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| Ariail Newbie United States Joined 4242 days ago 23 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Finnish | Message 1 of 15 14 April 2013 at 2:55am | IP Logged |
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I am interested in learning the Finnish language. I understand how difficult it is, so I would like the best resources
available (apart from moving to Finland). Is Complete Finnish by Terttu Leney any good? If not, can someone recommend a good program or textbook for me to purchase? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4426 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes  Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 2 of 15 14 April 2013 at 4:15am | IP Logged |
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I'd like to know too!
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 3 of 15 14 April 2013 at 8:58am | IP Logged |
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If you REALLY want to buy something, then I'd recommend Finnish for Foreigners I and II by Maija-Hellikki Aaltio (if you can find it). Complete Finnish (formerly "Teach Yourself Finnish") by Terttu Leney isn't the greatest but it's far from the worst.
It's quite easy though to start learning Finnish without spending a dime since there's a fair bit of material available online legally and free of charge. See the following: Determined to learn Finnish Finnish language learning sites Finnish language materials Finnish Online Resources Finnish Profile (revised) 5 persons have voted this message useful | |
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4860 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 4 of 15 14 April 2013 at 11:24am | IP Logged |
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I recall the Hyvin menee! series to be quite good for beginners, but the instruction
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| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5269 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 5 of 15 14 April 2013 at 12:53pm | IP Logged |
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If you know French, I can highly recommend the Assimil Finnois Sans Peine course.
Teach Yourself Finnish is quite good, but at one point the dialogues just become so long that you just lose motivation. But it still is better than nothing. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 6 of 15 14 April 2013 at 3:19pm | IP Logged |
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I recall that FSI has a very thorough Finnish course.
But the best course is the one you like the most, because that's when you'll learn the most. For me coursebooks are secondary in study anyways. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6595 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 7 of 15 14 April 2013 at 7:07pm | IP Logged |
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The FSI is quite complete but I knew almost everything there when I got my hands on it. The audio quality is horrible. When Assimil and TY won't be enough for your needs, FSI won't be either.
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| Ariail Newbie United States Joined 4242 days ago 23 posts - 23 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Finnish | Message 8 of 15 15 April 2013 at 11:34pm | IP Logged |
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I will continue learning Swedish for the time being, and advance to Finnish once I have become semi-fluent in the
former. Thank you all for posting. I will investigate Chung's recommendation, "Finnish for Foreigners." 1 person has voted this message useful |
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