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Winter beauty in Finland by KariLiimatainen

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Do you have any tips on how to remember grammar?? Like rhymes/songs/whatever, just to make it easier to remember??

well for cases there’s this nice trick. for e.g. AUTO (singular form)Minulla on auto - I have a car  (nominative)

Ostin auton - I bought a car (genetive)

Ajan autoa - I’m driving a car (partitive)

these are the grammatical cases.

next the inlocational cases, ‘cause when you use them you are “inside” the object. so -ssa, -ssä, -sta, -stä, -oon:

Olen autossa - I’m in the car  (inessive)

Hyppäsin autosta - I hopped off of the car  (elative)

Menin autoon - I went in to the car (illative)

 Next ones are the “outlocational” cases: you use them when you’re at or around the object: -lla, -llä / -lta, -ltä / -lle

Olen autolla - I’m at the car (adessive)

Tulin autolta - I came from the car (ablative)

Menin autolle - I went to the car (allative)

And then the more seldom cases that you wont be needing that often and that we seldom use: essive “-na,-nä”, translative “-ksi” and abessive “-tta, -ttä”

autona (essive) - as a car

autoksi (translative) - (something transforms) into a car

autotta (abessive) - without a car

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instruktive and komitative that you use only with plural forms.

INSTRUKTIVE: autoin - by cars  (p.s. this also means “I helped.”)

KOMITATIVE: autoineen - by their cars

So how I learned these (’cause well as well as we know Finnish we have no glue about the grammar, we had to learn the cases for school too. I just repeated the mantra as they are often listed. So when I remembered one word and knew how to share it into different cases, I knew which case I was using.

auto, auton, autoa, autossa, autosta, autoon, autolla, autolta, autolle, autona, autoksi, autotta (autoin, autoineen)

nominative, genetive, partitive, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, essive, translative, abessive (instruktive, komitative)

And I don’t know if it helps you at all to listen to our ABC-song in Finnish, helps one realize how we pronounce some words and vowels and for e.g. ä ö å :)

here’s a link to one funny one haha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g71jPoujB_M (there seems to be also the happy birthday song in Finnish and much more haha)

And well other grammar hmm..

I’d probably just try to find examples of every word from every conjugation group. Like with cases for example, I’d use a word that has an Ä in it too.

for e.g. päivä

päivä, päivän, päivää, (akkusative: päivä;päivän), päivässä, päivästä, päivään, päivällä, päivältä, päivälle, päivänä, päiväksi, päivättä (päivin, päivineen)

And well basically we make the sentences like

Minä olen ihminen.

I am a human.

S P O - T P A

(subject, predicate, object, – The way of doing, Place of doing, And the timing)

Minä olen ihminen, aivan kuten sinäkin täällä olet.

I am a human, just like you here are too.

“kin” stands for “too”

sinä + kin

you + too

sinäkin - you too

When we ask a question:

Oletko sinä ihminen?

P S O

(predicate, subject, object)

But I think in Finnish you can pretty much use the words in any order you want to, and will be totally understood. Just the sound and “shade” kinda changes. But this SPOTPA and PSO in question sentence are the ones you should be using.

I suggest listening to Disney songs sung in Finnish, they use proper and clear Finnish (the old ones) and it’d be maybe easier to learn some sentence orders, when you get to hear someone using them.

I hope I could help you even a little bit! If you have any more questions, go ahead and ask!

w/luv fluish Vivvs,

hopefully even some of the things helped you and made sense.

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It’s been a nice winter in Finland this year, snowy and cold. Good for photographers.

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To note:

FR: concentrer /EN: focus

FR: écureuil /EN: squirrel

FR: pingouin /EN: penguin

FR: câlin /EN: hug

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Santa Claus vocabulary in Finnish

Inspired by @finnishfun’s vocabulary list. Joulupukki - Santa Claus  Korvatunturi - Korvatunturi (home of Santa Claus) Rovaniemi - Rovaniemi  Joulupukin Pajakylä - Santa Claus Village  Lappi - Lapland Napapiiri - Arctic Circle  Suomi - Finland Joulu - Christmas Jouluaatto - Christmas Eve  Mies - man Suomalainen - Finnish Oikea, aito - real  Vanha - old Iloinen - cheerful Ystävällinen - friendly  Antelias - generous  Lihava - fat Punaiset vaatteet - red clothes Valkoinen parta - white beard  Silmälasit - glasses Kävelykeppi - walking stick  Säkki - sack  Lahja - present, gift  Risu - stick, dry twig (Santa gives these to naughty children) Joulupukki - Santa Claus (song sang to Santa Claus when he comes to visit) “Onko täällä kilttejä lapsia?” - “Are there nice children here?” (Santa Claus says this when he comes to visit children)  Poro - reindeer Petteri Punakuono - Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer  Valjakko - team, a set of draught animals  Reki - sleigh  Joulumuori - Old Lady Christmas, Santa Claus’ wife  Tonttu - elf, Santa’s helper Lapsi - child Kiltti - nice  Tuhma - naughty Kirje - letter Toive - wish 

