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Hi, I'm learning Finnish. I have a problem learning new words. When I'm reading a phrase, I change the order of letters of a word (es. Kääjäri instead of Käärijä. Yes, I'm learning Finnish because of him) and it's frustrating. It also happens to other languages I know (Italian, English and Japanese) but it's not that frequent like in Finnish. Can you help me to prevent this problem?

Hey, thanks for reaching out, but I'm afraid that's a little out of my field of expertise.

It kinda sounds like dyslexia, have you ever looked into that? If it sounds relatable to your experience, you might find some tips to help manage it.

I can't give any other advice because I don't have this problem, so anything that comes to mind (eg. learn words with the Drops app or pronounce the words several times as you learn them) might not be of any help to you, sorry.

I'm super glad to hear you're learning Finnish because of Käärijä though, that's awesome!! Good luck with it 💚

#asks answered #minun

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Kotus valitsi toukokuun kuukauden sanaksi käärijänvihreä

#Käärija #vitsit

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I know some people have been thinking of learning Finnish thanks to Käärijä, so I updated my page about resources to learn the language!

You can find it here :)

Onnea opiskeluun ✨

#Käärijä #Finnish

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Useful links to Learn Finnish

~ Learning resources ~

# Apps #

Duolingo, a classic, it teaches you vocabulary and basic sentence structure

Drops, a great app to learn vocabulary, and it’s organized by subjects

Clozemaster, makes you fill sentences, slightly advanced

Memrise, good to learn vocabulary, includes textbooks vocabulary too

Mondly, teaches vocabulary and basic sentence structure

WordDive, seems like a comprehensive course (I haven’t tested this one)

# Textbooks #

Suomen Mestari, the book most Finnish classes use, is in Finnish only

Oma Suomi, a book for self-learning English speakers

# Websites #

The Finnish Teacher, easily approachable grammar lessons

Verbix, to find verb conjugations

Sanakirja, very complete dictionary and translator

Urbaani sanakirja, Finnish equivalent to Urban dictionnary

Uusi kielemme, a good vocabulary list divided by themes and levels

Finnish swear words on Wikipedia, essential!

# Video & audio lessons #

Finnish Pod, numerous audio and video lessons

Supisuomea-videot by Yle, videos with simple Finnish and subtitles

FSI courses, recordings of conversational Finnish

# Complete beginner resources #

A Taste of Finnish, reading, listening and grammar points

Kielet by Yle, lessons in Finnish with videos

Venla, for vocabulary, structures and grammar

Digital Dialects, games to learn Finnish

~ Listening resources ~

# Podcasts #

Opi Suomea!, a podcast in simple Finnish

Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, a news podcast in easy Finnish

Auta Antti!, a podcast where the host answers listeners questions

# Music & Radio #

Radio Suomi Pop, only Finnish songs & Finnish speakers

Tunein, to access more Finnish radios

#vainsuomihitit, Spotify playlist with all the new Finnish hits

Suomen musiikki, my Finnish spotify playlist

Mirka Karoliina, Disney songs with Finnish subtitles and translations

# Movies & TV shows #

My Finnish movies masterlist (needs to be updated)

Yle Arena, legal streaming of Finnish shows & others with Finnish subtitles

Some American streaming services (Netflix, Disney+ etc) have things dubbed in Finnish (mostly cartoons and kid’s shows), but most of those are only available if you’re in Finland (or use a VPN)

# Youtubers #

Papananaama

KAKSI ÄITIÄ

maiju

~ Reading & Writing resources ~

# Reading #

Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, news articles in easy Finnish

Oppiminen by Yle, various articles in easy Finnish

Free Finnish books, for advanced level

# Writing #

LangCorrect, write diary entries and get corrected by native Finnish speakers

~ Communities ~

# Finnblrs #

Tags on Tumblr: Finnish / Finnish langblr / Finnblr / Finnish language

This is Finnish

Suomen Kieli

Fennophile

Tealingual

Finn in training (mine)

# Others #

LearnFinnish on Reddit

Static page version of this post can be found here. Older versions of this article can be found here and here.

#Finnish #Finnish language #Finnblr #finnish langblr #learning Finnish #learn Finnish

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And if I may add: “joo ei kyllä” (yeah no yes) = absolutely no.

