hat worked for you before taking the exam.

Ehdota mulle mitä kirja tai resursseja minun täytyy opiskella ennen Ykiä marraskuussa. Tein kotoutumiskoulutuksen ja sain hyvät tulokset siellä melkein B2 (puhuminen) ja B1+ (muut).

Mutta kun kurssi loppui, mulla ei oo paljon harjoituksia joka päivä. Sen sijaan, musta tuntuu että mä unohdin kaikki.

Mulla on Ykiä kohti kirja ja Ykäänkö vai Ykiinkö kirja. Mutta haluaisin saada B2 kaikilla tasolla koska se on mun tavoite. En halua tehdä Ykin-intensiivi kursseja.

Kiitos jo etukäteen.

Siro (adj.) – 1. Slender, petite; 2. graceful, delicate

Comparative: Sirompi

Superlative: Siroin

Example: Hän oli heikko ja siro lapsi.

Translation: He was a weak and delicate child.

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Hi I want to learn Finnish because my bf's favorite language is finnish and I want to surprise him with speaking it but I need tips because I am not good in remembering things and I heard that learning languages on Duolingo is not that good. Thank you for everyone willing to help.

Hello!

I’m half Finnish and grew up speaking the language but as with many immigrant children I lost it as I grew and English became more prominent in my life.

I’m looking to learn more Finnish however all the recourses online are catered to absolute beginners.
I already understand Finnish to a fluent level, it’s just speaking and writing that I need to study.

Does anyone have any resources that might help? I can’t have another website teach me to say “Mitä kuuluu” 🥲

Kotiväki (n.) – Family, household

Example: Kun hän palasi pitkältä matkalta, kotiväki oli järjestänyt hänelle yllätyksen.

Translation: When he returned from his long trip, his family had organized a surprise for him.

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Tyköistuva (adj.) – Snug, tight-fitting, skintight, fitted

Example: Uusi puku oli tyköistuva, mutta silti mukava päällä.

Translation: The new outfit was snug, but still comfortable to wear.

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Sometimes I stumble upon estonian. I'm reading it and it feels so close like i could understand it, even with my small knowledge of finnish.

What are most typical changes or how to see estonian from point of finnish speaker?

Jakku (n.) – Jacket, especially a short jacket for women or the jacket of a suit

Example: Harmaa jakku teki asusta siistin ja asiallisen.

Translation: The gray jacket gave the outfit a neat and professional look.

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Hei folks, first post here looking for a little help. Now, I'm a British guy writing a story, who's actual knowledge of Finnish is limited to some basics and swear words in standard Finnish. In a nutshell he character I'm writing for is a Gumshoe operating in early 1930s Detroit who, essentially, grew up in one of the Little Finlands in the Upper Peninsula; now, I know most of the Finns who migrated there were from the western part of North Ostrobothnia, but this particular individual's family came from further East, speaking one of the many Savonian dialects at home. As I plan on incorporating actual phrases into the dialogue, I could use a little help from folks familiar with the dialect. I do have two definite ideas of what I'd like (for the moment, but that'll change as we go deeper into a homecoming chapter).

The first phrase has the character in question asking his cousin for a favour...and it's a serious one at that (heresy I know). The second sentence is basically "blame it on the Swedes", but it's purely a lighthearted one with no malice on the character's part. Any other terms and idioms will also come in handy too to breathe a bit more life into the dialogue, especially since any conversations in Finnish will follow translation convention I'm afraid.

Kiitos. 😄

I've done a lot of practice for YKI this summer and I thought I am level B1. But the test was so overwhelming.

For Lukeminen, there was so much new vocabulary I've never seen before. Reading normal news from ​yle uutiset is way easier. Because of that, I didn't go through the test fast enough, and I didn't have time for the last 2 texts at all.

For Kuunteleminen I kinda expected it to be hard to understand, but still, how are you supposed to listen and write answers at the same time? Even for a Finn I think that's hard.

