Learn Basic Finnish Words

Random lists:

• core 100 with audio and sentence examples

Videos:

• useful words (skip to 0:55 if you don't want to hear her babble)

Basic Phrases and Interjections

Explanatory links:

• basic greetings, simple words for everyday conversations and common words that you might see on signs - with audio
• asking for help and directions; how to introduce yourself, wish someone something and solve a misunderstanding
• interjections - Finnish terms that express emotions, sounds etc. as exclamations

Exercises:

• http://www.digitaldialects.com/Finnish/phrases_vocabulary/1.htm

Videos:

• introducing yourself
• useful phrases, vol 1
• useful phrases, vol 2 (quite advanced)
• interjections

Finnish Pronunciation

Terms:

• vowel - a speech sound made when air is free to pass through the mouth with little or no obstruction
• consonant -  a speech sound made when there is complete or partial obstruction of air in the mouth
• diphthong - a sound made by the combination of two vowel sounds in a single syllable or where the sound starts as one vowel and moves towards another vowel
• intonation - change in pitch of a sentence, up and down; the music or rhythm of speech

Explanatory links:

• vowels, and another source explaining vowel harmony, or if you prefer a visual explanation better
• consonants, and another source explaining consonant gradation
• length
• diphthongs
• stress
• intonation

Also, another good source.


Videos:

• Finnish alphabet
• the difference between A and Ä
• the annoying R
• Finnish diphthongs

Exercises:

• vowel harmony
• consonant gradation