Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio
Start speaking Finnish today with Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio. Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of Finns in Finland as well as in other countries. It is also the official minority language in some parts of Sweden and Norway. Ideal for students, tourists, and business people, this introductory guide teaches basic conversation through dialogues on everyday topics, such as eating out, sightseeing, and shopping through 12 practical lessons. Grammar is explained in accessible steps, with exercises throughout to reinforce language skills. Each lesson includes dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; clear grammar explanations; and review exercises with an answer key. Helpful Finnish-English and English-Finnish glossaries are also included. Accompanying audio for the dialogues by native Finnish speakers is available for free download.

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Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio
Start speaking Finnish today with Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio. Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of Finns in Finland as well as in other countries. It is also the official minority language in some parts of Sweden and Norway. Ideal for students, tourists, and business people, this introductory guide teaches basic conversation through dialogues on everyday topics, such as eating out, sightseeing, and shopping through 12 practical lessons. Grammar is explained in accessible steps, with exercises throughout to reinforce language skills. Each lesson includes dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; clear grammar explanations; and review exercises with an answer key. Helpful Finnish-English and English-Finnish glossaries are also included. Accompanying audio for the dialogues by native Finnish speakers is available for free download.

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Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio

Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio

by Agi Risko
Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio

Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio

by Agi Risko

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Start speaking Finnish today with Beginner's Finnish with Online Audio. Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of Finns in Finland as well as in other countries. It is also the official minority language in some parts of Sweden and Norway. Ideal for students, tourists, and business people, this introductory guide teaches basic conversation through dialogues on everyday topics, such as eating out, sightseeing, and shopping through 12 practical lessons. Grammar is explained in accessible steps, with exercises throughout to reinforce language skills. Each lesson includes dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; clear grammar explanations; and review exercises with an answer key. Helpful Finnish-English and English-Finnish glossaries are also included. Accompanying audio for the dialogues by native Finnish speakers is available for free download.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780781813730
Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc.
Publication date: 03/20/2018
Pages: 298
Sales rank: 1,051,617
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Agi Risko has taught Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, and German in the United States for more than 20 years. She has a degree in Finno-Ugric studies from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, and holds a Ph.D. in Germanic languages and literature from Ohio State University, where she currently teaches.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Short Overview of Finnish 2

Pronunciation 3

Vowel Harmony 7

Consonant Gradation 8

How to Use the Appendices 9

Kappale 1 Lesson 1 11

Keskustelu/Dialogue 12-13

Tutustuminen/Getting to Know Each Other Vocabulary 18

Useful Expressions 21

Grammar 22

Personal Pronouns 22

Verb Conjugation 22

Asking and Answering Questions 25

The Inflection of Nouns 26

Suffixes 27

Case Suffixes (Preview) 27

The Suffix -lainen/-läinen 27

The -kin Suffix 28

Numbers 28

Harjoituksia/Exercises 30

Kappale 2 Lesson 2 33

Keskustelu/Dialogue 34-35

Kaupungilla/In the City Vocabulary 40

Useful Expressions 42

Grammar 43

The Genitive Case 43

Nouns Ending in -i 44

Postpositions with the Genitive Case 45

The Genitive Form of Pronouns 45

Special Use of the Genitive Case 46

Negation 47

The Verb tarvita (to need) 47

The Irregular Verbs tehdä (to do) and nähdä (to see) 48

Harjoituksia/Exercises 49

Kappale 3 Lesson 3 53

Keskustelu/Dialogue 54-55

Iltaohjelma/Evening Program 58

Vocabulary 60

Useful Expressions 61

Grammar 61

The Local Cases I 61

The Inessive Case ("in") 62

The Elative Case ("out of") 63

Informal Commands and Requests 66

Harjoituksia/Exercises

Kappale 4 Lesson 4 69

Keskustelu/Dialogue 70-71

Riitan asunnossa/In Riitta's Apartment Vocabulary 76

Useful Expressions 78

Grammar 79

The Local Cases II 79

The Adessive Case ("on") 79

The Ablative Case ("from," "off") 80

The Basic Plural Form of Nouns 81

Harjoituksia/Exercises 83

Kappale 5 Lesson 5 87

Keskustelu/Dialogue 88-89

Iltapäiväkävely Helsingin keskustassa / An Afternoon Walk in Downtown Helsinki Vocabulary 94

Useful Expressions 97

Grammar 98

The Local Cases III 98

The Allative Case ("onto") 98

The Illative Case ("into") 99

Time Expressions 100

Telling Time 100

Days of the Week 102

Months 103

Harjoituksia/Exercises 104

Kappale 6 Lesson 6 107

Keskustelu/Dialogue 108-109

Lauantai iltapäivällä/On Saturday Afternoon Vocabulary 114

Useful Expressions 116

Grammar 117

The Partitive Singular 117

"To Like" and "To Love" 120

Sounds Good, Looks Good 120

The -nen Ending 121

The Many Faces of tämä, tuo and se 122

Harjoituksia/Exercises 124

Kappale 7 Lesson 7 127

Keskustelu/Dialogue 128-129

Ruotsin laivalla/On the Boat to Sweden Vocabulary 134

Useful Expressions 136

Grammar 137

The Partitive Plural 137

Equative Sentences 138

The Plural Form of Commands 139

The Auxiliary Verbs täytyy and pitää 141

Ordinal Numbers 141

The Date 142

Harjoituksia/Exercises 143

Kappale 8 Lesson 8 147

Keskustelu/Dialogue 148-149

Mikko kertoo perheestään/Mikko Talks about his Family Vocabulary 154

Useful Expressions 156

Grammar 157

Summary of the Singular Form of Local Cases 157

The Possessive Suffixes 157

Inflected Forms with Possessive Suffixes 158

"Gladly" and "With Pleasure" 160

Auxiliary Verbs 160

Harjoituksia/Exercises 162

Kappale 9 Lesson 9 165

Keskustelu/Dialogue 166-167

Seurasaaressa/On Seurasaari Island Vocabulary 172

Useful Expressions 174

Grammar 175

The Plural of the Local Cases 175

The Case of the Direct Object 176

Geographical Names 178

More on the Partitive Case 179

To be Interested in Something 180

General Subjects 180

Harjoituksia/Exercises 181

Kappale 10 Lesson 10 185

Keskustelu/Dialogue 186-187

Missä kävitte viikonloppuna? / Where Did You Go During the Weekend? Vocabulary 192

Useful Expressions 194

Grammar 195

The Past Tense 195

The Past Tense of Auxiliary Verbs 197

The Genitive Plural Case 198

The Essive Case 199

Harjoituksia/Exercises 201

Kappale 11 Lesson 11 205

Keskustelu/Dialogue 206-207

Epäonnen päivä/A Day of Bad Luck Vocabulary 212

Useful Expressions 213

Grammar 214

The Past Tense-Negation 214

Asking Questions in the Past Tense 215

The Comparison of Adjectives 216

The Negative Imperative 218

Singular 218

Plural 218

Contracted Negative Forms 219

Harjoituksia/Exercises 220

Kappale 12 Lesson 12 223

Keskustelu/Dialogue 224-225

Kesä on ohi/Summer is Over Vocabulary 230

Useful Expressions 231

Grammar 232

The Perfect Tense 232

Relative Pronouns 233

Harjoituksia/Exercises 235

Key to the Exercises 239

Finnish-English Glossary 255

English-Finnish Glossary 273

Appendix 1 291

Appendix 2 293

Audio Track List 298

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