This title contains a book and 2 audio CDs. Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of Finns and by ethnic Finns in other countries. It is also the official minority language in some parts of Sweden and Norway.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book!,
By The Remedy (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beginner's Finnish (Hippocrene Beginner's) (Paperback)
I'm moving to Finland for school, and intend on living there for a while.. Beginner's Finnish has been an AWESOME tool for the crazy grammatical rules and conjugations that Finnish requires you to learn. Lots of dialogues you can read, with phrases and useful sayings as well. The vocabulary is not extremely extensive, but has plenty to learn for beginners. I would dare say almost all the grammatical rules are in this book.. but I could be wrong.. there's enough to keep you busy for a real long time. I would suggest buying a finnish-english dictionary along with this book to keep up the vocabulary.
I got this book and "Finnish An Essential Grammar" by Fred Karlsson, and this is the better book in my opinion, but using both together has been very beneficial.. like I said, I've used Beginner's Finnish way more than Fred Karlsson's book.
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This review is from: Beginner's Finnish (Hippocrene Beginner's) (Paperback)
Dr. Risko has written an outstanding introductory Finnish book that helps make studying and learning a very difficult language both rewarding and fun. The book is composed of a variety of lessons that involve common everyday interactions one would have when visiting Finland. The author's style is easy to follow and it's quite obvious she enjoys teaching languages. I highly recommend this book to anyone who may need to learn Finn or just has a curiosity about the Finnish language. This is the book to read and study if you are planning a trip to Suomi.
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This review is from: Beginner's Finnish (Hippocrene Beginner's) (Paperback)
The best help I've had yet in learning Finnish, excluding my Finnish native mother. Nevertheless, there are some faults with the answers to exercises, which are not always correct. This is not common though.
The layout is great -- Finnish on one page, English on the opposite page. The English is a non-literal translation.
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