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What are löyly and saunamakkara? Gossiping in sauna, hitting yourselves with a "vasta" and talking about temperature using "lämmin", "lämpimämpi" or even "lämpimässä"... Find it all here!

Aikoa, meinata, alkaa, aloittaa, ruveta, ryhtyä 👽 What’s the difference - and which one do you actually need to talk about plans, intentions, and getting things started?Want to see if you've really got them? We've created the interactive lesson based on this episode - with the dialogue script, practice questions, instant feedback, and a final score. Go to the link and try it out: https://fdd-alkaa-aloittaa.netlify.app

Mennään ruokakauppaan! In this episode you'll hear essential Finnish grocery store vocabulary, how to ask for products, and the partitive case through practical, real life examples.

In this episode, it’s all about summer ☀️Terassille, uimaan vai mökille? Learn useful Finnish summer vocabulary, how to use tykätä, nauttia and rakastaa, and the magic of the Finnish particle -pa / -pä.Oispa aina kesä.

Learn how to ask someone out in Finnish, check if a time works, and cancel plans if you change your mind. We also explore some cultural differences around dating, who makes the first move, who pays, and why silence on a Finnish date isn’t as awkward as you might think.

In this episode, you’ll learn useful vocabulary for talking about birthdays, parties, and gifts, explore some cultural insights about celebrations in Finland, and finally understand how to use –lle and –lta / –ltä when talking about people.

This is the last episode in our series about Finnish locative cases. In this episode, we look at how to answer Mistä? (“from where?”). You’ll learn the key endings, useful fixed expressions, and some common verbs that require this case.Mistä sä tuut? Mistä sä tykkäät?

In this episode you will learn how to talk about feeling sick - from the first symptoms at home to going to the pharmacy. Learn also how to describe pain using sattua, koskea and särkeä.

In this episode, we look at how to answer Mihin? (“where to?”) in Finnish: the key endings, useful fixed expressions, and some verbs that require this case. We also cover how to say “to whom".Note! It’s a follow-up to our Missä and Millä episodes, so we recommend listening to those first.

Join us in the restaurant 🍽️ Everything from walking in and grabbing a table to ordering like a local and mastering Finnish restaurant small talk. Learn also how to use the verb laittaa in different contexts.