Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, the other being Swedish, with which it has much mutual intelligibility. It is spoken by 5.4 million people and is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers. Less than 1% of the Finnish people speak English.

The first thing one notices is the REALLY long words, but in listening you'll often catch a recognizable word of two stuck in the middle.

Over the course of many centuries, the Finnish language has borrowed many words from a wide variety of languages, most from neighbouring Indo-European languages. More recently, Swedish has been a prolific source of borrowings, and also, the Swedish language acted as a proxy for European words, especially those relating to government. Most recently, and with increasing impact, English has been the source of new loanwords in Finnish. Unlike previous geographical borrowing, the influence of English is largely cultural and reaches Finland by many routes, including international business, music, film and TV. Since English and Finnish grammar, pronunciation and phonetics differ considerably, most loan words are inevitably sooner or later calqued – translated into native Finnish – retaining the semantic meaning.

The English / Finnish Phrasebook is designed to be used by the English speaker to learn the basics of the Finnish language or for a Finnish speaker to learn the basics of English.

If you are intending to learn any new language, you’ll need to get a phrasebook. The purpose of the phrasebook is to give you practice in real-life situations. Memorizing phrases ahead of time is the BEST way to use a phrasebook. Your grammar book, and sometimes even your course, does not give you the "Which room is mine?" kind of phrases. Yes, you will need to flip through the book to find responses or the next question on a different topic, but that is only if you do not practice a bit ahead of time. You can't beat this book - for the price and the small, yet concise and relevant content. Learn how to tell time, order food, as well as greetings and social conversations.

This is not your typical tourist phrasebook. It contains over 75 categories of terms in Finnish and English with over 4,000 terms, phrases and sentences. Also included is a guide to the Finnish alphabet and pronunciation.

Proper names may or may not be translated between languages. Generally country names are translated, but personal names, place names, and trade names (products) are not. Some words may provide an alternate translation or transliteration, others may not.

Contents

General

What You’ll Find Inside:

Introduction

An Introduction to Finnish

A Guide to English Pronunciation

The English Alphabet

English Vowels

Vowel Sounds

- Vowel Combinations

A Guide to Finnish Pronunciation

Phrases to Learn Before You Go

Ways to Start a Sentence

Ways to Sound Like a Local

Greetings Phrases

Introductions Phrases

Conversation Phrases

Transportation Vocabulary

Accommodation Phrases

Accommodations Vocabulary

Kitchen Phrases

Kitchen Vocabulary

Dining Phrases

Beverage Phrases

Food Phrases

Food Vocabulary

Measurements

Measurement Phrases

Measurements Vocabulary

City Phrases

City Vocabulary

Animals Phrases

Animals Vocabulary

Numbers Phrases

Numbers Vocabulary

Colors Phrases

Colors Vocabulary

House Phrases

House Vocabulary

Nature Phrases

Nature Vocabulary

Directions Phrases

Directions Vocabulary

Bathroom Phrases

Bathroom Vocabulary

Time Phrases

Family Phrases

Family Vocabulary

Emergency Phrases

Anatomy Phrases

Anatomy Vocabulary

Business Phrases

Business Vocabulary

Country Phrases

Country Vocabulary

Days Phrases

Days Vocabulary

Months of the year Vuoden kuukaudet

Seasons of the Year Vuodenajat

Geometry Vocabulary

Medical Phrases

Health Phrases

Holiday Phrases

Instructions Phrases

Recreation Phrases

Recreation Vocabulary

Science Vocabulary

Tools Phrases

Tools Vocabulary

Weather Phrases

Weather Vocabulary

Work Phrases

Sisältö

Yleistä

Mitä löydät sisältä:

Johdanto

Johdatus suomeksi

Opas englannin ääntämiseen

Englanti aakkoset

englanninkieliset vokaalit

Vokaaliäänet

- vokaaliyhdistelmät

Opas suomen ääntämiseen

Lauseet, jotka on opittava ennen lähtöä

Tapoja aloittaa lause

Tapoja kuulostaa paikalliselta

Tervehdyslauseet

Johdanto-lauseet

Keskustelulausekkeet

Kuljetussanasto

Majoituslausekkeet

Majoitussanasto

Keittiölauseet

Keittiön sanasto

Ruokailulausekkeet

Juomalausekkeet

Ruoanlauseet

Ruokasanasto

Mittaukset

Mittauslauseet

Mittaussanasto

Kaupunkilausekkeet

Kaupungin sanasto

Eläinten lauseet

Eläinten sanasto

Numerolausekkeet

Numeron sanasto

Värilausekkeet

Värisanasto

Talon lauseet

talon sanasto

Luonnolliset lauseet

Luonnonsanasto

Ohjeet

Ohjeiden sanasto

Kylpyhuone-lauseita

Kylpyhuoneen sanasto

Aikailmaukset

Perhelausekkeet

Perhesanasto

Hätälauseet

Anatomian lauseet

Anatomian sanasto

Yrityslausekkeet

Liiketoiminnan sanasto

Maalausekkeet

Maasanasto

Päivän lauseet

Päivien sanasto

Vuoden kuukaudet Vuoden kuukaudet

Vuodenajat Vuodenajat

Geometrian sanasto

Lääketieteelliset lauseet

Terveyslausekkeet

Lauselausekkeet

Ohjeet

virkistyslauseita

virkistyssanasto

Tiedesanasto

Työkalulauseet

Työkalujen sanasto

Säälauseet

Sääsanasto

Työlauseet

Publication Date: Nov. 3 2020
ISBN/EAN13: 1540540820 / 9781540540829
Page Count: 220
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 6" x 9"