An intensive Finnish weekend in London in February 2023

Here's something super exciting: I'll be joining my colleague Hanna Drummond in her intensive Finnish course at the Finnish church in London! For me, this is the first time in London, but Hanna has taught on this course many times. 

• Date: February 18 and 19, 2023. 
• Price: One day costs £80 and two days £120.
• An invitation letter and more information about the course
• Facebook event

About the author of Random Finnish Lesson: 

My name is Hanna Männikkölahti. I am a professional Finnish teacher who gives private online lessons and simplifies books into easy Finnish. Please read more in www.linktr.ee/hannamannikkolahti and follow this blog, if you want to be the first one to know when I post something new.  

Talking about padel in Finnish

Here's a list of padel verbs and a collection of padel links in Finnish. Feel free to comment and help me make this post better. I haven't played padel yet, but I talk about the game a lot with one of my students. 

I'll update this post as I learn more. If you are more interested in football or ice hockey, check out my jalkapallosanasto and jääkiekkosanasto. 

Padel verbs (and other things that you might need when playing padel)

1. aloittaa - to start
2. antaa pompata - to let bounce once 
3. antaa pomppia - to let bounce multiple times 
4. hengästyä - to get out of breath
5. hyppiä - to jump
6. hypätä - to jump once
7. hävitä - to lose
8. kaatua - to fall down, to crash to the ground
9. kimmota - to bounce from somewhere
10. kompastua - to stumble, to trip
11. koskea palloon - to touch the ball 
12. kävellä - to walk 
13. käydä suihkussa - to take a shower
14. laskea pisteet - to count the points
15. lämmitellä - to warm up 
16. loukkaantua - to get hurt, to get injured
17. lyödä - to hit, to punch, to slam
18. määrittää kenttäpuolisko - to define the side of the field
19. määrittää syöttövuoro - to define whose turn it is to serve 
20. nyrjäyttää nilkka - to sprain an ankle
21. olla eri mieltä - to disagree
22. ostaa maila - to buy a racket
23. osua - to hit a target
24. pitää tauko - to take a break
25. pudota - to fall down
26. pudottaa - to drop something
27. palauttaa - to return 
28. siirtyä eteenpäin - to move forward 
29. siirtyä seuraavalle pelipaikalle - to move to a next playing spot (or whatever that is called)
30. syöttää - to serve, to pass (also to feed)
31. tapahtua - to happen 
32. tehdä virhe - to make a mistake
33. vaihtaa puolia - to switch sides
34. vaihtaa vaatteet - to change clothes
35. varata kenttä - to book a field
36. varata pelivuoro - to book a time for playing padel
37. venytellä - to stretch
38. vuokrata maila - to rent a racket
39. voittaa - to win

Take a look at the grammar of the verbs: 

• Causative verbs
• Frequentative verbs

Padel-maila. Kuva: Pixabay

Säännöt ja historia - Rules and history

• Padel on Wikipedia
• Padel rules in Finnish

Lue ja opi - Read and learn

• Join the Finnish padel community on Facebook
• Follow #padelsuomi on Instagram
• Opi padelin perusteet - Learn the basics of padel
• Padeltieto.fi
• Superpadel.fi
• Paranna peliäsi! - Play even better! (An article in Iltalehti)

Katso ja opi - Watch and learn

• Rules in short
• PadelLuola, a very popular Youtube channel about padel

Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this post, feel free to share it. 
Kiitos, kun luit! Jos pidit postauksesta, voit jakaa sen eteenpäin.
– Hanna