#classic #sanasto #I guess #vitsit

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being bilingual is understanding but not being able to translate because your brain couldn’t be bothered to do any extra work and is just content with knowing what the heck is going on

#about me

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Suomalainen sanoo asiat suoraan miten ne on

#Keep your fucking kids out of the parking lot or I will drive on them #Thank you #Finnish people say things straight as they are #sanasto

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Can you explain KPT thing in Finnish? When is it used? I think that it is one of the hardest things to learn for Finnish learners and that's what I instantly thought about when I saw your your post on questions about Finnish, your target languages etc.

Hi! Yes, absolutely! 

Summary

The phenomenon is called consonant gradation (astevaihtelu) 

It means that certain consonants alternate between various grades

In Finnish the consonants that alternate are K, P, and T 

There are two grades, strong and weak

And two types, radical and suffixal

And radical consonant gradation can be further divided into quantitative and qualitative gradation

Quantitative gradation:

Consonant | strong grade | weak grade 

kk:k | kukka | kukan tt:t | katto | katonpp:p | pappi | papin  

kukka = flowerkatto = roof, ceilingpappi = priest 

Basic rule:

Strong grade at the beginning of a syllable that starts with a vowel

Weak grade at the beginning of a syllable that starts with a consonant

There are exceptions

Qualitative gradation:

Consonant | strong grade | weak gradek:∅ | hauki | hauenk:j | kurki | kurjetk:v | puku | puvutt:d | katu | kadutt:l | kulta | kullatt:n | tunti | tunnint:r | piirtää | piirränp:v | kupu | kuvunp:m | ompelen | ommella mp:mm | lampi | lammetnt:nn | lento | lennotlt:ll | kielto | kiellotrt:rr | parta | parratnk:ng | kenkä | kengäthauki = pikekurki = cranepuku = suitkatu = streetkulta = goldtunti = hourpiirtää = to drawkupu = domeommella = to sewlampi = pondlento = flightkielto = banparta = beardkenkä = shoe

Suffixal gradation

alternates suffixes 

has been largely lost = not regular in Finnish nowadays 

How to learn all this?

Memorize the examples and implement it with similar words, for example:kukka - kukan → lukko - lukon (lock)katto - katon → aatto - aaton (eve)pappi - papin → anoppi - anopin (mother-in-law)

Immerse yourself to the language, you will start to pick up the rules naturally

When in doubt, check wiktionary or kielitoimiston sanakirja - or ask a native speaker 

I hope this helps, good luck!

#kpt #consonant gradation #kielioppi

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Tämä viikkolla, alkin opi suomea uudellen. Eilen olin mun tyttöystävän äitin luona ja puhumme paljon suomea, oli todella hyvä! Derby kurssissa, ymmärrin paljon myös! Nyt on sunnuntai, olen kotona, me tehdämme ruokaa, ja Riikka ja Sami pelavat video pelit.

#puhun suomea #ehhhhh so many mistakes in this idkkkkk

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local mumrik beats up older sister while everyone else does Nothing

(based off @ayedah’s love live comic!!!)

#Moomins

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Batwoman on todellinen lepakko

#eheheheheh #proud of my weird Finnish jokes #Batwoman #Finnish #Katherine Kane #Suomi #vitsit #minun #lepakko

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language learning tip: build a little shrine to your target language in a corner of your room, decorating with dictionaries, media in the language, and pictures of inspiring people who speak that language. recite grammar rules and exceptions to it upon rising and going to bed

#eheheh #I should try that #vitsit #langblr

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I found this on facebook and I am mad

#Ehehehehhe #Vitsit

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him: paistaa is to fry me: so if you say aurinko paistaa me: it means the sun is frying you

#eheheh #vitsit #kinda

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Learning a new language is like downloading an expansion pack to your brain that allows you to interact with new characters from different lands.

#Languages

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People reacting to the Finnish language

#vitsit

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Discord channel for Finnish

Hei! I have made a Discord server for the Finnish language. If you are learning Finnish or are a native speaker of it, please join! Here is the link to the channel: https://discord.gg/rmsaQgt I’m looking forward to seeing you all there!

#I JOINED! :D #Discord #community