P.S. If you are looking for a private Finnish teachers to boost your learning, check out this list of Finnish teachers: https://randomfinnishlesson.blogspot.com/2020/10/suomen-kielen-yksityisopettajia-private.html
Books in English:
- From Start to Finnish by Leila White (A student review of the book.)
- Finnish Tutor by Riitta Valijärvi (I have a blog post about this.)
- A Grammar Book of Finnish by Leila White
- Finnish for translators by Anneli Lieko, Leena Silfverberg and Andrew Chesterman
- Sun Suomi by Karoliina Kuisma, Kristiina Kuparinen and Terhi Tapaninen.
- Finnish: An Essential Grammar by Fred Karlsson
- Teach Yourself Finnish: A Complete Course for Beginners by Terttu Leney
- Beginner's Finnish by Agi Risko.
- Finnish for Foreigners by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio
- Colloquial Finnish: The Complete Course for Beginners by Daniel Abondolo
Books in Finnish:
- Oma suomi 1-2 by Kristiina Kuparinen and Terhi Tapaninen
- Suomen mestari 1-4 by Sonja Gehring and Sanni Heinzmann
- Hyvin menee! by Satu Heikkilä and Pirkko Majakangas
- Samalla kartalla 1-3 by Marja-Leena Saunela
- Harjoitus tekee mestarin 1-4 by Marja-Leena Saunela (For those who LOVE grammar exercises!)
- Suomea suomeksi by Olli Nuutinen (Very old but cute.)
- Ykäänkö vai Ykiinkö? by Gimara. An excellent book for people taking the intermediate YKI exam.
Easy Finnish reading material:
Websites in Finnish:
- Suomea, ole hyvä!
- Ymmärrä suomea (English vocabulary list available.)
- Supisuomea (This blog has the same videos and is perhaps easier to use.)
- Asiointisuomea (Finnish in different customer situations)
- Ykitreenit (Practicing for the Yki test)
- Mun Suomi
- Nettitehtävät (A collection of online exercises from various sources.)
- Osallisena verkossa (A list of useful links)
- Puhekielen verkkokurssi (A course about spoken Finnish)
- Suomea edistyneille (A blog for advanced students)
- Suomen kielioppia edistyneille (Finnish grammar for advanced learners)
- A blog post by me: online grammar and vocabulary exercises
Websites in English:
- Finking Cap
- Suomen kielen verkkokielioppi - Finnish Online Grammar
- Tavataan taas - Finnish for foreigners
- Puhekielen verkkokurssi (An online course about spoken Finnish)
- Duolingo
- Hauska tavata! (Vocabulary in English, Swedish, and Arabic.)
- Uusi kielemme (also in Spanish!)
- Suomi taskussa (also in Dari and Arabic!)
- Venla - Learn Finnish online
- The Finnish Teacher
- Learn Finnish
- FinnishPod101
- Oneness City, Finland
- Book2 (Multiple languages!)
- A taste of Finnish
Practicing listening:
Instagram accounts
- Try for example hashtags #finnishlanguage, #finnishgrammar, #suomenkieli, #selkokirja, #learningfinnish, and start following all the accounts that you like. Here are some that I follow:
- sanni_sananpuru
- suomidictionary
- finnishlearning
- finnishtogo
- finkingcap (Check out my post about Emmi.)
- My account: randomfinnishlesson (Mostly about books in easy Finnish and my dog. Sometimes I take a picture of a pie because that's what people seem to like the most.)
Conjugation and declination tables:
You might also like these posts:
- Private Finnish teachers
- All my posts about selkokieli, easy Finnish
- How to add more Finnish in your life
- How to study efficiently
- Practicing Finnish with your friends and family
- Asking for help with Finnish
- How to make Finns speak Finnish, not English
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First of all thank you so much for all your posts and everything! On this link you can see a list of resources to learn Finnish. http://t.co/5wrKF54F I also would like to read here if someone knows more
ReplyDeleteIt's worth noting that Ymmärrä suomea and supisuomea is written in finnish, therefore not suitable for the absolute beginners :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I added that there.
DeleteI would highly recommend "Finnish for Foreigners" http://goo.gl/cuyzy
ReplyDeleteSo far the best Finnish learning book I have seen. All the theory is explained in english unlike in many other books, where you have to either use extensively dictionary or (and) try to guess what is drawn on pictures. Course consists of theory and exercises books and also audio material.
One problem is that it might be hard to find in shops nowadays, however I have seen in it library.
Amazon has it.
DeleteI wish Routledge would make a Finnish Grammar & Workbook. I have one in Dutch & it's great. I really don't like the way "Teach Yourself" & "colloquial" are formatted. Too much flipping around.
