Hi all! I’ve been working on this app for the last few months and would love to get people’s thoughts on it. It’s called issen, which is a personal, conversational AI language tutor for intermediate / advanced learners. It remembers who you are and naturally adapts the chats and lessons to your particular learning style and goals.

The idea came from my experience trying to learn French. I’ve spent years at it going through many online tutors. I like the experience of a dedicated teacher a lot, but on top of being expensive and often a bit awkward, I move around a lot, so an in-person teacher is extremely hard for me to manage. I tried a bunch of language learning apps (Babbel, Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, etc.), but none of them really compared to having an actual teacher.

The idea for issen is for it to be that actual conversational teacher, accessible directly from your phone at any time.

You can check out the app at issen.com. Please do let me know what you think, if you have any questions or feedback, or want to talk about language learning in general!

I study both Finnish and Latin as second languages. My mothertongue is Swedish. I find Latin much harder than Finnish, is this normal for western speakers?

I'm a fairly solid reader of Finnish; I read Finnish daily newspapers almost effortlessly and read straight through Mika Waltari's "Sinuhe Egyptiläinen" without looking up a single word. On the other hand reading any classical roman author in Latin is still a toil for me. Does this mean that Finnish is easier than Latin?

Finns should have easy for Latin because both languages rely more on case endings than on word order; so Finns should feel at home. Am I right?

Hey hey 👋 a message to my fellow Finns: I am a 22F who has been a big fan of the Finnish (and Swedish) culture and language since age 10. After reading a fairytale based in Finland, I felt like I had always belonged there, as weird as it may sound! My inner landscape is filled with images of the Finnish nature, I dream of visiting its lakes and getting lost amongst its forests and in the stillness of the night, to lie down and observe the nightsky. Anyway! I'd like my (not so) little obsession to come to fruition, and actually learn this beautiful language(s) spoken in Finland in exchange for my Spanish/Catalan (from Spain) for any Finn interested :) or maybe just...Talk about life? Hopefully one say I'll meet you there, amongst the trees. With love, L xx

It seems to mean a weightlifting movement that is really good, for example pullups, squats, deadlift etc. But I can't think of a word in English that means the same thing.

So I've read Tuntematon Sotilas in Hungarian and I watched the 2017 film in Finnish with subtitles. So I tried to write down one of the most hilarious sentences after hearing. I hope it's not too bad I mean Koskela was drunk anyway.

Koskela Suomesta. Syön rauta ja paaskanta kettinki

(I am Koskela from Finland. I eat iron and I shit chains)

I have to admit life happened I didn't practice Finnish and I spent too much time doomscrolling. How would you translate Blocking is self-care in Finnish? Can be "Block on huolehtiaa minua" correct?

Я здесь понял , чтоб не забить на обучение языка это начать вести свой блог или влог я хз если честно. Я начал изучать финский Если что можете написать свои советы или типа того ыыы буду рад прочитать I realized here that in order not to forget about learning the language, it’s to start writing your own blog or vlog, I don’t know, to be honest.And I started learning Finnish If you want, you can write your tips or something like that I'll be glad to read it Yyyy

Are there any kids' shows that are easy to access online from America? I like watching kids' shows when learning languages, because then I'm learning like a native speaker- a baby haha. I looked online but didn't find many good ones except Seesamtie, the Finnish version of Sesame Street, which is weirdly lost media? There's one episode that exists online and it took some DIGGING. If you have recommendations (or ideas for where I can find the missing Sesame Street episodes) anything is appreciated. Kiitos!

This is a very important word for talking to my siblings. How do you say bruh in Finnish?

How do I say ‘I’m Irish” or “I’m from Ireland”

They are all mean "Finnish", so what's the difference?

Terve 👋

I’m a Swede currently learning finnish with my girlfriend via the app “Duolingo”

I’ve been studying the language for 10 days today, and I have a question.

Early in the course Duolingo taught me that Sinä olet translates to You are.

That seems right, fine. But later in the course It teaches me that you don’t have to say “Sinä”

For exempel: * Olet hauska ja mukava*

So to my question… What’s the rules here? Why, when and where do I need to use “sinä” before “olet” ?

