is this correct? im still working on forming Finnish sentences

I'm a native speaker and interested of learning more about Finnish grammar in more foreign language school class level, not in actual linguistics level. It would be cool if such thingy was in Finnish as well.

I hope this question is allowed. I'm mostly a lurker here, who studied Finnish at uni years ago, lived in Finland for a while and took Finnish courses at uni there, too.

I've noticed that hardly anyone who comes here with a question is using grammatical terms. It's MIHIN instead of illatiivi, or the "sta/stä case" instead of elatiivi.

Every Finnish teacher I had drilled the terms into us, every Finnisch textbook and grammar book I ever looked at (and I've seen dozens ins many different languages) used the grammatical terms.

What happened? Is it just Duolingo?

Is it that if words with 2+ syllables end with 2 same vowels, then we use the +SEEN ending but if words with 2+ syllables end with 2 different vowels, we use +Vn ending?

Ikkunalauta (n.) – Windowsill

“Ikkunalauta” is a compound of “ikkuna” (window) and “lauta” (board).

Example: Yrttien kasvattaminen ikkunalaudalla on periaatteessa helppoa, vaikka olosuhteet määrittävätkin lopputuloksen.

Translation: Growing herbs on a windowsill is basically easy, although the conditions will determine the end result.

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I wonder if there are any native Finnish speakers in this subreddit who have tried the advanced Chatgpt voice mode...

Just so you know im using Duolingo to learn Finnish

Keiju (n.) – Fairy

Example: Pikku keiju peseytyi aamukasteessa.

Translation: The little fairy washed itself in the morning dew.

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Hei! I currently am a high school student and I have been thinking lately into moving to Finland for my Bachelor’s. I really want to start to learn Finnish but I don't know where to start. Is there any free online resources and any tips for learning Finnish? Is there also any online community of people who are learning Finnish? Kiitos!

Kekseliäs (adj.) – Inventive, resourceful

Example: Tiedän, että hän on kekseliäs.

Translation: I know that she is resourceful.

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I am a solo learning and right now in suomen mestari 2. It showed me a new "sanatyyppi"(-Vus/Vys). It seems that the words "rakkaus" and "kokous" both end up in with -Vus yet they have a different form. Does anybody know why? How am I supposed to recognise which "sanatyypi" to use?

Kävellä is verb type 3, so why don’t I remove lä, add e to get Kävelekö, but the answer is Käveleekö in han question form? “Käveleekö hän…”

Hei! I'm just starting to learn and got a bit tripped up by "minulla on kylmä" and "olen valmis". Why do I possess cold, but I don't possess readiness? If anyone has any tips or a rule of thumb for how to think about this I'd appreciate it! Kiitos

Hellästi (adv.) – 1. affectionately, tenderly; 2. gently

Example: Käsittele taimea hellästi, kuin käsittelisit vauvaa.

Translation: Treat the sprout gently, as you would treat a baby.

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I have begun my journey of learning Finnish 22 days ago and I am now in need of a solid book AND/OR a course that could help me develop all my language skills equally. Anyone know of any courses that have Finnish for US learners?

Bonus point if the course also provides multiple languages since I also learn Mandarin, Norwegian, Swedish and a little Spanish to keep it up.

Also, where is the best place to find a language learning partner where we wouldn't have to pay to learn with others? (I can't afford Italki for this language currently.)

I often see videos in the other language I’m learning (German) telling a story in the language for a certain cefr level But when I try this in Finnish, nothing comes up Anyone know any channels that do this

Läpinäkyvä (adj.) – Transparent

Example: Lasi on läpinäkyvää ja helposti särkyvää ainetta.

Translation: Glass is a transparent and easily breakable material.

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I know it's been a month since the upload, but I have been busy. How was my speaking and all else? https://youtu.be/FNQO6lm3kPI

i couldn't decide between learning icelandic or learning finnish, but i think i'll learn finnish since there's way more content in finnish for me to acquaire the language than there is in icelandic, so that's it i'm learning finnish

i know that learning finnish involves learning "2 languages", yleiskieli and puhekieli, but my question is: do i have to learn both at the same time? or would it better if i first learn yleiskieli as that's the one that most resources teach and then move to puhekieli?

Hi, I found this sentence:

Ruokintapaikalle tulee rottia ja hiiriä

and I was wondering why the verb was in the 3rd person SINGULAR when we are talking about several animals.

Can you please explain to me?

Thanks.

hellooo :) essentially exactly as the title says.

without being self depracating, i'm not the brightest, and i've been trying to learn since may of 2023 (but only properly studying for a little over a year now), and i've got nothing to show for it. i can't form basic sentences, i've got no reading comprehension, and at this point i've not studied for a couple months because i don't have the motivation to, since i'm not making any progress at all. i don't know how to study effectively.

just wondering if anybody has experienced anything similar, and maybe has any advice - study methods that work for them, some encouraging words, really anything to help get out of such a rut. i'm starting to think i'm just not cut out for learning a language 😅 thank you for reading!

I am learning finnish and recently came across Ovatko ne, but usually, they is represented with he. Can somebody clarify how to use Ne

Väline (n.) – Tool, instrument

“Väline” is used in many compound words, including “havaintoväline” (visual teaching aid), “kulkuväline” (means of transportation), “ruokailuväline” (cutlery), and “urheiluväline” (sports equipment).

Example: Hän käytti toisia ihmisiä pyrkimystensä välineinä.

Translation: He used other people as instruments for his efforts.

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hei! i have been learning Finnish for a few days now. i am focussing on Finnish culture and tradtions at the moment, and wondering what some good resources there are for idioms and slang. like common phrases Finnish people would use in their everyday life. the wikipedia page was a bit too much for me. im just looking for some short phrases i could say to sort of blend in with other Finnish people when i study abroad. feel free to link some pages or put some in the comments. kiitos ja hyvää päivää!