Hello, dear Finnish learner!
You have come to Finking Cap, the place to be to learn the kind of Finnish that you’ll actually need in real life. I’m Emmi, and I’m here to teach you Finnish online. In this blog, I share Finnish grammar tutorials, listening exercises, vocabulary lessons and tips on how to make your Finnish more expressive.
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Blog posts
The Finnish vowels – short or long?
Do you find it hard to differentiate between short and long Finnish vowels? Watch this video I recorded with short and long Finnish vowels. Practise
Reikäleipää – learning to bake traditional Finnish rye bread
There was one thing I missed like crazy when I was living abroad – ruisleipä, rye bread. Want to bake Finnish rye bread and learn some Finnish? Get this recipe!
The importance of the Finnish verb types
One of the things your teacher may teach you in your Finnish class is the verb system. In this post, I’ll be talking about the reasons why learning the Finnish verb types will boost your Finnish studies.
For beginners: an introduction to the Finnish personal pronouns
Are you a beginner in Finnish? Check out these 3 forms for the personal pronouns. Trust me, you will need them.
The Finnish 3rd infinitive: verb stem + -MAAN, -MASSA, -MASTA
You may have seen Finnish verb forms like syömään, syömässä and syömästä. These are the 3 most common ones out of the 5 different varieties of the 3rd infinitive.
Everyday Finnish words: lapsi
A few useful sentences to help you use the word lapsi, ‘child’