How to learn Finnish as an adult: a realistic 90-day plan
What to learn first, how to spend 20 minutes a day, and the mistakes that slow most adult learners down.
Read the guideGuides for learning Finnish
Practical, honest articles to help you learn faster, whether you use SimuCoach or not.
Practical guides to learning Finnish
These guides answer the questions adult learners in Finland ask most: how to plan your learning, how the YKI test works, how Finnish cases and verb types work, how to pronounce Finnish and which phrases you need at Kela, the doctor and your child’s school. Each guide is written by the SimuCoach team and checked against official and reference sources.
The YKI test explained: levels, parts and how to prepare
Levels, the four parts of the test, what citizenship usually requires, and how to prepare for speaking and writing.
Read the guideFinnish cases explained simply, with a table
Which cases to learn first, a full table with examples, and when to use the famous partitive.
Read the guideEssential Finnish phrases for Kela, the doctor and school
Booking a doctor’s appointment, calling 116117, talking to Kela, the pharmacy and your child’s teacher.
Read the guideSpoken Finnish vs written Finnish: a guide to puhekieli
Why Finns don’t talk like your textbook, and the spoken forms you will hear every day.
Read the guideIs Finnish hard to learn? An honest answer
What makes Finnish difficult, what makes it surprisingly easy, and how long it really takes.
Read the guideFinnish verb types explained: all six with examples
How to recognise each of the six verb types and conjugate it in the present tense.
Read the guideFinnish pronunciation guide: vowels, long sounds and stress
The eight vowels, short and long sounds, double consonants and where the stress goes.
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