Language-learning for tourism

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Re: Language-learning for tourism

Postby Ani » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:34 am

I'll just add a second for Viltu læra íslensku on YT. It covers a lot of basic situations like greetings.. and hot tubs :)
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Re: Language-learning for tourism

Postby Elsa Maria » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:33 pm

I love being able to say no thanks when I am offered an English menu, even if the rest of the encounter has to be in English. I have food allergies, so learning menu words is a high priority of mine :)

I often search for some menus to study while I am still at home.
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Re: Language-learning for tourism

Postby Jean-Luc » Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:07 am

If you have some knowledge of French, this brand new collection of Assimil for beginners from scratch could help you:
http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/4877-a-definir

A guide too:
http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/islandais-de-poche#guide
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Re: Language-learning for tourism

Postby zjones » Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:16 am

Jean-Luc wrote:If you have some knowledge of French, this brand new collection of Assimil for beginners from scratch could help you:
http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/4877-a-definir

A guide too:
http://fr.assimil.com/methodes/islandais-de-poche#guide


I've seen these and had forgotten about them! I do understand French so these are definitely an option for me. I think these books would be a good resource for some languages because they are more like phrasebooks.

Unfortunately I don't think we'll make it to Iceland this year because of the housing market... we are trying to buy a house during a housing bubble and it really sucks. :( But I'll come back to this thread when I visit my next non-anglophone/non-francophone country!
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Re: Language-learning for tourism

Postby Jean-Luc » Sun Feb 10, 2019 4:22 pm

Elsa Maria wrote:I love being able to say no thanks when I am offered an English menu, even if the rest of the encounter has to be in English. I have food allergies, so learning menu words is a high priority of mine :)

I often search for some menus to study while I am still at home.


Translations of menus are usually unclear or approximate. Better study the right local expression before in order to know what's coming...
https://guidetoiceland.is/history-cultu ... andic-food
or be a "cuisine" adventurer!
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