#learning finnish

[iibislintu]

places you can go in Finnish

to your own road (mennä tiehensä, to buzz off)

to the wolf (mennä hukkaan, to lose something)

inside the bilberry (mennä mustikkaan, to go pick bilberries; the same form works with other berries and also mushrooms in general)

into the forest (mennä metsään, to make a mistake)

into the doorjamb (mennä pieleen, to make a mistake)

to the magpies (mennä harakoille, to be wasted)

to an ancient god (mennä jumiin, to be stuck)

into yourself (mennä itseensä, to reflect on something bad you said/did)

to become a bunch of vulvas (mennä vituiksi, to be completely unsuccessful)

onto the thighs (mennä reisille, to be completely unsuccessful)

to the havings of sex/into marriage (same root word) (mennä naimisiin, to get married)

into the underworld (mennä manalle, to die)

[beelearnsfinnish]

[15-11-24, friday]

some messy scribbles from today's lesson! learned about directions today, and also did some speaking using food vocabulary and day-to-day topics. I'm always missing some vocab, but got some compliments on my progess since I'm able to make sentences quite nicely so happy about that!!

academic validation goes brr

still bit sick so that will be all my active studying for today, but will probably watch some vlogs for some inmersion. pretty happy about my progress :)

[ohcoffeedragon]

This is what the Finnish language looks like according to Käärijä fans. I meant to post this to the Finnish tags a week ago but I forgot, so here it is with a slight delay.

The data is from a survey I made. According to the results: 

70% of international Käärijä fans have taken an interest in Finland

50% decided to learn Finnish in 2023

39% are still learning Finnish one year later

22% have traveled to Finland because of Käärijä

The survey respondents are obviously among the most hardcore fans and I'm sure the numbers would look very different among casuals, but I still find it very impressive.

You can find the full results of the survey here if you're curious: https://at.tofe.me/kaarija-results

Pages 6-7 and 9-10 are about Finland, the rest is about other aspects of the fandom.

If you're Finnish it's something of a mood booster, so I encourage you to have a look ^^

[mehilaiselokuva]

Not studied Finnish yet? This is your sign!

Here are the absolute basics of the language in an even tighter package compared to my earlier posts. Maybe someone new will take interest in the language from these posts!

To my existing followers, are these kinds of posts good for you? Could my normal posts be in this format sometimes too?

[kanelinsuomi]

Idea julmasti pöllitty tästä julkaisusta.

[reflectionsofthesea]

minä: Anteeksi, voin sanoa vain muutaman sanan suomeksi

kaikki: Katsokaa tätä pientä italialaista !! Se osaa puhua suomea

minä : p-p

kaikki: perhe? pasta? pizza?

minä: PASKA

[finnishpod101]

Encouraging Phrases in Finnish! 🎉 PS: Learn Finnish with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.finnishpod101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_encouraging_061324

[sarenhale]

I'm a big fan of getting better at a language you're studying, consuming a lot of listening content like podcasts and videos, and going from hearing a blurred static in your head when the language and words don't make sense and sound so unfamiliar, to slowly recognizing words here and there, and then eventually realizing you're following the entire conversation and you can understand everything they're saying...

[adventuresinlearningfinnish]

The Finn just announced that we'd handle some things "one potato at a time".

Another idiom she has seamlessly translated from Finnish into English that's completely wonderful.

[nonivittumitavittuataas]

Useful links to Learn Finnish

~ Learning resources ~

# Apps #

Duolingo, a classic, it teaches you vocabulary and basic sentence structure

Drops, a great app to learn vocabulary, and it’s organized by subjects

Clozemaster, makes you fill sentences, slightly advanced

Memrise, good to learn vocabulary, includes textbooks vocabulary too

Mondly, teaches vocabulary and basic sentence structure

WordDive, seems like a comprehensive course (I haven’t tested this one)

# Textbooks #

Suomen Mestari, the book most Finnish classes use, is in Finnish only

Oma Suomi, a book for self-learning English speakers

# Websites #

The Finnish Teacher, easily approachable grammar lessons

Verbix, to find verb conjugations

Sanakirja, very complete dictionary and translator

Urbaani sanakirja, Finnish equivalent to Urban dictionnary

Uusi kielemme, a good vocabulary list divided by themes and levels

Finnish swear words on Wikipedia, essential!

