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2017-08-16 09:45
Johtaa means “to lead” and is used often just like in English, where it has some concrete and some abstract meanings.
Examples:
Kaikki tiet johtavat Roomaan.
All roads lead to Ro… Read More
2017-06-24 09:00
They say that Inuit language has hundreds of words for snow (hat isn’t actually true). Finnish has a plathera of words for “being drunk”. But as they say “rakkaalla l… Read More
2017-06-13 08:22
Lähteä means “to leave” or “to go (away)”.
Sometimes “to go” is more natural in English: “lähden kalaan” / “I’ll g… Read More
2017-06-07 07:43
Koira: vuh!
Kissa: miau!
Lehmä: muu!
Porsas: röh röh!
lammas: mää!
Kana: kot kot!
Kukko: kukkokiekuu!
Hevonen: ihahaa!
Karhu: mur!
Ankka: vaak!
Tiainen: titityy!
The… Read More
2017-06-06 08:17
Kävellä means “to walk” and it comes from the verb “käydä” which has basically the same meaning, but it has some other spesific uses. For example:… Read More
2017-06-06 08:17
Kävellä means “to walk” and it comes from the verb “käydä” which has basically the same meaning, but it has some other spesific uses. For example:… Read More
2017-05-30 07:29
Ah! Voih! Hupsis! Oho! Iik! Noh… Hei! Niin. Jaa… Hmm… Öhöm! No! Hih! Ha! Mmm… Uuh.. Aah… Aaargh! Jopas! Höpöhöpö! Eih! Kä&hell…Read More
2017-05-09 06:31
Tarjota means “to offer”, fox example “Tarjosin hänelle apua” / “I offered him help.” In Finnish, if you are giving something for free, you are &ldqu&hell…Read More
2017-05-04 11:48
If you make notes, you “write something down” in English, but in Finnish you “write up” (kirjoittaa ylös).
“To pull one’s leg” means to deceive… Read More
2017-04-26 09:55
Sopia means “to fit” or also to “to suit” both in concrete and abstract sense.
“Sopiiko paita sinulle?” “Onko se sopiva?” /
“Does the s… Read More
2017-04-20 09:52
Haastaa is an old fashined word meaning “to talk” or “to chat”. It’s rarely used in it’s original meaning, but it’s still included in another verb … Read More
2017-04-05 12:57
Many words releted to concepts such as “middle” or “centre” are derived from the root “keski-“. For example keskusta ~ centre and keskellä ~ in the m… Read More
2017-03-30 10:28
Finnish cows say “muu!“. Probably by coincidence, it means “other” or “else” in Finnish.“voiko joku muu tehdä sen?” / “Can somebody… Read More
2017-02-06 13:33
laiva -> laivasto
ship -> navy
kirja -> kirjasto
book -> library
mies -> miehistö
man -> crew
maa -> maasto
ground -> terrain
kortti -> kortisto
card -> re… Read More
2017-02-06 11:28
Se on helppo nakki. / This is a piece of cake.
While in English something is “a pice of cake”, in Finnish it’s an easy sausage (“nakki” is that kind of small ho… Read More
2017-02-03 17:59
Tänään Rock-perjantaina Suomen suurin bändi.
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2017-01-27 17:54
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2017-01-23 09:20
Niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it.
This proverb means that your deeds have their consequences and the English equivalent would b… Read More
2017-01-10 08:22
Nälkä kasvaa syödessä / The hunger grows by eating
The more you eat, the more you crave, the English equivalent would probably be “I am a bottomless pit”. Thi… Read More
2017-01-03 07:53
Hänellä on ketunhäntä kainalossa.
He has a fox tail under his arm.
The cunning fox is a metaphor for dishonesty, so hiding a fox tail refers to somekind of dodgyness. A… Read More
2016-12-28 10:25
1. aasinsilta “ass’ bridge”: a relationship between two otherwise separate phenomenon.
