Or is it just my imagination?

I work in IT in Finland, and one thing I find fascinating is how much English gets “Finnishified” in everyday speech.

People say things like:

• verifointi
• reprosessoida
• deployata
• debuggaa
• dokumentti

And sometimes I hear English words with Finnish grammar attached to them and my brain needs a few seconds to process what just happened 😄 --> like once it took a while for my brain to realize iiideeee means ID, I was expecting to hear *tunnus*

So now I’m wondering: when working in Finnish, do people actually prefer these hybrid IT words over the official Finnish versions?

For example, would you naturally say datacenteri instead of konesali? What about reporsessoida instead of uudelleen käsittely, or completettu/kompeletettu instead of suoritettu? Also compiloida (to complie) :D

TBH, why do we even bother to speak Finnish if we half of the sentence is english words lol

Is this sentence correct? I thought that ystäväni might be off.

Or is ystäväni kanssa = possessive specific
And ystävän kanssa = a friend?

Hi everyone! My fiancé is Suomilainen, and I have been trying to learn some Finnish so I can speak with his family when they come to our wedding. I have some very very basics down because I’ve been using Pimsleur and practice with him at home, but I’ve been on the fence about trying Finnish2Go with Virpi. Has anyone tried it and had a positive experience? It’s expensive so I don’t want to waste money, but I’d love to be able to say part of my vows in his maiden tongue.

I’m A2-ish and studying alone where there are basically no Finnish speakers nearby. Reading simple sentences and recognizing cases is slowly getting better, but if I hear “Mitä teit eilen?” or “Missä asut?” my brain goes blank 😅 What’s helping is separating tools: Anki for vocab recall, Duolingo/Babbel-type stuff for light review, Pimsleur/shadowing for rhythm, Yle Selkouutiset for input, and occasional italki if I can justify the cost. I’ve also been using Issen for 5–10 minutes of speaking out loud when I don’t have anyone around. The useful thing I noticed is basically the retrieval practice idea: recognizing a word/case is not the same as producing it under time pressure. My current mini routine is 3 prompts, 30 seconds each: say what I did yesterday, where I live, then summarize one tiny thing, even a football article like this Milan one: https://sempremilan.com/cardinale-disappointed-milan-management-changes-expected. After about a week I’m still bad, but I pause less and notice endings faster, especially when I default to English word order. How are other A2-ish learners practicing actual speaking without local Finns?

Moi!

I am considering a Finnish University for when I get my Master’s degree in a year or two. The school I’m looking at has an amazing Masters program for the major I’m wrapping up my Bachelor’s in and I’ve wanted to spend some time in Finland for a while and have been learning the language for a little bit.

My question is, my name is Grayson, usually I go by Gray, and I know that G is not a very common sound in Finnish. I’m so curious about how my name would be pronounced, and if it would be easier if I chose to go by something else for convenience’s sake. Mostly I want to know how my name would be pronounced because if the name George has taught me anything it’s that it will be very different from how it’s pronounced in English.

Any help would be appreciated! Kiitos!

Edit: These comments are so interesting and very helpful! I had a feeling it would be pretty much the same spoken but pronouncing it with a K is really cool!

Moikka, tämmöinen tilanne että vasten kaikkia todennäköisyyksiä sain varsinaisen houkuttavan työn Suomesta.

Kävin peruskoulut ruotsiksi ja viimeiset 10 vuotta olen käytännössä vain käyttänyt englantia opinnoissa ja töissä ulkomailla. Puhekieli sujuu suhteellisen hyvin (sanavarasto aikalailla ruosteessa), mutta kirjakieltä tai "akateemista" suomenkielen taitoa ei juurikaan ole. Uudet työt tulee sisältämään jonkun verran raporttien laatimista myös suomeksi, ja tällä hetkellä ahdistaa se ajatus että oma kielitaso johtaa ongelmiin.

