I like sanakirja.org as well :) Here's one more that I find useful, esp. if I'm not entirely sure of the root word or the spelling because it allows me to...
Here you have my list of dictionaries, morphological analyzers and text repositories. My favourite ones are Kaannos.com and IATE. Morphological analyzer...
Hi. I originally founded this group but got distracted almost immediately and left the group in someone else's very capable hands. I am sorry I can't quite...
I have always thought the word LOVE in England sounded very sensuous. I asked Chinese people in China whether they thought "wo ai ni" or "I love you" sounded...
David, Coming from four Finnish grandparents who moved to Canada I have heard the literal translation but can't imagine my ancestors saying that so I have to...
Hi David, After enthusiastically joining this group I encountered family health problems that left me no time to join in though I have kept a copy of every...
If you know how to pronounce the Finnish word for table (pöytä), then Pöyry should be similar. Say the first part (Pöy), trill the r and pronounce the ...
Yes, I wonder what the intimate version would be. Let me know if you find out! Maybe the real Finns do not like to talk about love too much? I have heard...
No. Pöyrö is definitely not pronounced boy-rye. If you know how to say hyvää yötä, you will know what the ö andy sound like. ö is a vowel like "uh", or...
Sorry, pöyry, not pöyrö. Sounds like puh-oo-roo, and as Carol says there is pöytä, sounds like puh-oo-tah. You really have to grasp the difference between...
The Finnish families I know aren’t very demonstrative in the affection area either but "minä rakastan sinua" sounds sexy to me when my hubby says it. Not...
I think Finnish people say "rakastan sua" for "I love you". People also use "oot rakas" that means "you are dear to me" or something like that. As a matter of...
Hei David,  I was in the FinnishFF group and liked it I wished we had finished it. I have that other book and found him very confusing. Terveisin, Richard...
Hei Michael,   I am willing to work in Finnish FF. The last attempt got us to the chapters in the twenties, but review is good. I am patient. I...
Hei Richard, I also got to about chapter 22 last year. I'm happy to resume after I do a bit more refreshing. I have the 2nd book also. I also have a range of...
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You can easily check Finnish pronunciation here... http://www.bitlips.fi/index.en.html You will have to figure out how to type the Finnish front vowels ö and...
Dear all, this site has been dead for a long time, but always there are many people joining. I have changed the settings so people can join automatically. What...
I am still interested in this site. I haven't finished book I. What we need is a leader, or a group of intersted people willing to help in teaching...
In a message dated 9/7/2009 16:58:43 Eastern Daylight Time, ... How does this list work? Does each person go at his own pace, or are there groups or classes?...
Hi groupies. I've read up to about ch 15 twice, last time about a year ago, so I'd be happy to start from like ch 10, or earlier... If people want to work...
Hei,  Next week I'll be at Salolampi for the finnish adult week and will try to stir up some interest. The women who ran this course before would email...
But are you all happy to be learning standard Finnish? There is a large gap between standard Finnish and the spoken language, and Colloquial Finnish by ...
David, if I just learn colloquial English, can you imagine how I would sound in a job interview? Or if I want to apply for an university and I have to write a...
