#selkouutiset

[finnishfun]

Selkouutiset - Helmikuu

ohjus - missile

paasto - fast, Lent

pakanallinen - pagan

hernerokka - pea soup

hedelmöitys - fertilization, conception

siirtolainen - migrant

valvontajärjestelmä - security system

vanhempainvapaa - parental leave

I wonder if I should start reading the “real” news, but to be honest I don’t like reading news much so this is enough for a bit of practice, learning new words and find out what’s happening.

Also, now there is probably going to be a bus strike in Finland. I read about railway strike earlier as well, maybe it’s not happening any more?

[vieraslaji]

hei mul on idea

kun oon nähny pari käyttäjää etsivän suomen lukemisharjoituksen, ehkä olis kivaa jos natiivit puhujat kirjoittaisi pari postausta selkosuomeks opiskelijoiden lukeakseen

tiiän et selkouutiset on olemassa mut viralliset artikkelit voi pelottaa aloittajia ja lyhyemmät postaukset saattaa olla vähempää pelottavaa

kiinnostaako ketään?

@mehilaiselokuva @torillatavataan @wost-lost @valejalkainen @pupunu @mcrmadness @epilepsiavieroitusoire

(tagaan muutama käyttäjää jotka näyttää nauttivan mun kysymyksiin vastaamisesta haha)

[teal-skull]

Hi I saw your post about the phrase "se ei ole mistään kotoisin" and the book you linked looks interesting I just might get it 👀 I have an Amazon gift card that I want to spend on something fun and I was wondering if you have any Finnish book recommendations!! Either with translation or in simpler Finnish works too :D

Omg!

Ngl you were in my mind when I was writing that book recommendation :3 I hope you will enjoy it if you end up getting it! But keep in mind that because it is humorous it is not a deeb dive but rather scracthing the surface.

I will have to do a confession here that I don't read too much of finnish literature (something that I need to fix)

A general tip: try adding "selkokirja" (or selkosuomi/selkokielinen) to your search. Selkokirjat are books writen, or re-writen into simpler finnish than the original. (yle's website has a section "selkouutiset" where you find news in selkosuomi

Sorry, I wrote you a really long list, but maybe more is better so you can pick and choose.

-The moomin books by Tove Janson! Pick any one, Comet in Moominland and Midsommer Madness are my faves. They were originally written in swedish because Tove was swedish-speaking finn, so finnish editions are translations. There's also comics.

-Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo. English translation (and many other) is available of this one. This book is about a gay man called Enkeli (angel) who takes a baby troll into his house and tries to take care of it. But troll is part of a wild nature and the night. From tiny snippets we follow how this turns out. Finlandia Prize winner.

-The Unkown Soldier by Väinö Linna. This is THE Book in Finland. A finnish classic and the nation's "collective memory" of the Continuation war against Russia. Many movies made out of this one. According to wikipedia there is a new english translation from 2015, which is better than the previous but some of the localization has been critizied.

-The Purge by Sofi Oksanen. A very dark and depressing book set in the soviet occupation of Estonia. Haven't read this one yet but it is widely popular. Check wikipedia for more info.

-Ja hän huutaa: Splatterpunk-Antologia (Aaave Taajuus, 2014) I took you like violence and blood, well here's a collection of splatterunk short stories writen by different finnish horror authors. Havent read all of them yet, but the ones I have read have been... good in a way of "I wanted to be disgusted and I got what I wanted". Let me tell you, these shortstories are propably the most gruesome shit writen in finnish horror scene. All warnigns ably. You honestly just need to read the backcover. It's only available in finnish but I don't think the language will be too complex.

-Pyöveli by Anneli Kanto. Only available in finnish but it's a humortictic, grotesk story set in medieval Finland following the son of an executioner, a newly (un)happily married judge in Vaasa and a peasant determined to get a new, succesfull life.