For ​Kirjoittaminen, I had to rush through all texts in order to finish. Was hoping to have time to check my grammar, but no chance.

I don't mind that the test was difficult. I think language learning for Finnish ​is a lifetime project. I was just really surprised, because the tasks I practiced with (Ykäänkö vai ykiinkö) in my opinion were quite a lot easier.

Lepytellä - to soothe

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Complimentary to my Finnish courses I'll take in the future, I'll use a small platform I've build in the summer! It is a compact app with inspiration drawn from Clozemaster, Duolingo, Anki and some New York Times Games puzzles.
There are a couple of hundred of words already available, but you can extract vocabulary from your source texts (take a pic of a text or copy + paste), and it will translate and add example sentences based on the source. The extracted vocabulary then can be learned through playing the minigames.

It is free and doesn't require any login. The coins for extraction get refilled every week for every user so don't be afraid to use them up ^^

If you want to check it out:

https://apps.apple.com/app/langadelie-vocab-trainer/id6757012039

or

https://langadelie.com/

PS:

It also has features like a doomscroll blocker for selected apps and a build in dictionary which I find quite useful!

Tarvitsen apua!

Olen suomenruotsalainen Pohjanmaalla asuva nainen joka haluaa valtavasti oppia parempaa suomea. Olen yrittänyt kuunnella pocasteja, olen lukenut kirjoja mutta en pääse rajan yli puhumaan vapaasti. Duolingo ei auta tippaakaan! Kirjoittaminen on helpompaa mutta ei virheetöntä. Haluaisin kirjoittaa tai puhua suomenkielinen henkilön kanssa, kivaa jos meillä olisi samanlaisia harrastuksia mutta ei ole pakko!

Olen sellainen ihminen joka pitää tuhannesta eri asiasta ja se vaihtelee päivästä toiseen. Pelaan PC- ja PS-pelejä, luen, neulon/virkkaan, tykkään puutarhahommista, animesta, kuvittamisesta/maalaamisesta jne.

Olisi joku kinnostunut auttamaan minua? Olen yleensä varsin miellyttävä 😅

Pullea (adj.) – Chubby, plump, rotund

Comparative: Pulleampi

Superlative: Pullein

Example: Pöydällä oli kori täynnä pulleita mustikoita.

Translation: There was a basket full of plump blueberries on the table.

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hi there,

i’m a brit eager to learn finnish so i can finally talk to my boyfriends family and friends without feeling awkward for making them speak english… 😣

i’m trying my hardest to do the ‘immersion’ strategy but it’s difficult for me to do considering i’m still in college and have a lot of school work to do, so i’m more inclined to focus on that. however i’ve been listening to a lot of finnish music, doing my best to read finnish posts and decipher them… etc.

all the language learning apps that have finnish on them seem to be gamified and therefore i can’t properly apply what they teach me, because it’s not as if they’re explaining to me exactly why things are the way they are.

in short: what do i need to do? i have the ‘beginner’s finnish’ book by agi risko that i picked up when i was visiting in February, but i’m looking for as many ways to learn as possible

thanks for reading !!!

Päivyri (n.) – Planner, agenda book, calendar

Example: Hän kirjoitti tärkeän tapaamisen ajan päivyriinsä.

Translation: She wrote down the time of an important appointment in her planner.

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Hey guysss, please help me out of my speaking I've been practicing with my own but I become slowy getting crazy because of my pronounce action. Huhuhu anyone there na pwede maging study budy? 😭🙏🙏

I'm taking the test on Saturday 29 August in Salo, and I'm curious where they put your stuff like your phone and lunch during the exam. Where did you put all your things when you got there?

Laiminlyönti (n.) – Neglect, omission

Example: Rakennuksen huoltotöiden laiminlyönti johti kalliisiin korjauksiin.

Translation: Neglect of building maintenance work led to expensive repairs.

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