By the end
What you'll build
- Conjugate the negative verb ei and negate any Finnish sentence correctly
- Ask questions with the -ko/-kö ending and with question words
- Use the past tense and talk about what you did
- Recognise the six verb types and conjugate the common ones
- Understand spoken Finnish — mä, sä, meillä on, se — as well as the written forms
- Give opinions and keep a conversation running in a culture that leaves space
Curriculum
What's inside
4 modules · 19 lessons
- 01
The Negative Verb
5 lessons- Finnish Negates by Conjugating
- Negating Correctlyfill blank
- Asking Questions
- Building Questionssentence builder
- Listening: Questions and Answerslistening lab
- 02
The Past and the Verb Types
4 lessons- Talking About the Past
- The Six Verb Types
- Past Tense and Verb Typesfill blank
- Listening: Talking About Yesterdaylistening lab
- 03
The Finnish People Actually Speak
3 lessons- Puhekieli — The Other Finnish
- Written or Spoken?fill blank
- Listening: Two Finns in a Cafélistening lab
- 04
Opinions and Keeping It Going
7 lessons- Opinions, Agreement and the Space Between
- Listening: A Mild Disagreementlistening lab
- Speaking Lab: Your Day and Your Viewspeaking lab
- Word Power: Conversation Connectorsword power
- Final Check: Everyday Finnishquiz
- + 2 more lessons
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
19 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.