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u/Weird-Average-1412 — 9 hours ago

Yki, panic, and finding a teacher

Hello,

I am seeking some help regarding my current situation. I made it to SM3 chapter 5. Now I am going through ykiä kohti alone. However, since that I don't have Finnish friends, my work is fully in english. I do my best in daily life supermarkets, restaurants, cafes to use finnish but its not enough. I am now lost and in panic mode. I try to study 1 hour a day alone. But, I am in need for. a teacher and a plan to be able to do yki in october. The problem is now I keep forgetting vocabularies and grammar. Please any suggestions for a teacher or even a solid plan how to go though this?

Kiitos!

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u/CommandNaive419 — 19 hours ago

I am sure they both work?

Noin 50 miljoonan euron urakkaa toteuttaa Puutalo Oy.

vs

Noin 50 miljoonan euron urakaN toteuttaa Puutalo Oy.

#object

thanks in advance!

(in fact, I think it should be "urakan" because toteuttaa means something will be completed. it's opposite of "suunnitella"?)

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u/Kusuja-Character — 20 hours ago

BD card help!

I'm in the process of making a BD card for a Finnish friend, whose BD is on Wednesday, and I wonder what it should say.

Is "hyvää syntymäpäivää" or "onnittelut syntymäpäivänäsi" my best option, or should it say something else?

It could also contain some light teasing. He's turning 21, and I'm considering adding a joke about him getting old, since he's the one calling me "grandma" (I'm 32).

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u/Athalea — 1 day ago

Rapautua - Finnish Verb of the Week 5. Heinäkuuta 2026

Rapautua - (intransitive) to crumble, to disintegrate, to erode, to weather

You can practice the verb of the week by using it in a sentence in the comments below!

u/Nuuskamuikkunen3 — 2 days ago

Are vocabulary cards good way to learn vocabulary?

I tend to learn vocabulary a lot through those but wonder if it actually that effective. Sometimes it feels like I'm putting a lot of effort to learn a few new words. Often it is easier to learn those in context, but still vocab cards are versatile. What are your experiences with learning vocabulary?

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u/maf852 — 3 days ago

What function does "yhdessä" play in this sentence

I came across this sentence in Speakly: "Minä olen keskustassa yhdessä kahvilassa", which is translated as "I'm at a café in the center".

I would expect the sentence without "yhdessä" to have the same translation, so what information is it providing that is missed in the translation?

It makes me think the speaker is with someone, but the translation doesn't suggest that.

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u/TechnicalError42 — 3 days ago

Leppäkerttu – Finnish Word of the Day – 3. Heinäkuuta 2026

Leppäkerttu (n.) – Ladybug

”Leppäkerttu” is a compound of “leppä” (archaic word for blood) and the female name Kerttu. Ladybugs are also called “Leppäpirkko,” formed similarly with the female name Pirkko.

Example: Lapsi seurasi kiinnostuneena, kuinka leppäkerttu kiipesi kukkaa pitkin.

Translation: The child watched with interest as the ladybug crawled along the flower.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative leppäkerttu leppäkertut
Accusative (nom.) leppäkerttu leppäkertut
Accusative (gen.) leppäkertun leppäkertut
Genitive leppäkertun leppäkerttujen
Partitive leppäkerttua leppäkerttuja
Inessive leppäkertussa leppäkertuissa
Elative leppäkertusta leppäkertuista
Illative leppäkerttuun leppäkerttuihin
Adessive leppäkertulla leppäkertuilla
Ablative leppäkertulta leppäkertuilta
Allative leppäkertulle leppäkertuille
Essive leppäkerttuna leppäkerttuina
Translative leppäkertuksi leppäkertuiksi
Abessive leppäkertutta leppäkertuitta
Instructive leppäkertuin

You can practice the word of the day by using it in a sentence in the comments below!

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u/AutoModerator — 3 days ago

Huomenna sataa vettä 90%:n todennäköisyydellä vs. Huomenna vesisateen todennäköisyys on 90%.

Ensimmäinen lause on ilmeisesti oikein, mutta kelpaako jälkimmäinenkin?

