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

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

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Finnish South Ostrobothnian dialect – Etelä-Pohjanmaan murre

The Finnish South Ostrobothnian dialect – Etelä-pohjanmaan murre – has very specific, interesting features. Click to find out more about it!

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Finnish Chess Terms – Shakki Šakki – Finnish Chess Vocabulary

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

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Ettei Muttei Vaikkei – Conjunction contractions

Learn about Finnish contractions such as ettei, muttei, ehkei and miksei, as well as their other person forms (etten, ettet, ettemme, etc.)

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Superheroes – Finnish Vocabulary – Supersankarit

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

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Finnish suffix MAINEN/MÄINEN -ish, -like

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

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Necessity Sentences in Spoken Language – Tarttee Tarvii Kantsii

In spoken language we say “mun tarvitsee”, “sun tarvii” and “meiän tarttee”. Learn how to create necessity sentences in spoken Finnish!

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Weather – Sää – Conversation Questions – Keskustelukysymyksiä

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

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Children and Parenting – Finnish Conversation Prompts – Keskustelukysymyksiä

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

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选举– Vaalit – 芬兰语词汇

你对政治感兴趣吗?点击这你,一起来学习与选举和投票有关的芬兰语词汇和短语!

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Mielipidekirjoitus – Expressing your Opinion in Writing

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

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PAIN Vocabulary in Finnish – Koskee, sattuu, särkee

This article contains PAIN related vocabulary. Learn how to describe your pain in Finnish using nouns, verbs and adjectives!

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Suggestions, Requests and Orders in Finnish – Nursing

Click to find out more about how to make suggestions in Finnish! Most of the article focuses on suggestions in nursing homes.

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Phrases with two difference cases – Pitkäksi aikaa – Samalla tavoin – Incongruence

Find out more about phrases like [tällä kertaa], [jossain määrin] and [hyvissä ajoin] with incongruence, where words within a phrase aren’t inflected the same case!

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长元音和短元音 – 长辅音&短辅音 – 芬兰语发音

在芬兰语中,长音和短音的发音不同。往往一个字母之差,就是一个单词之差,单词意思也就完全不同。 点击获取更多关于芬兰语长短音的练习!

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Elections – Vaalit – Finnish Vocabulary

Are you interested in politics? Click to learn Finnish vocabulary and phrases related to elections and voting!

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Country names in Finnish – Mistä sinä olet kotoisin?

Learn the names of countries in Finnish! In addition, you can also find how these country names inflect when you say where you’re from!

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Word family of LIIKKUA LIIKE LIIKENNE – Sanaperhe

Learn more about the WORD FAMILY of the verb liikkua! This look at Finnish derivation should help you make sense of how words are created in Finnish.

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Finnish Compound Words – Yhdyssanat

Learn how Finnish compound words relate to the same terms in English! Included are 100 Finnish compound words!

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Ruoka Ruoat – Consonant Gradation where K disappears – KPT

Click to find out more about consonant gradation where K disappears! Astevaihtelu or KPT-vaihtelu where the K disappears is tricky.

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Lausetyypit – Finnish Sentence Types

Click for this overview with links to the different Finnish sentence types – LAUSETYYPIT! Knowing these will help you form sentences!

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Overview: Articles regarding derivational suffixes

Learn more about the Finnish derivational system and the derivational suffixes used to create new adjectives, nouns, adverbs and verbs!

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100 Random Finnish Nouns – Intermediate Level PART TWO

Learn some more random Finnish nouns which can be considered to be at the intermediate level! Expand your vocabulary!

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家居问题 – Kodin ongelmat – Sanastoa

来本文中学习一些表达你可能遇到的家庭问题的表达!

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Maito – Milk – Dairy products

Here’s all the MILK-related vocabulary you will ever need while studying Finnish! Learn about MAITO, KERMA, JUUSTO, JOGURTTI and many more dairy products.

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Classroom vocabulary – Luokkasanasto Opiskelusanasto

Check out this overview of vocabulary you are likely to need when you’re studying Finnish in a classroom setting!

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Kysymyslause – Making Questions in Finnish – Lausetyypit

In Finnish, you can make questions in two ways: by using a question word like mikä, miksi and kuka, and by using the -ko/kö suffix. This is how we create a kysymyslause (a “question sentence”, ie. an interrogative clause). This article tells you more about the types of kysymyslause Finnish has! You can find an overview of all […]

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Missä sinä asut? 芬兰语日常表达

本文中,你将学习到一些短语,帮助你用芬兰语谈论你的家。例如,Missä sinä asut?你住在哪里?Millaisella alueella?在什么样的地方?

