What resources are you using to learn Finnish?

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As there is no topic on Finnish here yet, I’m interested in both Memrise courses and outside resources.

I started out by taking Suomi Monostyle (Level 1, Level 2) here. I like learning the grammar through sentences, so it suits me well, but unfortunately these courses are abandoned now. There’s a level 3, but there are many mistakes in it. The first two are fine. In addition to that, I picked several vocabulary courses.

Outside Memrise, I practice my reading with daily simple news on the YLE website. (Edit: replaced wrong link.)

There’s also a course made by University of Helsinki: A Taste of Finnish. It has lessons with reading/listening material, grammar explanations and quizzes. I haven’t seen all of it yet.

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Here are some links to free on-line resources. Some of them are from my bookmarks and others have been lifted from individual course forums on Memrise so that they are not lost after 1 July when Memrise removes those forums. They are not in any particular order. Feel free to add any of your own:

http://www.uusikielemme.fi/grammar.html

https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/finnish.html

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Finnish.htm

http://lexin.nada.kth.se/lang/trio/fi/finska.htm

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/fi

http://www.minnasundberg.fi/artd.php

https://sites.google.com/site/links4languages/finnishlinks

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Finnish

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Thanks, I’ll have a look at those.

I also noticed a wrong link in my previous post, so I corrected it.

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Those links look really useful!
Another site I’ve found helpful is this one: http://www.uuno.tamk.fi/index.html

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You already know this one, but I’ll add it for other people who might not.

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/10579104

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I came across this site while surfing and thought that you might be interested in it.
http://thefinnishteacher.weebly.com/

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LibriVox has 23 complete audiobooks in Finnish

Look for Listen catalog, then by language --> Finnish

https://librivox.org/

Mostly Juhani Aho, but also some poetry and Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift is in progress.

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Children’s books online–there are 18 of different levels.

Scroll down to reach the Suomeksi section.

http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library-translations.htm

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Thanks for the links!

There are also nice children’s book here: http://iltasatu.org/sadut/ (viewable online and also downloadable in EPUB format, which is what I used)

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Kiitos @widle. Nyt, luen “Kolme Pukkia” . These are very good.

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Ymmärrä Suomea! is a complete course in Finnish online. It’s an excellent course, but the website is entirely in Finnish, so it might be difficult for beginners. It has vocabulary lists, grammar, reading selections, and short tests. I think it is the best online course, but I’m not sure what level it is. It is produced by the Finnish National Board of Education.
Link: Ymmärrä Suomea!
(https://www11.edu.fi/ymmarra/index.php)

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Readings in easy Finnish (selkosuomeksi)

Yle News http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/selkouutiset/

Easy Newspaper http://selkosanomat.fi/ This website also has articles in pictures only (with audio), suitable for beginners in Finnish http://selkosanomat.fi/kuva/ It’s like a visual puzzle.

Easy pages http://papunet.net/selko/ This website has a little bit of everything in easy Finnish. The text has audio for listening practice. There is a page with links to other easy Finnish sites http://papunet.net/selko/muut-selkosivut/

Vilma http://virtuoosi.pkky.fi/vilma/yleista/kielitaso1.htm This site is intended for immigrants to Finland and contains a lot information about living in Finland. The site is entirely in Finnish but it’s structured to help people learn Finnish as well. It starts out with Finland’s geography, which I find easy to read.

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Hi, I’m new to mezmerize, sorry but I’m interested in Finnish too, has it been deleted from the app???

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It hasn’t. But you can’t search for user-created courses on the app now. You need to go to the website, find your courses, start them, and then they will be available on the app too.