone with a decent level of Danish, this book was just what was needed to boost and refresh my learning. The book resource pack including a CD-audio guides you through a variety of Units covering areas of life with useful phrasing, local insights and vocabulary to boost your understanding and awareness. In distinction to other TeachYourself courses, the audio is perfect. The speed of the spoken text is perfectly timed to allow you to appreciate the lenitions and accent. Every phrase in the book (pretty much!) is included in the audio CD which is really beneficial. I would definitely recommend this purchase to anyone wishing to pick-up the language for the first time, or returning to it (like me!). Held og lykke (good luck in Danish!)

The book is well laid out with information on language and culture. The audio support is good and essential for learning the correct pronunciation of Danish. I have only just started the course and I find it very enjoyable. Many thanks.

Exactly what was needed. Needed help with learning grammar. what is amazing is that it is linked with the Teach Yourself Library. Supports with hearing how words should be pronounced.

I bought this because, often with Danish, the pronunciation of words is very different to how you'd say them in English, and I needed to understand more than the theory of how to make the various sounds required. I'm using it in conjunction with other materials (online sites, radio etc) and am making good progress. Not sure how successful it would be as a stand-alone course, but certainly helps with the spoken and listening aspects of a new (and quite challenging) language.

Excellent beginners' textbook, covering a lot of ground including all the key grammar and lots of vocab in a user-friendly way. My only quibble was that the vocab lists at the end didn't include all the Danish words used. Pity there's not a follow-on volume.

Good

Fantastic book!

I got this book because i am learning danish, since my bf is from denmark. this book its excellent, i just have several days with it and with time and dedication, plus de audios that are online. I already learn how to introduce myself and ask other people they name. The method that this book use basically it is explain you things in the easiest way possible, makes you listen lot of conversations that at least in unit one are related with each other, so its easier to you to just at the end of the day figure out things, for can complete the practices that each one have and also the indivual practice that the book have, after i complete every 2-3 page, i recap every single lesson that i hear, read and complete. check the activitys and then goes to the very back of the book where they have the answer of each activitys where you can check if what already its done its correct. This book have everything you need, give you vocabulary builder in every single page and also at the back of the book have lot of vocabulary to you to study. I really love the smothly way i am learning. My best advice to you to can use this book its that dont stop in the very first page like me, where have the abc, dipthongs, etc. because if you stuck there you would not be able to move foward, just study a little bit and keep going thats the best method. when you goes to the actual units if you need time to every single one just take your time and study what you need, add some color, add some notes, mark everything you think it is important to you to notice and can goes back. Also i think that it is really important to you to not just stuck with the book, check some tv: on Disney+ you would found some tv shows and cartoons that you can whatch in danish like the adventure of the emperor Kuzco. I really love it and some words that they says i already know them because of the book and also because of duolingo. On Starplus you would found that you dont have audio in danish but would be able to have suptitle to everything you are watching. With netflix you would not have that oportunity unless you found a tv show that its actually danish, you can check up with RITA: I really love this tv show, its completely the oposite that im used to and its really refreshing. A teacher that its there to give up everything and do whatever for her students. With this says you just would need 1-2hr of study depends the time that you have to invest on this. All this things together would help you build the confidence of learn this language that for me at the end of the day, start sound so pretty, which you the best of the luck with this. PST: Also another advice when you are watching tv and working with the audio of the book, try to repeat everything, like a little parrot. that would help you to build the confidence to speak.

Es un excelente método para aprender este bello idioma, aunque es mejor si ya tienes bases de él mismo o de un idioma similar como alemán, noruego o sueco; ademas como todo esta en ingles si es un poco trabajoso adoptar la gramática danesa desde una perspectiva anglosajona.

Great book for self teaching

Good resource to learn danish

I took me about 1 week to be able to write simple sentences in Danish and have a chat with a Danish colleague and my ex-Norwegien boss - both in Danish. This book and the accompanying audio, which can be downloaded from Teach Yourself app, provide you the easy start to learning and mastering Danish. What I like about this book from Bente is she also explains the cultural aspects of the language. After all, we are not learning language for the sake of the language but to appreciate another culture throught its beautiful words. I highly recommend Complete Danish and looking forward to start Complete Dutch and other European languages with this Teach Yourself Complete series. Btw, I having been speaking German (Deutsch) for 7 years now, and only considered myself fluent in the last 2.5 years.