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🧇puhekieli part 17🧇

here's some very basic verbs used in puhekieli to make you sound more fluent!

tulla: mä tuun, sä tuut ect

tuutko huomenna?

mennä: mä meen, sä meet

meen vessaan.

ajatella: mä aattelen, sä aattelet, se aattelee ect

mitähän se aatteli?

olla: mä oon, sä oot

oon kaunein!

syödä: the basic form turns to syyä

syyäänkö nuudeleita?

tehdä: basic form tehä

ois kiva tehä kalakukkoo.

pukea: basic form pukee

osaaks se pukee housuja?

riisua: basic form riisuu

ei oo aikaa riisuu nyt.

feel free to ask fluent speakers about specific verbs, as some change in puhekieli!

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Immersion: how to immerse yourself in a language when you don’t live in that country

By someone who spends their life trying to convince themself they live in Norway

Put on background noise in your TL. Stick the radio on while you’re studying, listen to a podcast while you’re doing housework, listen to an audiobook while on the bus, whatever. Don’t worry about understanding it all - heck, you don’t even have to pay full attention. Even passively listening will improve your comprehension skills as you get used to the language’s melody (and also find yourself catching the occasional word/phrase).

Change the language of all your devices to your TL. Personally, I don’t recommend doing this until you’ve got a good grip on your basic vocab because getting a pop-up message on your phone that you don’t understand at all can be quite alarming! At least learn how to say confirm, cancel, delete, share and save.

Set your homepage to a news or webzine in your TL. I have NRK as my homepage, so whenever I open my browser I can read the headlines (and then maybe an article).

Watch the news in your TL. I highly recommend watching the news because then you get to know what issues are current in that area of the world, so then you’re learning about the culture too. (It’s also really interesting to see how world events are reported on in other countries and cultures!)

Follow people on social media who post in your TL. Not sure who to follow? News sites, TV show accounts, musicians, actors, athletes etc are always a good starting point. Also search hashtags in your TL (eg #gymnastikk #sminke #treningsglede or whatever you’re interested in)

Music. Find a playlist on spotify of your favourite genre and get listening (do the search in your TL - so for example, if you type in “norwegian rock” you may get a mixture of Norwegian and English songs by Norwegian bands, but if you type in “norsk rock” you’re more likely to get songs in Norwegian)

Video games. If you play ‘em and you have the option, change them into your target language!

Find recipes in your TL. Bonus points if they’re traditional recipes from that country because then you get to learn about the culture too! But anything that looks interesting/tasty is good.

Write lists in your TL. I write most of my shopping lists and to-do lists in Norwegian (and sometimes I post them to my blog so I can get feedback). Then, while I’m at the shop, I’ll think to myself in Norwegian: “where is the cat food? There is the cat food. Now I need soap. Where is the soap? Oh no, the soap is sold out!” Or while I’m doing my chores I’ll try to think, “now I’m washing my clothes. Next I need to clean the kitchen, and then I’ll make lunch.”

Read books. Children’s books are a good starting point if you’re a low level. Also books you’ve read in your native language, especially if you still have the original copy. (Tip: don’t get bogged down trying to translate every word you don’t know. If you can work it out from context, leave it. If you’re unsure about it and it keeps cropping up, look it up. If the sentence doesn’t make sense without it, look it up. If you wanna note down useful phrases do it, but don’t do it for every new word/phrase)

Find youtubers who create content in your TL. Again, do the search in your TL. So instead of typing “norwegian makeup videos” search for “sminkevideo norsk”

While we’re talking about youtube, try to find grammar videos in your TL, searching in your TL rather than in your native language (eg instead of searching ‘present perfect spanish’ try typing ‘el préterito perfecto español���)

Watch TV shows and movies in your TL. You can start by watching with subtitles in your native language, then move to subtitles in your TL, then eventually switch them off. (tip: watch with subtitles in your TL and then note down words/phrases that recur or words/phrases that you like. As with reading, don’t bother noting down everything you don’t know - just the odd one or two here and there that you’re like “oh hey that’s useful I wanna remember that”). You can use the Language Learning With Netflix browser extension, or google news stations in a country where your TL is spoken if you don’t know where to start.

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I find it really cute a finnish name for Beluga whale is "milk whale"

...but then again, fireflies are called "glow worms", and they aren't neither!

