Learn Puhekieli from Real Finnish đŤđŽ
1ď¸âŁ Muistatsä semmosen ohjelman â
Puhekieli
⢠muistatsä = muistatko sinä (do you remember)
⢠semmosen = sellaisen (such a / that kind of)
⢠ohjelman = program (partitive)
English
Do you remember that show â
2ď¸âŁ joku voittiâŚ
Puhekieli
⢠joku = someone / somebody
⢠voitti = won
English
âŚwhere someone wonâŚ
3ď¸âŁ Sen et pääsee Rennyn kaa sinne bileisiin sinne Hollywoodiin.
Puhekieli
⢠sen et = sen että (the prize of getting to)
⢠pääsee = pääsee / pääsi (gets to go)
⢠Rennyn kaa = Rennyn kanssa (with Renny) â kaa = kanssa
⢠sinne bileisiin = sinne juhliin (to those parties)
⢠sinne Hollywoodiin = to Hollywood
English
âŚthe prize of getting to go to parties in Hollywood with Renny.
4ď¸âŁ Ja mä olin ihan s******n kateellinen.
Puhekieli
⢠mä olin = minä olin (I was)
⢠ihan = completely / totally
⢠s******n = saatanan (a Finnish swear word used as intensifier, like âdamnâ / âbloodyâ)
⢠kateellinen = jealous / envious
English
And I was absolutely bloody jealous.
5ď¸âŁ Ihan oikeesti.
Puhekieli
⢠ihan oikeesti = ihan oikeasti (honestly / for real)
English
Honestly, for real.
6ď¸âŁ Mä niinku, et ihan oikein fantasioin siitä et â
Puhekieli
⢠mä niinku = minä niin kuin (I like / I mean)
⢠ihan oikein = properly / actually
⢠fantasioin = I fantasised
⢠siitä et = siitä että (about the fact that)
English
I like, actually properly fantasised about the fact that â
7ď¸âŁ jos mä oisin voittanu ton ja mä oisin tuolla et â
Puhekieli
⢠oisin voittanu = olisin voittanut (I had won) â conditional perfect
⢠ton = tuon (that)
⢠oisin tuolla = olisin siellä (I would be there)
English
if I had won that and I would be there â
8ď¸âŁ oisko mul joskus onni kääntyny.
Puhekieli
⢠oisko = olisiko (would it be / would it have)
⢠mul = minulla (for me)
⢠joskus = sometime / at last
⢠onni kääntyny = onni kääntynyt (luck turned)
English
âŚmaybe my luck would have finally turned.
9ď¸âŁ Mut eihän se käänny.
Puhekieli
⢠mut = m***a (but)
⢠eihän = ei â hän is an emphatic particle (it just doesnât / obviously it doesnât)
⢠käänny = käänny (turn)
English
But it just doesnât turn, does it.
đ Mihin se nyt kääntyis?
Puhekieli
⢠mihin = where / which way
⢠kääntyis = kääntyisi (would it turn) â conditional
English
Which way would it even turn now?
1ď¸âŁ1ď¸âŁ Mut haitsä siihen ohjelmaan ees?
Puhekieli
⢠haitsä = haitko sinä (did you apply / did you enter)
⢠siihen ohjelmaan = to that show
⢠ees = edes (even)
English
But did you even apply to that show?
1ď¸âŁ2ď¸âŁ En!
Puhekieli
⢠en = no / I didnât (short negative answer)
English
No! (said while laughing â the whole fantasy was for nothing)
Learn Finnish by my way
Helping beginners with basics Finnish~~
05/08/2026
For a long time, reading Finnish felt like this: open the book, find ten words I donât know, look them up, lose the thread, give up.
The problem wasnât the books. It was the approach.
Reading in a foreign language doesnât mean understanding every word â it means understanding enough to follow the story and keep going. Once I stopped treating every unknown word as something that needed to be solved immediately, reading became something I actually wanted to do.
In this post I share what changed for me: how I choose books Iâll actually finish, why I highlight sentences instead of words, and how the same âread first, analyze laterâ principle behind Reverse Analysis works just as well with Finnish novels.
Link heređ
https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/08/05/how-i-finally-started-reading-finnish-books-without-looking-up-every-word/
30/07/2026
Finnish nouns donât just take endings â they change shape first.
kana becomes kanaa. joki becomes joen. nainen becomes naista. And adjectives follow the exact same rules, which means every time you learn a noun type, youâre also learning how to handle a whole group of adjectives.
