Tag: finnish
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🇫🇮 In Finnish, are you sometimes unsure whether you’re coming or going?
Finnish can make a very normal trip to the shop feel like a small navigation exercise. Are you in the shop, coming from the shop, going to the shop, or just popping out/in* and coming back? * see what I did there, ‘popping out’ to the shops, ‘popping round’ to my mates… If you are…
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🇫🇮 Should You Learn Finnish from the News? Probably Not.
Another question learners often ask me is: Should I be reading the news in Finnish? Will that help me learn more Finnish? My honest answer is usually: Absolutely not. At least not in the way learners often mean it. The news is not usually the best place to learn Finnish, especially if you are still…
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🇫🇮 When Finnish Place Names Refuse to Behave
🇫🇮 Why do I go to Porvoo, but onto Hyvinkää? Finnish place names can be confusing. Fact ✔️ Students ask about this all the time. Also fact ✔️ Writing an article about it, so that it can be sent during or after class to keep things nice and tidy. Final fact ✔️ So let’s talk…