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Places ending in LA or LÄ

Click to find extensive information and word lists of Finnish places ending in LA, such as neuvola, käymälä and ravintola!

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Special partitive cases: toimi toimea tointa – Kotus wordtype 25

Click to read about words like TOIMI (toimea/tointa, toimien/tointen) and NIEMI (niemea/nientä, niemien/nienten) and kotus wordtype 25!

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Consonant gradation LKI-LJE RKI-RJE

Click to find a list of nouns and verbs with the consonant gradation LKI-LJE and RKI-RJE, ie. where K is strong and J is weak!

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Words ending in E – Inflection of words like HAME and NALLE

Learn more about words ending in E, such as hame, kolme and filee, which belong to wordtype B for consonant gradation!

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“Suomen mestari” series – Finnish Study Books

The Finnish language learning books of the Suomen mestari series are very useful! This article includes all the info you need on them!

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Li ni ri words – Inflection of words like PIENI

Click to find an overview of words like PIENI, which are sometimes labeled as “LI NI RI words” in language classes!

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Inflection of words like UUSI – Käsi vuosi kuukausi

Finnish has many words ending in -i. Click for a list of UUSI-type words! These words inflect the same way as the word UUSI (uuden, uuteen).

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芬兰语中的外来词 – Lainasanoja

在芬兰语中,有相当多的印欧语的外来词。在学习芬兰语时,你可以从中受益!

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List of old words ending in i of the ovi-type

Read about the inflection of old words ending in i, which can be refered to as OVI-type words! These undergo the same changes as OVI does.

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Reversible Compound Words – Finnish vocabulary

The compound words in this article are REVERSIBLE! Find out what this means and how e.g. RIISIPUURO and PUURORIISI differ in meaning!

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No Niin – Suomen Tärkein Sana – Sketch Analysis

Click for the English translation and grammar analysis of Ismo Leikola’s sketch about NO NIIN, the most important Finnish word!

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Nouns and their Opposites – Substantiivit ja niiden Vastakohdat

War & peace, chaos & order, hardware & software. Learn some new vocabulary by going through these nouns which have a clear opposite!

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100 Random Finnish Words to Study – Intermediate Level

Time to expand your Finnish vocabulary by learning these 100 random Finnish words aimed at intermediate level students!

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100 Finnish Verbs and their Opposites – Upper-Intermediate learners

HERÄTÄ and NUKAHTAA, TYÖNTÄÄ and VETÄÄ are two examples of verbs and opposites. Click to find a list of useful vocabulary!

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Viedä Tuoda Hakea – Similar verbs

The verbs VIEDÄ, TUODA and HAKEA confuse many learners. Find out what the difference is between the three in this article!

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系列主题:日常生活方式会话

在这篇文章中,你可以找到一些与日常生活有关的问题。这篇文章中的问题是对话提示,旨在引发讨论,目的是帮助你练习如何回答与某个话题有关的问题。

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Conversation Prompts – Passive sentences – Mitä tehdään…?

Practice the passive tense with these questions! This article contains conversation prompts which allow you to make passive sentences.

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Conversation Prompts – Oletko koskaan uinut…?

Oletko koskaan uinut avannossa tai käynyt mökillä? These conversation prompts with the PERFECT TENSE can help you start a conversation!

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Passive Perfect Tense – On tehty “has been done”

Learn more about when to use and how to conjugate verbs in the passive perfect tense, such as “on tehty”, “on käyty” and “on osattu”!

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Rektio – What are rections? – Finnish Grammar

What is a “rektio”? Or a “verbirektio”? Learn more about what “rections” are in the Finnish language in this article!

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Toinen Toisiaan Toisemme Toisillenne – Pronoun “Toinen”

This article gives you information about how the pronoun toinen is used. We’re starting with the most difficult usage and moving from there to easier meanings. I decided to go with this approach because it’s most likely someone will end up on this page looking for the hardest part. 1. Resiprookkipronomini “each other” Toinen is […]

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Finnish Adverbs Ending in STI

This list contains 473 Finnish adverbs ending in STI, which have been completed with example sentences and translations.

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