- Magdalena Hai writes speculative finnish fiction

Some recomendations by my friends: -Ilkka Remes is a thriler writer but I couldn't find any of his works translated

-Childrens books: Risto Räppääjä -books (K makes references to him in few songs!) and Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu.

-Kepler62 by Timo Parvela (Scifi)

-Varjot by Timo Parvela (fantasy)

-Hirviöasiakaspalvelu, kuinka voin auttaa by Anni Nupponen (monster customer service), the publisher is Osuuskumma

-Leena Krohn writes horror/fantasy

Also some classic finnish books are:

-The seven brothers by Aleksis Kivi, the first novel writen completely in finnish. I read this one, at first it was fun but near the ending draged on way too long, sori Aleksi. You will see this one being referenced all the time.

-The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen) by Mika Waltari.

-Minna Canth's plays like Työmiehen Vaimo or Annaliisa. They deal with women's position in the victorian era.

[melcat248]

are you able to read things considered simple finnish (ie something like this: https://yle.fi/selkouutiset)?

if you can im curious on how long it took you to get to that level, one of the people in my group chat says it takes many, many years but i dont know whether to take her word for it because she's been learning english much longer than my friends but still isnt the best at it

I am not on that level yet as ive only been learning for a month, i would say it could take awhile from 9 months to 2+ years! I cannot give a good estimate though as im not a professional, maybe asks some of the accounts i mentioned in the last ask

If you think thats a long time and not worth it, i would think of it like this:

2 or so years are gonna pass anyway, might aswell be 2 years older knowing finnish

[lily-learns-finnish]

Juhannusaatto

Tänään perjantaina vietetään juhannusaattoa.

Today (on Friday) Midsummer eve is celebrated.

Juhannuksen vietto on sujunut rauhallisesti.

Midsummer celebration has passed by peaceful.

Juhannuskokkoja poltetaan vain pohjoisessa.

Midsummer bonfires are burning only in the north.

Etelässä juhannuskokkoja ei saa polttaa metsäpalovaroituksen takia.

In the south Midsummer bonfires are not being burnt because of forest fire warnings.

Maa on niin kuivaa, että tuli voi helposti levitä ja sytyttää metsää.

The country is so dry, that fire could easily spread and ignite the forest.

Juhannusaaton sää on ollut vaihteleva.

Midsummer eve weather has been variable.

Osassa maata on ollut yli 30 astetta lämmintä, osassa maata on ollut kovia ukkosia ja Lapissa on ollut kylmä.

In part of the country it has been over 30 degrees, and in part of the country there has been thunder, and in Lapland it has been cold.

Verbit

viettää - to celebrate

polttaa - to burn

sujua - to pan out, to proceed

levitä - to spread

sytyttää - to ignite

Sanasto

kokko - bonfire

aatto - eve

palo/tuli - fire

ukkonen - thunder

[angelic-apple]

ok this may be a very weird ask to receive, but do you know any Finnish pirating/streaming sites where I could find like movies or cartoons with Finnish dubs and subtitles? I'm studying Finnish at uni, and I wanted to practice like that, but I can't find anything

thank you in advance, plus love your blog

Aa thank you so much 💕

Sadly I don't know any Finnish pirating sites, but have this instead!

It's a free streaming service containing loads of Finnish tv shows, cartoons, movies, news and sports live streams! :) A piece of media will usually be uploaded as the episode airs on tv and will stay up for a few weeks. Oh and they also provide news in simplified language for those who are still learning the language or have learning disabilities! It's called Selkouutiset (Simplified News). And for cartoons I really recommend Pikku Kakkonen which is the program I and many before and after me have grown up with! It is aimed at smaller kids tho but they often have small Finnish productions that are so cute :D

Sana-arkku is also so fucking cute, it's about (usually) 3 visiting kids who go around the super adorable set finding words and solving kid-friendly word/pun puzzles.