Kiitos etukäteen

Hello I want to start learning Finnish but can't find sources can anyone tell me how to find the sources for writing speaking vocabulary listening

I wonder why people start to study this difficult language in the first place. Didn't you think the grammar and the completely unfamiliar vocabulary was was too scary?

Hei!

I have to go work from tomorrow after Easter and I feel I need stronger finnish words than just PERKELE Please teach me how to swear in finnish!

I'm getting onboard again in Finnish, I'm on B1 level, but my speaking skills are like A2, I want to first make lots of exercises before taking clases again, but, all my books have 90% or so of the exercises done, and also I commute a lot so I'm looking for something I could do on my phone, any suggestion?.

Maybe many will suggest duolingo or any other app, but those do not have long sentences exercises or are not deep into grammar, but if there's any that does of course I will give it a try.

Riesa (n.) – Nuisance, annoyance

Example: Vieraista oli enemmän iloa kuin riesaa.

Translation: The guests were more fun than trouble.

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Hello fellow language learners!

How do you progress in you're journey toward Finnish? I know it's a hard way to walk but please keep going strong. It will become easier!

Reipas (adj.) – 1. brisk, lively, cheery; 2. abundant, sizable

Comparative - reippaampi

Superlative – reippain

Example: Täytyykö juosta vai riittääkö reipas kävely?

Translation: Do you have to run or is a brisk walk enough?

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Seuraus (n.) – Consequence, result

Example: Sairaus on usein seuraus ylensyönnistä.

Translation: Sickness is often a consequence of overeating.

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Open to any advices how to master Finnish to get to a Finnish medical school and start a career in medicine.

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Hi, I'm 26, moved to Finland recently and it is no the first major immigration experience for me. I did couple of big career changes in my life and consider myself successful-ish. But still I understand that career in IT did its role of social elevator and I don't have a passion to educate myself further and master new skills without immidiate financial motivation . Also, Finns did well in making leaning friendly and career development support friendly environment.

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Also, I'm not bad in learning languages, and even have A1+ in Hungarian as I did a short course of it years ago and spent a lot of time in Budapest.

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I'm considering trying to get a degree in Medicine. All medical schools are in Finnish, as well as the actual patients. My most interest lies in psychiatry and clinical psychology, and I got a feeling that in the future the demand for specialists will be growing due to the informational transformation humanity is going through. I understand that working in those fields require the highest mastery in language.

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Does anybody think it might be possible to invest 2-3 years in Finnish language to be able to get to a medical school, spending 10+ hours per week? To have enough to get to Medical school, and then proceed investing in Finnish all the free time I would have to push it forward during the medical school.

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I wasn't able to find any related thread on Reddit. However, I found this quora thread where replies are uniform that it is impossible to do.

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I checked the current subreddit's Resources page but haven't found any online Finnish course that provides more than basics. However, I found this structured course for medical personel and students. I'm thinking to enroll there and push on daily in memrise.com, and uusikielemme.fi to practice words and grammar.

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Open to any suggestions and help :) Many thanks in advance!

I'm not using it anymore, but in working with other texts, I realized that it taught tyhmä = naughty, but that's actually tuhma; tyhmä is stupid or foolish.

Tolaltaan (adv.) – Upset, out of one’s right mind

Example: Teemu ei itke enää, mutta hän on silti vieläkin silminnähden poissa tolaltaan.

Translation: Teemu isn't crying anymore, but he's obviously still upset.

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Hello everyone. I'm looking for a practice tool or app. I've used Duolingo, but I outgrew it. Duolingo was pretty good as a practicing tool in addition to courses and vocabulary apps, but after I completed the main course, it became too repetitive, and I don't really progress with it. Currently, I'm using ChatGPT to make me custom practice exercises, but it's far from ideal. So I am open to your suggestions. Thank you.

Turvallisuus (n.) – Safety, security

Example: Turvallisuus on meille ensiarvoisen tärkeää.

Translation: Safety is of the utmost importance to us.

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