# Video & audio lessons #

Finnish Pod, numerous audio and video lessons

Supisuomea-videot by Yle, videos with simple Finnish and subtitles

FSI courses, recordings of conversational Finnish

# Complete beginner resources #

A Taste of Finnish, reading, listening and grammar points

Kielet by Yle, lessons in Finnish with videos

Venla, for vocabulary, structures and grammar

Digital Dialects, games to learn Finnish

~ Listening resources ~

# Podcasts #

Opi Suomea!, a podcast in simple Finnish

Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, a news podcast in easy Finnish

Auta Antti!, a podcast where the host answers listeners questions

# Music & Radio #

Radio Suomi Pop, only Finnish songs & Finnish speakers

Tunein, to access more Finnish radios

#vainsuomihitit, Spotify playlist with all the new Finnish hits

Suomen musiikki, my Finnish spotify playlist

Mirka Karoliina, Disney songs with Finnish subtitles and translations

# Movies & TV shows #

My Finnish movies masterlist (needs to be updated)

Yle Arena, legal streaming of Finnish shows & others with Finnish subtitles

Some American streaming services (Netflix, Disney+ etc) have things dubbed in Finnish (mostly cartoons and kid’s shows), but most of those are only available if you’re in Finland (or use a VPN)

# Youtubers #

Papananaama

KAKSI ÄITIÄ

maiju

~ Reading & Writing resources ~

# Reading #

Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, news articles in easy Finnish

Oppiminen by Yle, various articles in easy Finnish

Free Finnish books, for advanced level

# Writing #

LangCorrect, write diary entries and get corrected by native Finnish speakers

~ Communities ~

# Finnblrs #

Tags on Tumblr: Finnish / Finnish langblr / Finnblr / Finnish language

This is Finnish

Suomen Kieli

Fennophile

Tealingual

Finn in training (mine)

# Others #

LearnFinnish on Reddit

Static page version of this post can be found here. Older versions of this article can be found here and here.

[iibislintu]

how you die in Finnish

you sleep away (nukkua pois)

you go forward (mennä edes; "edesmennyt")

you go away (mennä pois; "poismennyt")

and also...

you change your diocese (vaihtaa hiippakuntaa)

you throw a crank (heittää veivi)

you kick emptiness (potkaista tyhjää)

you enter the underworld (mennä manalle)

you join the upstairs orchestra (liittyä yläkerran orkesteriin)

[beelearnsfinnish]

[29.10.24, tuesday]

pretty happy cause i managed to get a good hour and half of studying done after struggling to find the time this past days. I'm still not up to date with my notes, but will hopefully be before my next lesson on Friday.

still have some writing exercises left to do, and definitely have to go over the past tense which i started learning during my last lesson. It's nice cause i feel like it'll make such a difference in how i perceive my progress if i'm able to finally talk in the past, and write about my days, previous experiences etc. Feels like I'm gonna unlock a good chunk of the language.

In other news I've applied to a volunteering program that looks amazing and it's in Helsinki, so fingers crossed cause I really want to get an interview, but don't wanna get my hopes super up.

Also!! It's been fun cause since I came back from Finland my instagram seems to think I'm still there or i'm finnish in some way cause all the reels and recommended content is in finnish now, and I've noticed I'm able to understand way more than I used to. I'm obviously still lacking lots of vocabulary and grammar, but I'm able to understand the general gist of the videos, which i wasn't able to before. Feeling good about that!

anyways, enjoy a photo of one of my walks when I was back in Finland, I love that road, I have so many pictures of those houses 🍂✨

[demi-eurovision]

Finnish friends, I've got a question.

Is the word kieli (language) exactly the same as the word kieli (string) as in Viulunkieli? Do I just understand which is which from context?

[mehilaiselokuva]

I made some memes, hope they help someone

:)

Also, this is the last exam week I have, I'll be continuing my regular content after it!

[kanelinsuomi]

Törmäsin taas tällaiseen ja päätin lokalisoida. Tällä kertaa perusjätskimaut!

Tägätkää tai kommentoikaa omat lempparit :)

[reflectionsofthesea]

🔥​🔥​🔥​🔥​ Snadi fisu tiistai 🔥​🔥​🔥​🔥​