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Finnish from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

CEFR A1 · Finnish spelling is perfectly regular — one letter, one sound, no exceptions anywhere in the language. What takes work is that length is meaningful, vowels come in harmonising sets, and the stress never moves.

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4 modules 24 lessons 10 enrolled ~8h of material
Finnish from Zero: Sounds & Spelling (L1)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Pronounce any written Finnish word correctly on sight, with no exceptions
  • Hear and produce the length distinctions that separate tuli, tuuli and tulli
  • Apply vowel harmony and explain why a word cannot mix front and back vowels
  • Place the stress correctly on words of any length
  • Produce ä, ö and y, and the eighteen Finnish diphthongs
  • Read long Finnish compounds aloud by splitting them

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

24 lessons across 4 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.