For documentaries there are so many good ones that are abt Finnish nature and are 100% small production passion projects. They're super good if you want to learn about our relationship with nature, esp the lakes, bc they are such an important piece of the Finn identity for so many of us and the deep connection we have to our local bodies of water is beautiful I think. My recommendation for this category is definitely this one:

Oh and btw... This service is ran and owned by the National news/radio station and I think it's available is English as well and supports subtitles. They have a free news article site too that should also be available in English:

These are THE News sites in Finland and they work on all devices, all you need is an internet access. Their standards are also very high so it is a reliable source for information when it comes to the important events and politics in Finland, as well as some local Finnish goofery if you're interested.

Hope this helped at all and I'm also available for private messages if you need to practice your conversation skills :D

Ps. Any other Finnish people or students please feel free to add any other resources to this you might know of!

[fennoscandiclinguist]

I found this “News in easy Finnish” thing that I have no idea why I haven’t thought of before, but I really should start watching this every day. It’s still too difficult for me to follow completely but I might actually learn something from it.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/selkouutiset/

[finnishdaydreams-blog]

my messy Finnish learning path story, part I (the first three months)

Part I in a series of posts detailing my Finnish-learning journey. I’m not going to filter this or try to make this accessible to any audience; if you are looking for a systematic, linear learn Finnish in 4 ez steps feelgood bullshit which amounts to effortlessly picking up 5 simple structures and winging it then you won’t find it here. But you could do that instead of suffering like me. (In which case like what are you even doing here, go learn vowel harmony, consonant gradation, verb types 1-5, -kO questions and the most common 500 words and you’ll be A1 lol)

Ok so I have been learning Finnish for almost 9 months now and have put in about 300 hours. I get asked a lot how to start learning Finnish and what resources I used. This is just my path, everyone is different; I come from a traditional language learning background with formal linguistics training so my path was shaped by that. It was also shaped by time and energy constraints while already burnt out from working full time and what I found most enjoyable, not necessarily the most efficient or practical.

this describes the messy path I took, not a clear to-do list for anyone

you can find the prequel to this here

First three weeks reading about the language and trying to get a feel for it. Wikipedia, grammar pages, going to my local library and taking out all of the books I could find. Realize that everything is going to take twice as long as when I've learned other languages because: a) I'm tired; b) nobody has properly rounded up resources; c) only about one in thirty words is actually transparent; d) I have a desperate desire to learn things deeply and while Finnish has very few exceptions, there are many rules that need to be understood or at least acquired.

End of month 1 intense frustration over the initial total beginner wall: realize I can't make sentences, and that I still don't understand how exactly the introductory phrases are even used. Also throw a temper tantrum over the fact that my colloquial book is not colloquial but only goes halfway, and come to understand that the books from the library are old as shit and that I will have to learn book stuff before I can take liberties with making fluid spoken sentences.

Resources used included: Colloquial Finnish, Finnish for Foreigners, Memrise, YouTube KatChats, Discord

Comforted by: realizing I can at least recognize 300 words. I can also read words outloud decently.

Months 2-3 take a step back and try to learn more intuitively, do Hauska Tavata and the first 1-4 chapters or so from something like 6 different sources. Good progress but since I don't know the rules or there are just A LOT of rules and A LOT of noun types and nobody around me knows explicitly how they work, everything feels super random. This makes me feel like I can't make sentences any more reliably than at chance. Acknowledge that this is a normal part of the A0 stage and it's fine to make awkward stuff at any point and to just rely on pre-set phrases. Become frustrated again that even these set phrases from books are laughable to natives.

New resources: Hauska Tavata, Teach yourself Finnish, Venla, Yle Selkouutiset, Clozemaster

Comforted by: kuha/voi memes and emojis. Find encouragement from: music, validation from being able to identify and say simple things (see Hauska Tavata pdf), friendly natives.

Day 100 (ish): I can recognize about 1000 words now and I am no longer having trouble just figuring out where verbs are in sentences. I can make basic questions and answers and I know the survival vocab decently, but I do mix up stuff quite a lot (like the names of the seasons). Do a test made for me by my closest Finn-friends and realize there are a ton of things I can do now that I could not do before. I am a toddler.

