Sunday, March 15, 2026

The importance of pronouncing the long vowel in Finnish

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Have you noticed that Päivi Virkunen and I will have a Finnish pronunciation workshop on March 26 ? You can read more about the worshop her...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

A trip to Tampere in Finnish - Miten kiva päivä Tampereella meni?

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Finnish pronunciation workshop on March 26 from 7 pm to 9 pm. €32. On March 8, I organized an event I called Kiva päivä Tampereella  (a nice...
Monday, February 16, 2026

Suosikkipaikkani Jyväskylässä

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Oletko tulossa Jyväskylään? Tässä on lista suosikkipaikoistani:  Syö ja juo:  Lounasravintola:  Joko Thai  Asemakadulla  Kahvila:  Miriam...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

Kiva päivä Tampereella 8.3.2026

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Nähdäänkö Tampereella ja Lempäälässä sunnuntaina 8. maaliskuuta? Huomasin, että Lempäälän nuorisoseura esittää tänä keväänä Miika Nousiaisen...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

My work this spring 2026: Private Finnish lessons and more

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Mitä minulle kuuluu keväällä 2026? Tein pienen podcast-jakson, jossa puhun töistäni.  Voit kuunnella jakson Soundcloudissa Spotifyssa Apple ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

A new podcast episode in Finnish: Singing in an opera choir

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Haastattelin kuorokaveriani Tiina-Maria Syrjämäkeä siitä, millaista on laulaa oopperakuorossa. Voit kuunnella haastattelun podcast-alustalta...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Study Finnish in 2026

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I’ve been thinking about organising group courses in the spring. As much as I like teaching in the morning, I think most people prefer cours...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Let's read Kielen elämä in December!

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Here's my new online course:  We'll read Kielen elämä by Lari Kotilainen, adapted into easy Finnish by me.  We'll meet eight ti...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Interviewing Friederike Lüpke on my Random Finnish Lesson Podcast

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I interviewed Friederike Lüpke for my podcast.  We talk about her work as a professor of African languages, her learning Finnish, and living...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Study Finnish vocabulary by listening to my interview with Päivi Virkkunen

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Edit: Our next pronunciation workshop will be in March 26, 2026 I made a vocabulary list for my podcast interview with Päivi Virkkunen. We t...