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Café vocabulary in Finnish

Inspired by @malteseboy‘s vocabulary list! Kahvila - café Kahvio - cafeteria, coffee bar Juoma - beverage, drink Ruoka - food Pala… - a piece of… Kuppi… - a cup of… Iso, suuri - large Keskikokoinen - medium Pieni - small Leivos - pastry Kakku - cake Juustokakku - cheesecake Keksi - cookie, biscuit Muffini, muffinsi - muffin Mokkapalat - chocolate brownies  Piirakka - pie Torttu - tart Kääretorttu - swiss roll Pulla - bun Korvapuusti - cinnamon roll Donitsi - doughnut, donut Munkki - (filled) doughnut, donut Viineri - danish pastry Tuulihattu - profitirole, cream puff Lätty, ohukainen, räiskäle - thin pancake, crepe Pannukakku - pancake  Vohveli - waffle  Voileipä - sandwich Voileipäkakku - sandwich cake Voisarvi, kroisantti - croissant Karjalanpiirakka - karelian pie Lihapiirakka - meat pie Pasteija - turnover Kahvi  - coffee Musta kahvi - black coffee Maitokahvi - coffee with milk  Latte - latte Cappuccino - cappuccino Espresso - espresso Jääkavi - iced coffee  Tee - tea Vihreä tee - green tea Musta tee - black tea Valkoine tee - white tea Keltainen tee - yellow tea Rooibostee - rooibos tea  Yrttitee - herbal tea Jäätee - iced tea Teepussi - tea bag  Vesi - milk Mehu - juice Virvoitusjuoma - soft drink Kaakao - hot chocolate Maito - milk Kerma - cream Hillo - jam  Voi - butter Sitruuna - lemon Sokeri - sugar Kaneli - cinnamon Jää - ice  Pöytä - table Tuoli - chair Kuppi - cup Muki - mug Lasi - glass Lautanen - plate, saucer Lusikka - spoon Haarukka - fork Veitsi - knife Tuore - fresh Makea - sweet Suolainen - salty Kuuma - hot Lämmin - warm Kylmä - cold Hyvä - good  Herkullinen - delicious Vahva - strong Mieto - mild Mennä kahville - to go have coffee Juoda - to drink Syödä - to eat Tilata - to order Ostaa - to buy Maksaa - to pay Istua - to sit Nauttia - to enjoy Viettää aikaa - to spend time Jutella - to chat 

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In English you can “drop” someone off (i.e. take them home by car), but in Finnish you “throw” someone. i.e. Voitko heittää minut kotiin? - Can you give me a ride home?

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finnish is the best and worst language at the same time

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Gamla Haminanlaks gård, Lennart Forstén, 1850, Finnish National Gallery

http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=C+IV+1437

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Verbit Rektiot #1

I want to focus on verb rektios this month (or for many months, or however long it takes…). I want to do maybe 10-15 or so verbs per day. I’m not sure whether to do these in certain groups or just as I come across verbs - so suggestions welcome about how to do this. But today I looked at mihin….

MIHIN 

“Mihin” form is used here to indicate where something has been left/forgotten/stayed etc, and so it indicates location.

1. hävitä - to get lost, to disappear, to vanish (intransitive verb) {has other meanings too}

Se hävisi johonkin. - It was lost somewhere. 

2. hävittää - to lose, to misplace, to destroy (transitive verb)

Oletko kadottanut jotain itsestäsi ruuhkavuosiin? - Have you lost something of yourself to busy/rushed years?  (Sorry I don’t know how to translate ‘ruuhkavuosi’ - but ‘ruuhka’ is like congestion or jampacked).

3. kadota - to get lost, to disappear, to vanish (intransitive verb)

Yhteys siihen katosi melkein heti, kun se pääsi avaruuteen. - The connection to it was lost almost immediately, when it made it to space. 

4. kadottaa - to lose, to make vanish (transitive verb)

Hän kadotti avaimensa johonkin baariin. - He lost his keys in some bar. 

5. jäädä - to stay

Puhelimeni jäi bussiin. - My phone stayed on the bus. {I left my phone on the bus.} 

6. jättää - to leave

Voisitko jättää sen kirjan kotiin? - Could you leave the book at home?  

7. unohtaa - to forget

Hän unohti tärkeitä papereita töihin. - He forgot some important papers at work. 

Now some cases where “Mihin” form is used, but not to indicate location, but rather to indicate what the verb is acting on. 

8. kyllästyä - to get bored with, fed up with

Olen kyllästynyt siihen, että minun täytyy nousta aikaisin joka aamu! - I’ve gotten fed up with the fact I must get up early every morning!

9. vaikuttaa - to affect, to influence (intransitive verb)

Se tieto vaikutti häneen. - The information affected him. 

10. ihastua - to fall for (intransitive)

Olen ihastunut täysin sinuun. - I have completely fallen for you.

11. väsyä - to tire of (intransitive verb)

Hän väsyy töihin nopeasti. - He tires of work quickly. 

12. tutustua - to become familiar with

Haluan tutustua sinuun. - I want to get to know you. 

Corrections welcome if I get any of these wrong!

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Espanjatar, oikealla tytönpää lyijykynällä, Albert Edelfelt, Finnish National Gallery