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u/Weird-Average-1412 — 4 days ago

I give up

Go ahead and skewer me but I give up. After 3 years of studying (I’ve completed up to the first half of Suomen Mestari 3), I still speak like absolute dog shit.

I think I’ve had it. I’m exhausted.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

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u/NansDrivel — 6 days ago

Do all Finnish verb rektios (rections) have an underlying logic? Which one is better for studying: Memorization vs logic understanding?

I have been trying to memorize the verb rektio list in scribd, i.e. link below? I have started and stopped trying to memorize the list a few times. I am now starting to think if understanding the logic would be easier although I fear it will hurt fluency.

Any suggestion? Thanks! Kiitos!

https://www.scribd.com/document/730175650/Verbien-rektio-Suomen-kielen

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u/KookyTaste8032 — 5 days ago

Torvi– Finnish Word of the Day – 1. Heinäkuuta 2026

Torvi (n.) – Axe

Example: Metsästä kuului metsästystorven voimakas torvi.

Translation: The loud blast of a hunting horn could be heard from the forest.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative torvi torvet
Accusative (nom.) torvi torvet
Accusative (gen.) torven torvet
Genitive torven torvien
Partitive torvea torvia
Inessive torvessa torvissa
Elative torvesta torvista
Illative torveen torviin
Adessive torvella torvilla
Ablative torvelta torvilta
Allative torvelle torville
Essive torvena torvina
Translative torveksi torviksi
Abessive torvetta torvitta
Instructive torvin

You can practice the word of the day by using it in a sentence in the comments below!

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u/AutoModerator — 5 days ago

Made a little Chrome extension for reading Finnish sites — thought others might find it useful

So I'm an international student in Finland and my Finnish is... a work in progress. Reading anything in Finnish online was kind of painful. Every other word I'd have to stop, open a new tab, look it up, lose my place. You know how it goes.

I got tired of it so I just built something. It's called Sanasto.

You can highlight any Finnish word on any page and a little card pops up with the definition, an AI explanation, and you can hear it pronounced. If you want to keep the word, one click saves it to your personal list.

There's also a web app that goes with it where you can do flashcards and dictation practice with the words you've saved.
It's free, still pretty early, and honestly I'd just love to know if other people find it useful or if something's broken 😅

Hope it helps someone out there on their Finnish learning journey. If you want to give it a try, just search Sanasto in the Chrome Web Store!

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u/Worldly-Gazelle-7490 — 5 days ago

Book recommendation: The year of the hare

I’ve been reading The Year of the Hare by Arto Passilinna. I’m reading it in English because I can’t read a Finnish book yet (but I’m working on that; I can read comics). Vatanen is such an interesting character. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I will not share much about the story. The tragic events in the book remind me a lot of Seven Brothers (another book by a Finnish author that I highly recommend). It’s light and funny. You laugh at the dreadful things that happen in life. Ok, not necessarily laugh, because he is a Finn; however, he just continues with his life. Nothing so sad that you can’t recover—just... misfortunes—I don’t know. Does anyone feel the same? Have you read another book by a Finnish author with a similar vibe?

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u/finassai — 7 days ago

How to differentiate between -lla and -ssa suffixes in places.

So for example to say I am in Tampere you would say (Minä olen tampereella). But to say same for turku you would say (Minä olen turussa). Same for other stuff. Beach -lla. In the city -ssa (tho for this you could say -lla aswell). But how are you suppoused to differentiate.

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u/Competitive_Ad_4621 — 9 days ago

How to read in Finnish symbols like : and /

I have always struggled to remember how to read symbols aloud.

  • "1:1", "2:3", etc. in Finnish? (This is the most troublesome one)
  • "1 vs 1", "2 vs 2" in Finnish? (yksi vastaan yksi, kaksi vastaan kaksi? )
  • "3/4", etc. in Finnish? (kolme neljäsosa? or kolme neljästä?)

And other important symbols as examples, if possible! Thanks.

A relevant link or even just the words would suffice, as I can search for them online myself. :D

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u/Prudent_Fix_1769 — 10 days ago