absolute beginner Archives

Country names in Finnish – Mistä sinä olet kotoisin?

January 14, 2024

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!

Mitä Kuuluu? Miten Menee? – “How are you?” in Finnish

August 25, 2020

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Hei! Mitä kuuluu? Miten menee? Have you learn how to reply to these questions in Finnish yet? Find out more!

Talking about Languages in Finnish – Minä puhun suomea

October 7, 2019

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Minä puhun vähän suomea. Minä puhun englantia sujuvasti. En ymmärrä mitään. Time to start talking about languages in Finnish!

Nationalities in Finnish – Minkämaalainen sinä olet

September 21, 2019

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Use the ending -lainen/läinen for nationalities in Finnish! This works for countries (kanadalainen), continents (aasialainen) and cities (helsinkiläinen).

Your First 100 Finnish Verbs – Finnish for Beginners

August 22, 2019

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Learn your first Finnish verbs! This list is aimed at beginners who want to learn some verbs and use in combination with the verbtypes.

Survival Finnish – Basic Phrases

March 19, 2019

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Let's learn some basic Finnish questions like "Where is the bathroom?", some exclamations like "Help!" and much more in this survival Finnish word list.

Finnish Loanwords – Lainasanoja

February 13, 2019

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There are quite a few Indo-European loanwords in the Finnish language. These Finnish loanwords are easy to learn, but be careful with the pronounciation!