New resources: A Taste of Finnish, Quizlet, Conversational Finnish.

Comforted by: hey I can transcribe 70% of a random spoken video even though I have no idea what is going on and I can write simple sentences unassisted.

[ruotsalainen-kettu]

I should be doing more language-wise but somehow my brain is like meeeeh

The good news is I'm almost past my previous drops streak and doing vocab consistently as well. Oh and I think the selkouutiset get easier to understand, though I don't write down all vocab like I used to (and should...)

Only 6 more days until I fly to Finland oh no

[uselessfinnish]

Any advice for newbie? I'm taking a couple courses in memrise, but i want to learn and practice more.

Finnish radio onlineMy blog, obviously (I have a masterpost on this somewhere down there)https://areena.yle.fi/tv Finnish national TV & radiohttps://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/selkouutiset/ simplified Finnish newshttp://selkosanomat.fi/ simplified Finnish newspaper

[viahhapocalyptica]

I really want to learn Finnish but it scares me so much more than the other Scandinavian languages I know...teach me ur ways ;—;

Heeiiidon’t be scared young Padiwan, Finnish is more of a beautiful enigma than a scary monster :3 (apart from Helsinki slang and the stuff you read onSuomitumppu… That shit’s terrifying XD).Firstup: Finnish is not a Scandinavian/Norse language, that’s possiblywhy it’s intimidating. Unless you speak Estonian,Hungarian, or various indigenous Siberian languages, it’s not gonnabe familiar. But that’s why it’s fun! ‘Cause it’s totally different :3 You just throw away everythingyou think you know about how languages work and you start fromscratch.Secondly: Here’s some facts that make it sound less scary– there’s no grammatical genders. There’sno gender pronouns either, there’s just “hän” for he or she (or“se” in spoken Finnish which literally means “it” XD).There’s also no articles, which means that sometimes I forget tosay “the” and “a/an” in English now. And also the spelling istotally phonetic. Every letter only makes one sound, so spelling andpronunciation are simple. Oh, and there’s only two tenses: Present and past. Bloody marvellous Myways you say? Well personally I began witha book called Teach Yourself Finnish by Terttu Leney. I HIGHLYrecommend investing in this book, preferably a more recent version (oldest oneis too formal). I taught myselfspelling and grammar and basically the most important shit solelyfrom that book for something like 8 years before I got lessons, and Istill go through it from time to time. Honestly you should see thestate of my copy XD When I finally started lessons, my teacherscouldn’t believe I had taught myself. So I literally can’tpraise it enough.Thatsaid, there’s other good books out there too, I’ll put themin a list at the end of this ramble :3NextI got lessons. I am lucky that I live a few towns away from anAnglo-Finn group called Camberleyn Suomikoulu (Camberley’s Finnishschool), who are basically a bunch of Finns who mingle whilst theirspouses/kids get taught Finnish. I’m their novelty student XD But they treat me as a Finn too. :3Anyway,I know it may not be so simple for most people to get lessons. If youhave looked/googled all over and can’t find any near enough to you,are there any Finnish embassies or groups in your country that dointensive courses a couple times a year? Also consider gettinglessons over Skype. There are teachers who even have group lessons ifyou are nervous :3 Or find Finnish speakers who don’t mindcommunicating with you often, there are people here on tumblr forexample in the langblr community, and loads more on forums andlanguage communities across t’internet who may be able to help.Honestly my knowledge on this is not great as I am not that involved(would you believe I am quite shy irl -__-), but I’m sure it won’tbe difficult to find more info about other communities if you findsome Finnish langblrs. I don’t follow loads but I will put themat the end of this ramble too.Forhelp with vocabulary, there are websites and apps that can help you.Memrise has absolutely FUCKTONNES of useful vocab, for example. The courses are put together by Memrise users so it’s all free, thoughsadly that also means you might want to be wary of accuracy here andthere. “3000 most common words”, “Beginner’s Finnish” (with amoomin for a pic), and “Vocabulary from Selkouutiset”, areparticularly good vocab lists. Interesting to note that the appexercises (at least on iphone) are different from the website, but both are good.Mondlyis also great! You get a free lesson every day, even if you don’tbuy the full version :3 I’m dreaming of the day I can afford ittbh, it has speech recognition like on Duolingo, which is so rare forFinnish *____*Clozemaster is something I’ve just discovered, it’slike the last two apps/websites but it presents the words in context,which is pretty damn useful in Finnish. There are so many other random/smaller websiteswhich are good for reference also, not just for vocab but alsophrases and tidbits of grammar. I’ll put them at the end.Ifyou can, try to listen to Finnish radio, news, or even watch the Moomins,so that you can hear more every day and casual subjects andconversation, as opposed to song lyrics and interviews, or thosebloody voice actors who speak slowly for the accompanying audio totextbooks. I mean, that’s useful at first, but nobody speaks likethat irl.