This is sanatyypit â the system behind how Finnish words change. Once you understand it, those unexpected stem changes stop feeling random and start feeling logical.
Part 1 of a four-part series on the blog: the core noun types youâll meet every single day, with tables, examples, and free practice exercises. đŤđŽ
Link đ
https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/07/01/kielioppi-finnish-noun-types-sanatyypit-part-1-the-core-types-you-must-know/
Learn Puhekieli from Real Finnish đŤđŽ
1ď¸âŁ Patella on kohta synttärit.
Puhekieli
⢠Patella = Patella (nickname + adessive case â âPate hasâ)
⢠on kohta = is soon / is coming up
⢠synttärit = syntymäpäivä (birthday) â synttärit is extremely common spoken Finnish, always used instead of the full word
English
Pateâs birthday is coming up soon.
2ď¸âŁ Ja me mennään Paten kanssa agilityyn.
Puhekieli
⢠me mennään = me menemme (weâre going) â passive used as âweâ
⢠Paten kanssa = with Pate
⢠agilityyn = to agility (dog agility course)
English
And weâre going to agility with Pate.
3ď¸âŁ Otetaaks me sun pallotki sinne?
Puhekieli
⢠otetaaks = otetaanko (shall we take) â -ks is a very common spoken question marker replacing -ko/-kĂś
⢠me = we
⢠sun = sinun (your)
⢠pallotki = pallotkin (your balls too) â ki = kin (too/also)
⢠sinne = there
English
Should we bring your balls along too?
4ď¸âŁ Ja me lähetäänâŚ
Puhekieli
⢠me lähetään = me lähdetään (weâre leaving / weâll go) â passive as âweâ
⢠lähetään = lähdetään (letâs go / we go)
English
And weâre heading outâŚ
5ď¸âŁ Vaikka koirapuistoonkin jos haluat?
Puhekieli
⢠vaikka = even / or maybe even
⢠koirapuistoonkin = koirapuistoonkin (to the dog park too)
⢠jos haluat = if you want
English
Even to the dog park if you want?
6ď¸âŁ Ălä kiusaa nytte.
Puhekieli
⢠älä kiusaa = donât tease
⢠nytte = nyt (now) â nytte is a very common puhekieli form, slightly more emphatic
English
Donât tease him ( the dog) now.
7ď¸âŁ No mun pitää laittaa vähän jännitystä.
Puhekieli
⢠no = well
⢠mun pitää = minun täytyy (I have to / I need to)
⢠laittaa = put / add
⢠vähän = a little
⢠jännitystä = excitement / suspense (partitive)
English
Well, I need to add a little suspense.
8ď¸âŁ Enää viikko!
Puhekieli
⢠enää = only / anymore
⢠viikko = a week
English
Only one week to go!
19/07/2026
At 89, Seela Sella received a cancer diagnosis. Seven weeks later, she beat it â and is already planning to return to the stage in August.
This is Reverse Analysis #9, built around a real Helsingin Sanomat article about one of Finlandâs most beloved actresses. The text is with health and medical vocabulary thatâs worth knowing â useful for anyone preparing for YKI.
Youâll also pick up two patterns worth adding to your toolkit: one for expressing that you had to do something unwillingly, and one simple expression Finns use constantly to say something is over and done with.
Read it here: đ
https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/07/19/reverse-analysis-9-89-year-old-seela-sella-beat-cancer-and-is-going-back-to-work/
Learn Puhekieli from Real Finnish đŤđŽ
1ď¸âŁ Siis mähän en päässy mun ekasta inssistä läpi â
Puhekieli
⢠siis = so / I mean
⢠mähän = minähän (emphatic âIâ â implies âas it turns outâ or mild surprise)
⢠en päässy = en päässyt (didnât pass)
⢠ekasta = ensimmäisestä (first)
⢠inssistä = ajokokeesta (driving test) â inssi is very common spoken Finnish slang
⢠läpi = through / past
English
So I didnât pass my first driving test â
2ď¸âŁ ku se opettaja otti ratista kii ja paino jarruu.
Puhekieli
⢠ku = kun (when/because)
⢠se opettaja = the instructor
⢠otti ratista kii = tarttui rattiin kiinni (grabbed the steering wheel)
⢠paino jarruu = painoi jarrua (hit the brakes)
⢠jarruu = jarrua (partitive, spoken form)
English
âŚbecause the instructor grabbed the steering wheel and hit the brakes.
