Finnish Vocabulary Archives

JA SEKÄ YNNÄ – Conjunctions of Addition

April 6, 2025

Are you unclear on the difference between JA, SEKÄ and YNNÄ? Find out more about how these conjunctions of addition are used!

Names of Famous Places in Finnish

March 27, 2025

Vocabulary Lists

Find out the names of many famous places in Finnish, such as "Vapaudenpatsas" (Statue of Liberty) and "Pisan torni" (Leaning Tower of Pisa)!

Ulkonäkö – Outer Appearance Conversation Questions

November 24, 2024

Conversation Questions

These questions related to outer appearance should work nicely as a way to start a conversation or find things to write about in Finnish.

Question Word Kumpi – “Which one?” – Kumpi? Kummat?

September 22, 2024

Vocabulary Phrases

The question word KUMPI means "which one", when there are two options. Learn when to use its inflected forms (eg. kumpaa kummassa kumpaan)!

Finnish Chess Terms – Shakki Šakki – Finnish Chess Vocabulary

August 29, 2024

Vocabulary Lists

Learn chess terms in Finnish! This article goes over the very basics of Finnish chess terms, including some example sentences!

Superheroes – Finnish Vocabulary – Supersankarit

August 3, 2024

Vocabulary Lists

Learn the names of superheroes in Finnish, as well as ways to describe their appearance, powers and specialties!

Finnish suffix MAINEN/MÄINEN -ish, -like

July 25, 2024

Words Ending in...

The suffix MAINEN/MÄINEN is used to create adjectives that express that something resembles the base word. Learn more today!

Weather – Sää – Conversation Questions – Keskustelukysymyksiä

May 8, 2024

Conversation Questions

Speak more Finnish! There conversation questions - keskustelukysymykset - can help you talk about the weather!

Children and Parenting – Finnish Conversation Prompts – Keskustelukysymyksiä

April 17, 2024

Conversation Questions

Speak more Finnish! There conversation questions - keskustelukysymykset - can help you talk about children and parenting!

Mielipidekirjoitus – Expressing your Opinion in Writing

March 23, 2024

Vocabulary Phrases

One thing you will have to practice for YKI-testi will be writing an opinion piece - mielipidekirjoitus in Finnish. Learn useful phrases now!