Oh,also I better acknowledge the cases, conjugations, and consonantgradation. It seems pretty intimidating I know, but don’t worry!There is method in that madness. The rules of Finnish grammar arelogical with only very few exceptions, and therefore in time becomequite easy to apply. Chances are you won’t know what to do at timesand that’s fine - I don’t think anyone will give you shit for gettingthings wrong. But if you are unsure and want to check how toconjugate words and such, use Wiktionary. You can search for a word there and it should have awhole table of all possible conjugations when you click the little “more”button :3 Sometimes there are examples in context as well.Personally I’ve always had a little table of case names with examples on my wall where I work, because sometimes a textbookwill say “use ___ with the elative case” and I can’t rememberwhat the fuck that means (because I just know it as “the -sta/-stä ending”,for example XD) and it’s made life so much easier than having to lookit up every time. East to reach conjugation tables/lists are definitely your friend.BeforeI stop rambling (finally) and get to the links - maybe this willapply to other languages, maybe not, but imo keeping on top ofFinnish is a daily thing. Doing my Mondly lesson and two Memrisesessions a day has greatly improved my listening skills,and it helps with keeping vocab fresh in my mind. That is my bareminimum a day - I can do more, but never less. It’s a new-ish routinein my life, but it’s already helped soooo SOOO much. Just five littlemeasly minutes a day, every day, find something to practice whetherit’s vocab or reading about grammar, or one exercise in a book. Thenyou can choose to do extra or not. If you choose to do loads, do NOTgive yourself a day off the next day. Still do those five minutes. Ipromise you will learn faster than cramming it all in your head forlike three days straight, then burning out for a month, then beingintimidated by the pile you have to catch up on. I speak fromexperience. XD

So,onto those links. 

Websites mentionedhere:www.memrise.comwww.mondlylanguages.comwww.clozemaster.comwww.wiktionary.com