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Actually they have. You can see it here -> http://www.amazon.de/Finnish-Essential-Grammar-Routledge-Grammars/dp/1138821586/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1425630595&sr=8-4&keywords=routledge+finnish
DeleteHyvä blogi! Tässä yksi sivusto lisää: http://www.oneness.vu.lt/fi/. Ylen sivuilta oli linkki siihen saatesanoilla "suomen kielen alkeiskurssi englanniksi", ja sivusto vaikuttaa ihan hyvältä, ehkä vähän kömpelöltä kylläkin.
ReplyDeleteKiitos, lisäsin sen tuonne.
DeleteI use also this web site :)
ReplyDeletewww.kotisuomessa.fi
Kiitos!
DeleteThank you so much for this information. I was wondering what other materials I can use for helping me to learn Finnish, then I saw your blog. You are so helpful!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. That is so nice to hear! :)
DeleteI found very useful information from the Blog, GREAT WORK, Kiitos Paljon, Now I am started preparing for YKI test. I will go through all the links which you mentioned.
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PS: It would be great to know if there are websites or computer programmes that offer exercises, especially for grammar (with correct solutions obviously)... I can understand simple stuff fine, but can't string the easiest things together myself with all the self-teaching =(.
ReplyDeleteI just came across your blog page, which is really timely. Do you know if there are any Finnish-English flash cards available? I can find some for kids that are Finnish only (with a picture), but I'd really like something with both on them.
ReplyDeleteHi, I don't think you'll find such flashcards in bookstores in Finland, but are you familiar with Quizlet or Memrise? Check out the links on the right hand bar of this blog, under the topic "Other interesting sites".
DeleteI highly reconmend a program called Anki. You can make your own flashcards with whatever you need on them. For example,
Delete- blank map of finland,replaced with a map showing the city
- picture on one or both sides
- fill in the blank
- type in your answer or record your voice answer to check if you were right.
- automaticlly generated links to wiktionary, forvo, etc.
- extra notes on the bacl of the card when needed
- automatically generate an english-finnish and a finnish-english card for every word you put in
You are able to format the card templates using HTML to create just what you need.
The other neat thing it that it uses the SRS system, which I've found to help me retain words more easily.
Free desktop application and free partner app on android called ankidroid. Supports synching. The downside is if you are on iphone, the app is pricey ($24 when i last checked). You may also download free shared decks that contain premade cards that other people have put together, but i havent checked the finnish section so i dont know how much is out there. The main users of the app are math and japanese learners
All in all this program is what you make of it, although i cannot reccommend it highly enough.
Hanna, moi, mitä mieltä olet "Oma Suomi 1" kirjasta?
ReplyDeleteTerveisin, Polina.
Hei Polina! Mä en ole valitettavasti vielä tutustunut siihen. Käytetäänkö sitä jollain kurssilla, jolle osallistut?
DeleteOlen lukenut itse. Pidän siitä. Luulen, että sinun kannattaa tutustua siihen :)
DeleteThanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteI have to warn about Complete Finnish. I bought the book and really didn't enjoy working out of it. It doesn't cover the grammar very well, and seems to want to give you phrases to parrot without understanding how to use each word by itself.
The vocab lists are another issue for me. Instead of listing a word in nominative case (or a verb unconjugated) and then helping me get to the form i needed, it would list already conjugated mini-phrases that I would then have to work to deconstruct to the original words.
Furthermore, there are countless typos, formatting errors, and straight up wrong information in the book. A few examples:
- asks you to say a telephone number (for example 340 7263) before introducing what zero is, similar examples of this all over
- when asking which country people are from, gives "Virtanen" as an answer for "Jukka Virtanen on Suomesta"
- when introducing time, gives the phrase "kello on . . . yksi" to mean "it is . . . o'clock", which would lead an uninformed reader to believe that yksi means o'clock
- gives only one answer for a question that starts "list both ways to say . . ."
After working through the first 4 chapters, I became very grusturated with having to double check all the info and teach myself the grammar that it didn't cover well, I went ahead and ordeed a different book.
I don't know if anyone has had a similar frusturating experience with this book, but I hope not!
Hi!
ReplyDeleteHave anybody tried to learn with Oma Suomi 1? I am considering this book as my handbook.
Hi! I loved Oma Suomi 1 but I was very disappointed by the lack of solutions to the exercises. I tried writing to Otava's manager, but he said that they are only included in the Teacher's Materials.
DeleteI don't know if maybe Hanna has more information than me... Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Hi! I loved "Oma Suomi 1" but I was greatly disappointed by the lack of solutions at the end of the book! I wrote to Otava's manager but he told me that they are available only in the teacher's material. Such a bummer.
DeleteFor this reason in my opinion it's a book only suited for classroom use, not self-study. What do you think Hanna?
Hi Hannah! I just discovered your site today. Love it! Do you know of any sites/apps similar to Reverso Context for Finnish? Even a really good dictionary app would be a big help.
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