By the end
What you'll build
- Use the six locative cases and know why Finnish needs no prepositions
- Apply consonant gradation and predict which stems change
- Choose between the partitive and the accusative for objects
- Attach possessive suffixes and read words with several endings stacked
- Form the plural and understand what happens to the endings
- Read authentic Finnish — news, listings, administrative letters and recipes
Curriculum
What's inside
3 modules · 16 lessons
- 01
The Case System
5 lessons- Fifteen Cases, and Why They Aren't Frightening
- The Six Locative Casesfill blank
- Consonant Gradation
- Gradation in Practicefill blank
- Checkpoint: Cases and Gradationquiz
- 02
The Partitive and the Plural
5 lessons- The Partitive — The Case With No English Equivalent
- Partitive or Not?fill blank
- The Plural and Possessive Suffixes
- Reading Stacked Wordssentence builder
- Checkpoint: Partitive and Pluralquiz
- 03
Reading Real Finnish
6 lessons- How to Read Finnish Without Translating
- Reading: A Yle News Itemlistening lab
- Reading: A Rental Listing and a Job Advertlistening lab
- Reading: A Kela Letter and a Recipelistening lab
- Flashcards: The Grammar Coreflashcard sr
- + 1 more lesson
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
16 lessons across 3 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.