Otheruseful websites for just abouteverything:www.uusikielemme.fi/index.html– “Finnish for busy people”, great for simplified explanationsto grammar and lists of important vocab. Also inSpanish.www.101languages.net/finnish/- This website has audio samples of common words, a conjugator, atranslator, radio, news, vocab and phrases, a conversational course,the whole friggin’ works.www.livelingua.com/project/fsi/Finnish/- some free and extensive courses with audiohere.https://twitter.com/kaikkisanat– a twitter account posting literally every Finnishword.www.sanakirja.org - online dictionarywww.urbaanisanakirja.fi– dictionary for slang words. The definitions are in Finnishthough.http://extreme-finnish.teachable.com/- a course on spoken Finnish.www.randomfinnishlesson.com– a great blog with lots of useful anecdotes, grammardeconstructing, slang words, vocab etc… The owner occasionallyteaches over skype, she also does podcasts in simple Finnish andstuff.http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/FinnishForForeigners/parts-index.htm– useful exercises andsuch.https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/selkouutiset/- the news in simpleFinnish.https://viahhapocalypticalangblr.tumblr.com/post/154651215026/starryskiesandlanguages-memrise-finnish#notes– A masterpost of other helpful Finnish content.Some langblrs/tumblrblogs with useful Finnishcontent:@blackteaandlanguages​@letslearnfinnish​@useless-finlandfacts​@learnsuomi​@uselessfinnish​@thisisfinnish​@finugriclanguages​@hiiru-lainen​@finnishproverbs​@finnishwords​@catfinnish​@just-finnish-learning-things​@finland-is-cooler-than-you​@viahhapocalypticalangblr​(this is mine, I’m not terribly active there but I try to reblog anyuseful shit I see and occasionally talk about life inFinnish.)Books I can recommend:Teach Yourself Finnish byTerttu LeneyFrom Start To Finnish by Leila WhiteHyvin Menee!Suomea Aikuisille (series)Suomen Mestari (series)BerlitzFinnish phrasebook & dictionary (good for travelling)I haveloads more in my collection but I haven’t managed to read them yetso… Watch this space for more info maybe?I have probablyforgotten some things here and there but I hope you get the idea, andsome kind of starting point. I wish you the best of luck learningthis unique and beautiful language, and please feel free to ask any questions if you get stuck. Tsemppiä! And may yourencounters with the partitive case be peaceful and easy to understand XD

[finnishfun]

Finnish 2023 - maaliskuu

(I actually forgot to make a post in February, but now I’m posting the one I’ve been meaning to make about March)

- Luen vielä HP7- kirjaa. Luin myös kirjat, jotka ostin Suomesta (Still reading HP and I read some books I bought in Finland)

- En lukenut Selkouutiset tässä kuussa, koska en ollut pajon kotona, jatkan huhtikuussa. (Didn’t have much time to read news, I’ll continue in April)

- Katson vielä Muumilaaksoo -sarjaa. Ystävän kanssa katsoimme “Helsinki Crimes” -sarjan Netflixissä. (Still watching Moomin, watched “Helsinki Crimes” on Netflix with my friend)

- Harjoittelin puhumista, kun olin kotona (noin 4 tuntia) (About 4 hrs of speaking practice)

- Puhuin suomeksi Suomessa! Minusta se oli hyvä puhumisharjoitus ja olin itsevarmampi. (Best practice is speaking Finnish in Finland)

Puhumisharjoitus - uusia sanoja:

huuhtelusäiliö - toilet tank hehkulamppu - lightbulb pettynyt - disappointed pyyhkiä pölyä - to dust putkimies - plumber videokeskustelu, videopuhelu - video chat, video call unikko - poppy, unikonsiemen - poppy seed (fun word, because it has “unI” - dream in it) pyöräkorjaamo - bike repair shop ritsa - slingshot

[suomimale]

Saamelaiset

Pohjois-Euroopassa asuu saamelaisia. Saamelaisia on Norjassa, Ruotsissa, Suomessa ja Venäjällä. Saamelaisia on yhteensä noin 100 000.

Saamelaiset ovat alkuperäiskansa. Se tarkoittaa, että saamelaiset ovat asuneet pohjoisessa kauemmin kuin muut. Esimerkiksi suomalaiset tulivat pohjoiseen vasta saamelaisten jälkeen.

Saamelaisilla on oma kieli. Saamen kieli on suomen sukulaiskieli. Esimerkiksi televisiossa on saamenkieliset uutiset.

Suomessa asuu noin 7000 saamelaista. Lappi on saamelaisten maa. Saamelaiset hoitavat Lapissa poroja.

Myös Etelä-Suomessa asuu saamelaisia, koska monet saamelaiset ovat muuttaneet kaupunkiin. Esimerkiksi Helsingissä asuu paljon saamelaisia.

