Finnish for Foreigners, Volume 1This practical course in modern Finnish was developed by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio, of the Helsinki University. The introductory level course uses two books: one provides transcripts of the Finnish dialogs with idiomatic English translations, notes on structural pattern and explanations of essential points of grammar; the other provides a variety of exercises with instructions in English. |
Common terms and phrases
action adjectives affirmative aikaa aivan Answer auto baletti basic form brother case cases children Christmas clause coffee Complete the following consonant gradation country drink ending ends englantia English examples Exercises family Finland first following sentences forms genitive give good hauska he/she Hill home house hyvä inflected inflection is/are James Brown jotakin juuri jäätelöä kaksi Kalle Jokinen kaupungin kirja know lapset Lauttasaari lesson Liisa little long Lontoo look Mannerheimintie Munkkivuori negative note nouns object ooppera ostaa parentheses partitive passive past participle past tense Pekka people perhe person Pidän pitää plural possessive suffixes present tense pronoun päivä question read Reader right Roihuvuori ryijy same sauna sentence sing speak stem Structural notes suffix Suomela syllable take televisiota tennis thing think time toinen Turku tyttö tärpättiä used using vastasi verb verbs Vocabulary vowel want word words ystävä