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There's a better book to get

2007-06-14
I purchased this booking thinking it would give me a good overview of Swedish verbs. It's a good book but way to complicated, especially if you are a beginner. I recommend getting the book called 2,000 Common Swedish Verbs, by David Hensleigh. This book is easy and has more verbs. If you have ever taken a professional Swedish class it is in the same format that the teachers want to see you put your verbs.

Very useful

2006-07-31
As above this book is really very useful. It was exactly what I was searching for.
It would have been better if it contained more than 201 verbs.

GREAT

2006-02-04
This is the only Swedish verb book similar to the 501 series (except this is a 201, or course) on Swedish verbs that I have been able to find. It is a very helpful book for Swedish. I recommend any new student of Swedish buy this with the Essentials of Swedish Grammar book by Passport Books (NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group). Simply great. This helped me a lot.

The Only Issue

2005-05-14
Of course, who could live without this book while studying Swedish? Full conj and everything! The only issue I have with this book is that there are only 201 and not 501 verbs like in the other books by Barrons.

Excellent book

2004-09-17
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning Swedish. The authors do a wonderful job in explaining different aspects of swedish verbs and their declensions. Also, the part on strong verbs is excellent. Instead of telling you to memorize a bunch of rules, they help you see the pattern. They also do well explaining archaic verb forms, which is good for anyone who wants to read older historical texts and maybe even family relics from a century ago. This is a great book and you won't regret getting it!

Your solution to Swedish strong verbs

2003-11-15
Verbs are presented alphabetically, one verb to a page, and shown in all of their forms.

Excellent tool to help further learning

2003-09-15
I have been in a swedish for immigrants course in Sweden and this book has been an excellent tool for helping to find the correct form of the verb in both written and spoken swedish. It does not take long for one to learn how to apply the rules in every day use without the book being right there. All-in-all, I would say it is definately a must have for anyone seriously interested in learning to speak swedish.

And for those really skeptical, even the swedish teachers here were impressed with this book and recommended it to all of the other students in the class.

As Good As Any In The 201/501 Verb Series 2002-12-09
While the conjugation patterns of Swedish verbs are relatively simple and do not require the same schematic analysis as, say, the verbs of Russian or Hebrew, Richard Auletta has gone beyond the mere compiling of Swedish verbs and offered the reader a truly valuable explanation of Swedish verbal morphology. The first part of the book is dedicated to this explanation, presenting the various classes of verbs, the rules behind the morphology, and the history of some archaic forms. Auletta's explanation of the nature of Swedish verbs will serve and interest the student long after he or she has actually learned to conjugate most verbs.

A very good reference to Swedish verbs 2000-05-21
This is a very good book for learning Swedish verbs as well as changes that are occurring in the Swedish language. It gives alternate forms that are used in historical or formal situations as well as those constructions used in more contemporary daily speech. Overall I think if you memorize the verbs in this book and practice the conjugations you will not have any problem with the Swedish language. Thankfully Swedish and English share a common history and that makes it easier for an English speaker to learn Swedish. If you know Swedish you will also understand much written and some spoken Danish since Swedish and Danish are closely related. You will also understand much Norwegian. Therefore I highly recommend getting this book to help you get a start on Swedish and the other Scandinavian languages.