On teillä mitään vinkkejä, miten tämmöinen vähän vanhempi ihminen joka osaa tai ainakin pitkälti ymmärtää suomenkieltä aika hyvin, voi selvästi parantaa suomekielen tasoa?

Mies käy työhaastattelussa. Haastattelija kysyy mieheltä, mikä on hänen mielestään suurin heikkoutensa? Mies ajattelee hetkeksi ja vastaa "Rehellisyys. Olen aivan liian rehellinen."

Haastattelija sanoo, "En usko, että rehellisyyttä voidaan pitää heikkouksena."

Mies vastaa, "En piittaa paskaakaan, mitä sä uskot."

Im a swede who jsut started learning finnish because of Liekinheitin. (which is their Eurovision song this year.) I sing on a daily basis and I LOVE this song, what's the easiest way to learn?

1. Tervetuloa ,Kuka sinä olet? Minä olen Jussi . (Welcome, who are you? I am Jussi .)

2. Moi , mitä kuuluu? Hyvä ? (Hello ,how are you? Good?)

3. Sinä olet mukava ja komea.(You Are nice and handsome)

4. Sinä olet Hauska ja kaunis.(You Are funny and Beautiful)

But i learned another Way

Moi,mitä kuuluu?
Hyvä kiitos ja sinä ystävä?

Hän on mies ja Hän on nainen

What’s exactly the difference with the word order?

I’ve studied Finnish for 3 years, first at Turun työväenpisto and next at Salon kansalaisopisto. I am fried. I’ve listened to podcasts, gone to language cafés and tried to practice in everyday life and my conversational skills still SUCK. This summer I’m going to work with a private YKI tutor, take the test in August jist to see what it’s all about (if I pass, great, if I don’t, at least I’ll know what it’s all about).

After that, though, I want to take the fall term off. But of course I’m afraid I’ll forget everything I’ve managed to learn.

Have you taken a break? What happened?

I have been trying to memorize vocabulary using flashcards but it's not working. Nothing is sticking. I can review the same flashcard 50 times a day and still not memorize it.

Does anyone know any other ways of memorizing new words? They just won't stick :(

 

EDIT: Thank you all for the useful advice! I will try to switch to writing my own flashcards, since many of the comments have mentioned it and its benefits for learning new vocabulary.

This topic of case declension is taught many ways in text books. While looking over this in Soumen Mestari, I realized that while they have some great examples, my engineering mind wanted more... so this is what we have:

LOCATION MODEL — bussipysäkki

FORM = STEM + ADDITION

CASE = LOCATION_TYPE + MOVEMENT_DIRECTION

Core Table

Label	Direction	Case	Stem	Addition	Form	Meaning
S	TO	Illative	bussipysäkki	-in	bussipysäkkiin	into the bus stop
S	AT	Inessive	bussipysäkki	-ssä	bussipysäkissä	in the bus stop
S	FROM	Elative	bussipysäkki	-stä	bussipysäkistä	out of the bus stop
L	TO	Allative	bussipysäkki	-lle	bussipysäkille	to the bus stop
L	AT	Adessive	bussipysäkki	-llä	bussipysäkillä	at the bus stop
L	FROM	Ablative	bussipysäkki	-ltä	bussipysäkiltä	from the bus stop

---

SEMANTIC MODEL

                    MOVEMENT AXIS

                 TO           AT           FROM

INSIDE (S)    Illative    Inessive     Elative
OUTSIDE (L)   Allative    Adessive     Ablative

---

MORPHOLOGY MODEL

S-series

TO      -> -in
AT      -> -ssa / -ssä
FROM    -> -sta / -stä

L-series

TO      -> -lle
AT      -> -lla / -llä
FROM    -> -lta / -ltä

Hopefully this helps folks who think about this in a more engineering way.

Hey all!

I am curious about what, in your opinion, would help you learn a language? What is missing in your day to day that would help you genuinely want to study a language, learn, and improve?