Learning Finnish

I have just started on another Finnish course this time at Helsinki University. Finnish is a very interesting language older than other European languages and only really related to Estonian closely and Hungarian distantly, and the local myth is that its the second most difficult language to learn for an English speaker like me (the first being Chinese). That’s the impression I got before I came here however some people think differently me included as the more I’ve been learning the more I appreciate that its just a bit more foreign than other foreign languages. However I’m not about to contradict anyone as after two years here because I am a little ashamed of the progress I’ve made…..must learn some more words…….See some further links Map of Uralic Languages. Origins of Finnish and Related Languages. Check this online course or go to Finnish school or want to study Finnish in Helsinki there are a couple of other places Helsingin kesäyliopisto, Helsingin aikuisopisto.

2 Comments

  1. Posted September 25, 2006 at 11:48 am | Permalink

    Great tip about the online course - I promptly emailed the link to my husband who would like to learn some Finnish and knows quite a few phrases and words already but somehow never gets around to working on it.

  2. Posted September 25, 2006 at 12:41 pm | Permalink

    Glad you found it helpful, I also just found this blog as well on which anyone who is brave enough can post an entry and maybe get it corrected. I haven’t had the courage yet myself…Höpöhöpö.

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