3ď¸âŁ Mä ajoin myĂśs ylinopeutta koko sen ajan.
Puhekieli
⢠mä = minä (I)
⢠ajoin ylinopeutta = was speeding
⢠koko sen ajan = the whole time
English
I was also speeding the entire time.
4 Ja en pysähtyny stop-merkkiin.
Puhekieli
⢠en pysähtyny = en pysähtynyt (didnât stop)
⢠stop-merkkiin = at the stop sign
English
And I didnât stop at the stop sign.
5ď¸âŁ Ja sit mä silti luulin, et mä pääsin läpi.
Puhekieli
⢠sit = sitten (then / and then)
⢠silti = still / yet
⢠luulin = I thought / I assumed
⢠et = että (that)
⢠pääsin läpi = I passed
English
And then I still thought I had passed.
6ď¸âŁ Tavallaan mä oon ihan hyvä ajaa tiiätsä eteenpäin.
Puhekieli
⢠tavallaan = in a way / kind of
⢠mä oon = minä olen (I am)
⢠ihan hyvä = pretty good
⢠tiiätsä = tiedätkÜ (you know)
⢠eteenpäin = forward / straight ahead
English
In a way Iâm actually pretty good at driving forward, you know.
7ď¸âŁ Et mun niinku ongelmat tuli siinä, kun piti â
Puhekieli
⢠et = että (that / the thing is)
⢠mun = minun (my)
⢠niinku = niin kuin (like / kind of)
⢠ongelmat tuli = ongelmat tulivat (problems came up)
⢠siinä, kun piti = when it came to having to
English
The thing is, my problems came up when I had to â
8ď¸âŁ Peruuttaa. â Kääntyä?
Puhekieli
⢠peruuttaa = to reverse / back up
⢠kääntyä = to turn
English
Reverse. â Turn?
9ď¸âŁ Meiän iskä opetti mua. â Aa.
Puhekieli
⢠meiän = meidän (our)
⢠iskä = isä (dad) â very common spoken Finnish
⢠opetti mua = opetti minua (taught me)
⢠aa = ah / I see
English
Our dad taught me. â Ah, I see.
đ Nii sit se ei voi tiiätsä valittaa, â
Puhekieli
⢠nii = niin (so / well)
⢠sit = sitten (then)
⢠se ei voi = he canât
⢠tiiätsä = tiedätkÜ (you know)
⢠valittaa = complain
English
So he canât really complain, you know â
1ď¸âŁ1ď¸âŁ et mä vähän kolaroin sitä autoo.
Puhekieli
⢠et = että (that)
⢠kolaroin = I crashed / bumped
⢠sitä autoo = sitä autoa (that car, partitive)
⢠autoo = autoa (spoken form)
English
âŚthat I kind of crashed his car.
12ď¸âŁ Ku se on niinku hänen tyĂśn jälki.
Puhekieli
⢠ku = kun (because)
⢠niinku = niin kuin (like / kind of)
⢠hänen tyÜn jälki = his handiwork / the result of his work
English
Because itâs kind of his own handiwork.
1ď¸âŁ3ď¸âŁ Se oli siel inssissä takapenkillä.
Puhekieli
⢠se = he/she
⢠siel = siellä (there)
⢠inssissä = ajokokeessa (at the driving test)
⢠takapenkillä = in the back seat
English
He was there in the back seat during the test.
1ď¸âŁ4ď¸âŁ Se sano et se ei oo ikinä hävenny niin paljoa.
Puhekieli
⢠se sano = hän sanoi (he/she said)
⢠et = että (that)
⢠ei oo = ei ole (has not)
⢠ikinä = koskaan (ever)
⢠hävenny = hävennyt (been so embarrassed)
⢠niin paljoa = niin paljon (so much)
English
He said heâs never been so embarrassed in his life.
16/07/2026
Finnish grammar has a reputation for being complicated. But a lot of what feels ârandomâ is actually one rule showing up in different places.
Take these three verbs:
ottaa â minä otan
pitää â minä pidän
nukkua â minä nukun
The verb changes shape every time â but itâs always the same pattern: the consonants k, p, and t weaken or strengthen depending on where they sit in the word. Finnish learners call it KPT, and once it clicks, a huge chunk of conjugation suddenly makes sense.
The tricky part? KPT doesnât always go the same direction. Most verbs weaken when you conjugate them â but some verbs do the opposite. Knowing which group a verb belongs to is what separates guessing from actually understanding.
