Learning Finnish

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Learn Finnish by listening & repeating! 

 

How do Finns say? Let’s focus on the spoken language! You can practice conversations in different situations. All the content is 100% free – if you like it, please give your thumbs up & subscribe!  ♥

 

The Finnish alphabet and pronunciation exercises – learn by listening & repeating! 

 

Greetings & introducing yourself with example conversations – just like the native Finns would say! 

Important phrases just like the Finns would say. For example: thank you, excuse me, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to, it’s ok, you’re welcome, are you ok, could you help me, could you repeat, congratulations, of course, I don’t know, tell me more, sounds good…

LESSON 4 - In a café

Learn to transact in a café and also some vocabulary in Finnish.

LESSON 5 - Common words 1

54 common words in Finnish – you will learn by listening & repeating!

LESSON 6 - Family & Conversation

The family members and relatives in Finnish and conversation about siblings and children (names + ages).

LESSON 7 - Important Questions 1

Important questions in Finnish, for example: Where’s the toilet? Can I sit here? Can I take this? What time is it? Do you have time/money? Are you hungry/cold? How much does it cost? Could I have a check please? Where’s the closest food store/ gas station / pharmacy / bus stop? What is it? How do you say … in Finnish? When does it start?

LESSON 8 - Important Questions 2

Questions in Finnish that you can use in conversations like: What’s your phone number? Where do you live? Where are you from? What do you do for a living? What do you think? Are you happy/mad/sad? Do you want …? Could you give …? Shall we go to …?

LESSON 9 - The Numbers

The numbers in Finnish – you will learn by listening & repeating!

LESSON 10 - The Spoken numbers

The numbers in spoken language are a bit shorter and easy to learn after you have learned the written numbers! 

LESSON 11 - Telling the time

Telling the time by using spoken numbers.

LESSON 12 - The names of numbers & money

We have different names for the numbers for example when we are talking about grades. We will also learn the names for bills and coins in Finland. 

LESSON 13 - In a foodstore

Grocery related words and examples of conversations at the cash register in Finland.

LESSON 14 - When to address formally?

We will talk about when to address formally in Finland.

LESSON 15 - Time words

Time words in Finnish – like tomorrow, always, every day, next week…

LESSON 16 - Counting fast

The short numbers in Finnish that we use only for counting! 

LESSON 17 - The verbs: to be & to have

The verb “olla” (to be), is used also when the Finns want to say they have something. We will practice this with lots of examples.

LESSON 18 - The colors and clothes

We will practice colours with examples of clothes.

LESSON 19 - The verbs can & could

The verbs “can” & “could”. The verb “can” has two meanings: “voida” and “osata”. We will practice this with lots of examples.

LESSON 20 - The animals + can & T-plural

We will practice animals with t-plural and also how the animals say with the word “can”.

LESSON 21 - Feelings & Emotions

We will practice feelings and emotions in Finnish, also different illnesses, expressing love and even swearwords.

LESSON 22 - The verbs to go & to do

The verbs to go and to do in Finnish. We will practice this with lots of examples.

LESSON 23 - The weather

Talking about weather in Finnish with lots of examples.

LESSON 24 - The weekdays

The weekdays in Finnish and how you say “on Monday / on Mondays”. We will practice this with lots of examples.

LESSON 25 - The months & seasons

The months and seasons in Finnish and how you say “on January”. We will practice this with examples.

LESSON 26 - In a restaurant

In a restaurant – Food & how to order in Finnish. In the end we will go over a conversation.

LESSON 27 - Professions

54 Professions and talking about job in Finnish.

LESSON 28 - Directions

Giving directions in Finnish with examples.

LESSON 29 - Common adjectives

We will practice 74 common adjectives with examples in Finnish.

LESSON 30 - The bodyparts

The bodyparts in Finnish.