A. Sommerfelt

I found this little book a wonderful little leg up with Norwegian grammar. It's an old one (from the sixties), but it's well organized and provides good examples and exercises. I appreciate the lack of childish dialogues and images that seem to clutter modern language textbooks. And since it is most certainly not a phrase book it was entertaining to see what sort of random sentences were given as usage examples.

I like that Alf took the time to demonstrate when common niceties might be used to sass someone:

Jeg skal melde Dem til politiet. (I'm going to report you to the police)

Ja, vær så god. (Yes, by all means.)

But my favorite was one of the examples of the use of past participles:

Naboen vår er blitt beskyldt for å ha stjålet en sekk poteter. (Our neighbor has been accused of having stolen a sack of potatoes.)

Yay! Grammar!… (más)