New grammar post on the blog breaks it all down with tables, examples, and practice exercises. đŤđŽ
https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/06/28/kielioppi-consonant-gradation-in-finnish-verbs-kpt/
14/07/2026
Most Finnish learners are searching for the perfect textbook, the perfect app, the perfect course.
But some of the best Finnish Iâve ever learned came from scrolling Threads and reading ordinary people talk about ordinary life.
Real language has something no learning material can fully replicate â emotion, context, and the kind of expressions Finns actually use with each other. When you read a post about someoneâs bad day or a frustrating situation at work, the vocabulary sticks in a way that textbook examples never do.
In this post I share exactly how I use Threads as a learning tool: how I pick posts, how I look up what I donât understand, and the simple note-taking method that turns passive scrolling into active learning.
Read it heređ
https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/07/13/how-i-learn-finnish-through-threads/
Learn Puhekieli from Real Finnish đŤđŽ
1ď¸âŁ Jumalauta, kevät pukkaa!
Puhekieli
⢠jumalauta = a Finnish swear word, mild expletive (literally âGodâs board/plankâ) â used to express frustration or surprise
⢠kevät = spring
⢠pukkaa = tulee / tyĂśntää eteenpäin (is coming / is pushing forward) â very colloquial
English
Damn, spring is coming fast!
2ď¸âŁ Meiän pittää leikata noi omenapuut!
Puhekieli
⢠meiän = meidän (our / we need to)
⢠pittää = pitää (have to / must)
⢠noi = nuo (those)
⢠omenapuut = apple trees
English
We need to prune those apple trees!
3ď¸âŁ No niimpä. â Nii.
Puhekieli
⢠no niimpä = no niinpä (well, exactly / youâre right)
⢠nii = niin (yeah)
English
Well, exactly. â Yeah.
4ď¸âŁ Ja pelkästään on rilluteltu vaa menemään â
Puhekieli
⢠pelkästään = just / only
⢠on rilluteltu = on vain oltu laiskana / on vain rentouduttu (have just been relaxing / lounging around) â rilluteltu is very colloquial, implies lazy hanging around
⢠vaa = vain (just)
⢠menemään = going along / as it goes
English
And weâve just been lounging around â
5ď¸âŁkoko aika. â Totta.
Puhekieli
⢠koko aika = the whole time
⢠totta = true / thatâs true
English
âŚthe whole time. â True.
6ď¸âŁ Me ollaan myĂśhässä.
Puhekieli
⢠me ollaan = me olemme (we are) â passive used as âweâ
⢠myÜhässä = late / behind schedule
English
Weâre behind schedule.
7ď¸âŁ Ei me vielä olla myĂśhässä, m***aâŚ
Puhekieli
⢠ei me vielä olla = emme vielä ole (weâre not yet)
⢠m***a = butâŚ
English
Weâre not late yet, butâŚ
8ď¸âŁ Kohta ollaan jos ei jotain tehdä.
Puhekieli
⢠kohta = soon
⢠ollaan = ollaan (weâll be) â passive as âweâ
⢠jos ei jotain tehdä = if nothing is done / if we donât do something
English
We will be soon if we donât do something.
9ď¸âŁ Ai, kauhee komento.
Puhekieli
⢠ai = oh / well
⢠kauhee = kauheaa (awful / terrible) â partitive dropped in speech
⢠komento = order / command (said teasingly)
English
Oh, what a harsh order.
12/07/2026
You look up a Finnish verb. You understand the meaning. Then you try to use it in a sentence â and suddenly you donât know what to do with it.
Thatâs because Finnish verbs come in 6 types (verbityypit), and each type follows its own conjugation pattern. Once you know which type a verb belongs to, you know exactly how to conjugate it â every time.
In my latest grammar post, I break down all 6 verb types with:
âď¸ How to recognise each type from the infinitive
âď¸ Full conjugation tables for every person
âď¸ KPT changes explained where they apply
âď¸ A quick summary table to save and come back to
âď¸ Practice exercises at the end
This is one of the most important patterns to learn in Finnish â and once it clicks, conjugating new verbs becomes so much easier.
đ Read it here: https://learnfinnishbymyway.com/2026/06/27/kielioppi-finnish-verb-types-verbityypit-how-to-conjugate-any-verb-in-the-present-tense/
Alue
Kategoria
Nettisivu
Osoite
Helsinki