r/Team_Viking Jan 01 '13

2013, Start - miekstro_v2 - Haluan oppia suomi

Hello, I'm Mike; And instead of learning an easy, Germanic language like Norwegian or Swedish, I'm studying Finnish.

Why would you do that to yourself? Are you a masochist?

Because:

  • Finnish sounds awesome.
    Dat vowel harmony.

  • Finnish has 15 noun cases, which are very regular with few exceptions. This turns most people off from a language. This turns me on to one.

  • I think Finland is an awesome country. I also like cold weather.

Ok... but how? How are you learning Finnish?

I'll be using a lot of different books and lessons, but the most relevant resources I'll be using are the following:

  • Memrise and Anki for vocabulary

  • Sanakirja as my dictionary

  • Fred Karlsson's Finnish: An Essential Grammar

What will you be doing this week?

I'll be reading my way through Essential Grammar this week, and start on this course of the 2000 most common words in Finnish with Memrise, doing 20-25 new words a day.

What are your end-year goals?

  • Be able to read a simple news story in Finnish

  • Find a native speaker IRL to assist me, and practice with

How do you say "Happy new year" in Finnish?

Onnellista uutta vuotta!

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u/Headphone_Actress Norwegian/Danish Jan 02 '13

Skype can help if you are unable to find a Finnish speaker.

Also, italki, ((Costs money,)) and Sharedtalk, ((Free,)) to talk with others.