#Finnish duolingo

[languageroom]

Now we're getting into it.

[bayoubodycount]

I'm learning Finnish on Duolingo. The owls name is Pöllö. He's such a friendly little idiot teacher🤭🤦‍♀️

I went to the local aviary today and they had some really mean things to say about owls.

[mistysblueboxstuff]

favourite thing I've learned so far

[wtfduolingo]

(ID: Duolingo phrase in Finnish that translates to "I am crying and the onion is laughing")

[gemsofgreece]

Greek Duolingo is not playing huh

[latinthusiast]

re: Duolingo using AI and people choosing to stop using it but feeling lost as to how to access language learning

One alternative app you might look into is MangoLanguages -- it's often free through your local public library! Try going to get a library card and checking if they have it as an online resource. If you can't get access for free through the public library, you can pay a few bucks a month (actually might be like $10? I'd have to double check).

(And yes, MangoLangs has Finnish!)

[bunny-banana]

Käärijä + Duolingo

[saranghandagom]

Random Finnish words

(some of these are from reading a book, others from my courses at uni, and again others from random signs on campus)

edesauttaa - further, support, contribute

vammainen - disabled

ristiriitainen - contradictory

itkuinen - teary, lit. "cry-y"

pettyä jhk - be disappointed in (+ ill)

käyttäytyä - behave, conduct, act

uupua - become tired, exhausted, fatigued

kärsivällisyys - patience

purskahtaa 1. itkuun 2. nauruun - burst out into 1. tears 2. laughter

niellä - ingest, consume; swallow, buy (a story)

nyyhkyttää - sob

tyynyttää jtkt - calm down, soothe (+ part)

tyrmistyä - freeze (e.g. in fear)

varas (gen. varkaan) - thief

roisto - crook, villain, thug

vakooja - spy

huvittaa jtkt - amuse, entertain (+ part)

ajantuhlaus - waste of time

laupeus - mercy, clemency (used for example in religious contexts)

toisinaan - occasionally, now and then, sometimes

vino - slanted, askew, diagonally (not straight)

sissisota - guerrilla warfare

[languageroom]

That nominative object led me astray!

[smimon]

Yo if anyone's going to Käärijä's Backas gig in Vantaa I'll bring some 2023 stickers so you can get them if you want. But you will have to talk first because I'm very shy 👉👈

[mehilaiselokuva]

i get duolingo not being a great option for learning finnish, but would you say its any good for at least getting one in the habit of using finnish every day and familiarizing themselves with using it (if that makes sense)? or would you still recommend something else?

Hi!

Unless you say things like "I am a wizard." daily, you won't really learn any Finnish that's used daily on Duolingo. It doesn't teach you any casual language, so you wouldn't even be able to hold a native-level conversation in the wild even if you completed the whole course. You'll also get multiple questions about conjugation which Duo fails to teach. You won't be able to conjugate a single word to its fullest potential.

If you can live with that, go ahead!

For daily Finnish input, I'd seriously recommend Yle's selkosuomi news ; and once you get the hang of kirjakieli, move on to watching actual content directed at native speakers like YouTube or podcasts. Whenever I am learning a language I just write whatever the people say down, note any words I don't know, and then point out the main grammar points.

[amatus-jj]

i understood nothing and yet fell in love even more

jere 🫶🏻

[original video here]

[submariini]

PAIDATONRIEHUJA (IG STORIES) ► 2023/05/29

[wtfduolingo]

Finnish Lessons

(ID: a Finnish Duolingo phrase that says “The bride is a woman and the groom is a hedgehog.)

[mannap]

Is it just me or does anyone else get the irrational urge to... learn every F1 driver's native language even if I would probably never use it irl😭😂

[kijiboop]

So, Duolingo has failed me. I’ve “completed” the Finnish course. This… is not what knowing a language looks like.

I have a tiny vocabulary. I do not understand grammar. I can’t reliably understand anything besides basic concepts.

But damned if I can’t say “minulla on helmi.” Or “tämä laulu soi kuin hirvi.”