2. leijonanosa “lion’s portion”: the largest part of something.
3… Read More
2016-12-05 07:16
Soittaa means to play, for example, an instrument. “Aleksi Laiho soittaa kitaraa Childrens of Bodom -yhtyeessä”.
You can easily derive the typical nouns from the verb:soitt… Read More
2016-12-02 17:10
The post Hassisen kone: Odotat / tanssin hurmaa appeared first on Venla - Finnish for foreigners Read More
2016-11-26 11:01
Finns don’t throw this word around as often as other people. “Rakkaus” is serious business, and a Finnish man uses this word approximately 2-3 times in his life. The burger… Read More
2016-11-23 07:47
Älä osta sikaa säkissä.
Don’t buy a pig in a sack / pig in a poke.
The idea is that you shouldn’t make hasty trades/ decisions without sufficient background i… Read More
2016-11-18 17:27
The post Miljoonasade: Marraskuu appeared first on Venla - Finnish for foreigners Read More
2016-11-15 14:58
Many Finnish companies have “international” sounding names, and even some sensible Finnish names have been changed to some silly neologisms, such as Itella, Sonera, Destia, Norde… Read More
2016-11-14 13:07
“Hukkua” means “to drown”. “Eno putosi veneestä ja hukkui järveen.” / “Uncle fell off the boat and was drown in the lake.”
It can al… Read More
2016-10-15 06:31
The verb “kuulua” is familiar from phrase “mitä kuuluu?” ~ “how are you?“. Literally it means “what can be heard?“. You can use this verb… Read More
2016-10-07 16:24
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2016-09-29 18:26
Kirja is a typical example of a root which appear in several words.
Kirja means “a book”. The verb naturally is “kirjoittaa”, to write (note also “kirjata&rdqu&hell…Read More
2016-09-24 11:09
Seura is “company” or “companionship”. It can also be a society but not a business kind of company (that’s “yritys” or “liike”). If you… Read More
2016-09-21 11:02
Yrittää means “to try” and the corresponding noun is “yritys”, a try.
In business language, yritys has the same meaning as “an enterprise”, or… Read More
2016-09-16 10:33
Vieri is a rarely used word by itself, but there are lot’s of other words derived from it. The basic meaning is “side”, for example, “tien vieri” = “roads… Read More
2016-09-09 16:42
The post Herra Ylppö & Ihmiset – Mies murtuu appeared first on Venla - Finnish for foreigners Read More
2016-08-09 17:51
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2016-04-22 15:14
Again, this is strictly speaking not rock, but it’s kind of related to the general topic of this site.
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2016-04-21 18:28
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2016-04-15 14:41
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2016-04-11 18:22
The classical scene from a horrible film called “Swordfish” where everything is wrong…
The post Swordfish “Ikea boy” appeared first on Venla - Finnish for fore… Read More
2016-04-01 18:38
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2016-03-28 18:16
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2016-03-21 18:14
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2016-03-18 16:35
The post Rock Friday: CMX: Ruoste appeared first on Venla - Finnish for foreigners Read More
2016-03-12 10:35
Ahdas means tight or narrow, as a place with little or no room. For example Pieni huone oli hyvin ahdas.
This word has lot’s of negative connotations in Finnish.Pomo pani minut ahtaall… Read More
2016-03-11 16:32
The post Röyhkä/Inginmaa/Hypnomen: Paha poika appeared first on Venla - Finnish for foreigners Read More
2016-03-09 17:49
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2016-03-09 14:00
Many English words end with “ness” and many of these end “us/ys” or “uus/yys” in Finnish. Most of these are nouns derived from adjectives.
anxiousness
ahd… Read More
2016-03-07 13:30
Oikea means right, as in “right hand” (=oikea käsi). This word has other meanings both in English and Finnish, for example Sinä olet oikeassa. = “You are right&r&hell…Read More
2016-02-22 13:14
Mieli = mind.