Saamelaisilla on omia pukuja. Saamelaisten puvuissa on paljon värejä. Saamelaisten vaatteet ovat monien mielestä tosi kauniita.

Saamelaisilla on myös oma lippu. Lipussa on samoja värejä kuin saamelaisten vaatteissa. Lipussa on esimerkiksi punaista ja sinistä.

Saamelaiset juhlivat aina helmikuun alussa. Helmikuun 6. päivä on saamelaisten kansallispäivä. Saamelaiset juhlivat silloin saamelaisten omaa kulttuuria.

[finnishfun]

Finnish 2023 - huhtikuu

I still wasn’t super active with studying, but good news I found a system this month. I’ll post about it in the next update.

Speaking practice: about 3 hours

aikamatka, aikamatkailu, aikamatkustus - time travel

aikamatkustaja, aikamatkaaja - time traveler

piparjuuri - horseradish

vanhentunut - out of date, expired

kuponki - coupon

lahjakortti - gift card

Selkouutiset:

leppä - alder tree tietojenkäsittely - data processing tietoliikenne - (tele)communication

I didn’t read a lot, just on the days I was practicing, but sometimes good for new words and to keep up with what’s happening in Finland.

For example, the most interesting news of the month is Finland joining NATO and the NATO headquarters getting a sauna:

[finnishfun]

Finnish 2023

Hyvää uutta vuotta! Tänä vuonna haluan opiskella / harjoitella enemmän suomea ja olla aktiivisempi täällä. Joka kuukauden lopussa postaan, mitä tein.

Tammikuu:

- Jatkoin HP7 -kirjan lukemista, on vain pari lukua jäljellä. Postaan siitä, kun luin loppuun.

- Haluan lukea Selkouutiset taas, aloitan helmikuussa.

- Katson Muumilaakso -sarjaa uudelleen.

- Harjoittelen puhumista (teen äänityksiä ja kuuntelen ne takaisin joskus), mutta vain pari kertaa viikossa, koska nyt olen toimistossa enemmän, ja minulla on vähemmän aikaa.

- Luen Suomen Mestari -kirjoja taas ja teen harjoituksia, sitten haluan jatkaa oppikirjaa.

- Jatkan kirjoittamista suomalaisista kirjoista pian.

- Toivottavasti teen enemmän kirjoitusharjoituksia, kun minulla on aikaa.

Happy new year! This year I want to study and practice more Finnish and be more active here. I will post what I did at the end of each month.

January:

- Continued reading HP7, only a few chapters left, I will post about it when I finished.

- I want to read Selkouutiset again, I’ll start in February.

- I’m watching the Muumilaakso-series again.

- I’m practicing speaking (making recordings and listening to them sometimes), but now I have less time to do it because I work at the office more.

- Started the Suomen Mestari-books again, I will do some revision and then continue with the textbook (I think I was on book 4)

- I’ll also continue posting about Finnish books I read

- And maybe more writing practice, at least these posts

[finnishfun]

Selkouutiset - 30 August - 12 September

jäljitys - tracking kuormittaa - to burden, strain

Koronatestaus ja koronajäljitys kuormittavat terveydenhoitoa paljon Suomessa.

COVID testing and tracking burden Finnish healthcare a lot.

kattavuus - coverage

Koko EU:n alueella 1 koronarokotuksen kattavuus on nyt yli 70 prosenttia.

In the EU, over 70% of people got at least one vaccine. (I guess it doesn’t translate that well here)

moninaisuus - diversity

Monet kokevat, etteivät opettajat ja muut aikuiset ymmärrä lasten ja nuorten moninaisuutta.

Many people experience that teachers and adults don’t understand children’s and young people’s diversity.

elpyä - to recover

Suomessa liikenne elpyy hitaammin, vaikka varauksia on alkanut tulla.

In Finland, (air) traffic recovers more slowly, even though bookings have started.

sopu - agreement

Hallitus on päässyt sopuun ensi vuoden budjetista.

The government has agreed on next year’s budget.