#finnish Articles


Finnish words from ankidroid

Lately I've been using ankidroid to study Finnish - or at least to expand my vocabulary a bit. I think it's great but it won't work by itself and requires quite a bit of tenacity. The good Finnish deck:https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1918695216 it's called "Finnish järjestyksessä". It's made …

Finnish Sentences - Kaivopuistu

Disclaimer: I am still studying Finnish and not so good :) The posts that I'm trying to write here are just a way for me to practice writing Finnish. -- Kaivopuisto on iso, vihreä ja meri vieressä. Sisällä ovat puut ja kukat. Kaivopuisto is big, green and next to the sea. Inside …

Numbers in Finnish

What I found/find really hard was separate kahdeksan and yhdeksän, because cmon, they are pretty similar! English - basic - genitivi One - yksi - yhden Two - kaksi - kahden Three - kolme - kolmen Four - neljä - neljän Five - viisi - viiden Six - kuusi - kuuden Seven - seitsemän - seitsemän Eight - kahdeksan - kahdeksan Nine - yhdeksän - yhdeksän Ten - Kymmenen - kymmenän …

Finnish Idioms - not joking!

Very interesting and for some maybe expressing the frustration with studying a language - a website about Finnish idioms. Check it out :) One of my favorites: "viskata kirves kaivoon" - translates to *throw axe into well* - means *to give up* http://saaressa.blogspot.com/2011/01/finnsh-idioms.html

Finnish - Word Cases - Non-productive Cases

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part three: Others Non-productive Cases Abessive Meaning/function: without Ending: -tta; ttä Example: syyttä Examples: S/he got angry without reason. - Hän suuttui syyttä. Prolative Meaning/function: channel , by Ending: -tse Example: postitse, maitse Examples …

Finnish - Word Cases - Others

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part four: Non-productive Others Translative Meaning/function: change into for (future time (DYN)) Ending: -ksi Example: johtajaksi, jouluksi Examples: S/he became the manager last year. - Hän tuli viime vuonna johtajaksi. I'm going to Finland …

Finnish - Word Cases - Locative (expressing place)

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part three: Others Part four: Non-productive Locative cases (expressing place) - internal locations (in) Inessive Meaning/function: in, inside, etc (STA) Ending: -ssa/ -ssä Example: hotelissa, puolessa, tunnissa Examples: I am in the/a hotel now. - Olen nyt hotellisa. I …

Finnish - Word Cases - Grammatical Function

Finnish works the way that it adds something at the end of the word (and maybe change the middle of the word) to make it mean things like: location, possession, from, receipient, future, channel, how, ..., there is 16 of them - obviously I find this a little difficult! I will try …


Finnish IT Words

I have composed a google spread sheet with the intention to create a vocabulary of English - Finnish IT words and terms. If you want to make additions I can give you access to the spread sheet or just write a comment in this article :) It's quite hard to think of …