Miellyttää = to please and therefore a thing that pleases you is miellyttävä = pleasant.
If something is very pleasant, you probably want to have it, so &l&hell…Read More
2016-02-15 12:50
Merkki = a sing or a mark is an obvious modern Indo-European loan word (“Märke” in Swedish). It’s often times used like in English: “Se on lopunaikojen merkki&rd&hell…Read More
2016-02-08 12:50
There are less loan words from Russian than you might think. Finnish has taken more words from Swedish. Many of the Russian loanwords in Finnish are only in colloquial use. Then of course, t… Read More
2016-02-01 12:42
Liha is any kind of meat or flesh. Therefore “lihas” means a muscle: “Hänellä on timmit vatsalihakset / he has tight abs”.
Lihansyöjä is a carnivo… Read More
2016-02-01 12:33
“Pitää” is a very common word, with several meanings. The 3 most important uses of this verb are:
“to hold (on)” or “to keep”: “pitä… Read More
2016-01-27 12:08
“lyödä kirves kiveen” ~ “hit your axe on the rock” ~ epic failure
The post Viikon idiomi: lyödä kirves kiveen appeared first on Venla - Finnish fo… Read More
2015-12-18 11:17
Number 4 is ”Learn Finnish. Speak Finnish” by Ati Studios. (26Mb).
The subtitle is ”Mondly. play your way to a new language” and at the first glance, it looks nice… Read More
2015-12-16 11:14
The third reviewed Finnish language application on the list is ”Opi Kielen Suomi Sanastoa” by Languagecourses.net. Like earlier, you must first choose your native language (Engli… Read More
2015-12-16 11:06
”Suomi 50 kielellä” by 50 languages / Goethe-Verlag is the next on the list of Finnish language apps. The size is remarkably smaller than than the “Fun and easy&rdquo&helli…Read More
2015-12-14 11:33
The first impression
The #1 on the list is titled ”Suomi 6000 Sanaa” by Fun Easy Learn. This title doesn’t sound 100% native either, and judging from their website, they s… Read More
2015-12-14 08:25
I’m not a great mobile app user myself, I actually still use my old Nokia mobile phone. I have Samsung’s tablet pad, and I use it mostly to read comics or play chess (that’… Read More
2015-12-04 11:30
Tarjolla työtä suomen kielen opettajille, tällä hetkelllä etenkin Porin alueella tai pääkaupunkiseudulla. Laita sähköpostia joni.karki@cc-communi… Read More
2015-10-22 11:06
Haluaisitko opiskella kieliä ulkomailla? Kielimatkojen tilaaminen kauttamme on mahdollista.
C.C. Communication on tarjonnut kielikoulutuksia jo vuodesta 1995. Nyt välitämme my… Read More
2015-10-15 09:51
Word maa has many meanings:
ground: “Kasvi kasvaa maasta. / “A plant grows from the ground.”
land / country: “Kotimaani on Suomi.” / “My homeland is Finla… Read More
2015-09-11 15:31
Tudramatiks was a Finnish folk-punk band with a legendary live precense. The band started in 2003 and stopped in 2014.
The post Tundramatiks – Kun minä kerran kuolen appeared fir… Read More
2015-09-04 19:28
Absoluuttinen Nollapiste (Finnish for absolute zero) is a rock band from Rovaniemi. Their style is slightly progressive with Tommi Liimatta’s strange lyrics. The band has been playing… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Pimsleur is one of the most effective learning methods available. I started my French by listening these tapes, and advanced very quickly compared to traditional studying at school. I… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Käydä is an old fashioned word for “to walk”. More common way to say “to walk” is “kävellä” (which is of course derived from the earli… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Käsi is also an important bodypart, like head. It’s used in many idioms and other words are derived from it. Hand in Finnish In English you have an adjective “handy”… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Pää is the most importat part of your body, the head. It’s also an important part of vocabulary and many words are derived from it. Päätös means “end&ldq&hell…Read More
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