2nd Edition

Colloquial Finnish The Complete Course for Beginners

By Daniel Abondolo Copyright 2012
368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

Colloquial Finnish provides a step-by-step course in Finnish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Finnish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include:... Read more

1. Making contact  2. No thanks  3.  Help yourself!  4. Getting around and about  5. What’ll we buy? 6. Let’s go to the kiosk! 7. Isn’t it great to get home for Christmas!  8. From bad to worse  9. Time and space  10. What’ll we do today?  11.  More and more quickly  12. There seems to be something under the carpet  13. Easy come  14. Bears can be dangerous, I suppose  15. Serious matters  16.  Let it not be said! Key to exercises Appendix A: Finnish names Appendix B: Overveiw of Finnish verb inflection  Appendix C: Overview of Finnish nominal inflection   Finnish–English glossary  English–Finnish glossary  Glossary of grammatical terms  Index 

Biography

Daniel Abondolo, Hanna Björklund, Elina Multanen, Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi