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Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101.com! Your Finnish friend has asked you to stay the summer with him and his family, and of course, you couldn't turn that down! You even took Finnish classes so you would fit in. Your friend has assured you that you would fit into his family just fine, whether or not you spoke Finnish, but you decided to learn anyway. And boy, are you glad you did! When your friend's dad gets home from work each day, excitement takes over and it's a barrage of Finnish thrown out and everyone is talking over one another. You have never seen such a happy family before. The excitement doesn't die out either, because after your friend's father gets through the family mob, they all retreat to the living room for Finnish family time. If you didn't know Finnish, you would have no idea what was going on! And this is family time you definitely don't want to miss! The excitement finally dies down around bedtime, but what great fortune thisn the Finnish family has and that you are now a part of! FinnishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Finnish! This Finnish Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you important vocabulary that relates to at-home enjoyment. In this Finnish vocabulary video, you will learn Finnish by watching the video, seeing both Finnish and Finnish translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Finnish translations being read aloud by our native Finnish speakers. Visit us at FinnishPod101.com where you will find many more great Finnish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Saisinko flunssalääkettä, kiitos. Minulla on päänsärkyä. Minulla on vatsa kipeä. ----Formal English---- A cold medicine, please. I have a headache. I have a stomachache. --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101.com! You are doing some business with your company's main headquarters and you have attended meetings all afternoon. You are supervising how the staff is performing their job at the Finnish company, and although you are satisfied with how the company is being handled, you still have to figure out what can be improved within the company. You have spoken with many of the company's staff and most of the staff seems very pleased with the way they are treated. You asked each one what their jobs entailed. A secretary you spoke with replied in Finnish, "Typing and reading e-mails, making phone calls, answering customers' question...you know, the usual stuff." The next person you spoke with answered in Finnish, "I attend meetings all day!" But they all seem happy...and the work is getting done. Wait...who is that? You ask a man sitting at a desk drinking coffee what he does all day. He replies in Finnish, "I drink my coffee." Astonished, you ask him why he doesn't do anything else. He replies in Finnish, "Because I am the boss!" Well, at least you were able to work with your Finnish skills for a little bit anyway. FinnishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Finnish! This Finnish Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you important vocabulary you might need on the job. In this Finnish vocabulary video, you will learn Finnish by watching the video, seeing both Finnish and Finnish translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Finnish translations being read aloud by our native Finnish speakers. Visit us at FinnishPod101.com where you will find many more great Finnish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101.com! Your family has moved to this beautiful country and have just started getting a daily routine down. Everyone seems to be doing their own thing. The only quality family time you have is around the breakfast table. You have all agreed to speak Finnish during this time to ease your way into society. Every morning, you say, "Good morning," in Finnish, and everyone replies in Finnish. You then speak about your plans for the day and what time you will return home to grab a bite to eat, finish some last-minute errands, and go to sleep, before starting the cycle all over again. But as you sit down at the table this morning, it seems you and your father are the only ones who have made it. You ask in Finnish, "Where's mom?" He answers in Finnish, "She is brushing her teeth and washing her face." You are starving and really wish everyone would hurry up. You ask your father in Finnish, "Where is my little brother this morning?" In an annoyed tone, he answers in Finnish, "He is still in his bed waking up." Nice. You stare at your father for just a moment, trying to convey how hungry you are in your stare. Finally, he tells you in Finnish, "Oh go ahead! Eat breakfast!" Looks like you have broken this daily routine! FinnishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Finnish! This Finnish Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you important vocabulary regarding normal daily routines. In this Finnish vocabulary video, you will learn Finnish by watching the video, seeing both Finnish and Finnish translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Finnish translations being read aloud by our native Finnish speakers. Visit us at FinnishPod101.com where you will find many more great Finnish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Väinö Linna Monet pitävät Väinö Linnaa 1900-luvun vaikutusvaltaisimpana ja tärkeimpänä suomalaisena kirjailijana. Vain kolmen romaanin jälkeen hänen kirjallinen maineensa levisi hyvin nopeasti. Linnan Täällä pohjantähden alla -trilogia ja Tuntematon sotilas ovat ehkä hänen kansainvälisesti tunnetuimmat teoksensa. Linna syntyi Urjalassa ja hänellä oli kuusi sisarusta. Hänen isänsä kuoli Linnan ollessa vain kahdeksanvuotias. Linna ihastui seikkailukertomuksiin jo lapsena ja lainasi useita romaaneja paikallisesta kirjastostaan. Hän kävi koulua vain kuusi vuotta ennen kuin astui työelämään, ja päätyi armeijaan asevelvollisuuden takia toisen maailmansodan aikana. Hänen kirjoittamista kohtaan tuntema rakkaus alkoi kukoistaa hänen palvellessaan osaston johtajana armeijassa, ja hän kirjoitti useita huomioita kokemuksistaan. Sodan jälkeen Linna meni naimisiin ja aloitti työt paikallisella kangastehtaalla. Hän kulutti aikaansa kirjoittamalla ja lukemalla kuuluisten kirjailijoitten kuten Nietzschen ja Dostojevskin teoksia. Hänen kaksi ensimmäistä kirjaansa eivät saaneet suurta menestystä, mutta kolmas, Tuntematon sotilas, teki hänestä kuuluisan monesta syystä. Hän käytti kokemuksiaan jatkosodassa tarinan kehittämiseen, ja monet kriitikot arvostelivat kirjaa ankarasti. Toiset kriitikot taas tunnustivat kirjan olevan tärkeä osa Suomen kansallista identiteettiä. Linnan toinen pääteos, Täällä pohjantähden alla -trilogia, kertoo torpparin elämästä, ja Linna kirjoitti sen muutettuaan maaseudulle maanviljelijäksi. ----Formal English---- Vaino Linna Vaino Linna is considered by many to be the twentieth century's most influential and important Finnish writer. After just three novels, his literary fame has spread very widely. His Under the North Star trilogy and The Unknown Solder are probably his best known works around the world. Born in Urjala, Linna had at least six siblings. His father died when he was just eight years old. His love of adventure stories began while he was still a child, and he checked many novels out of his local library. He had just six years of formal education before joining the workforce, and he ended up in the military as a result of conscription during World War II. During his time serving as a squad leader, his love for writing began to blossom and grow as he wrote various accounts of his experiences. At the end of the war, Linna got married and then began working at the textile mills near his home. He spent his time writing and reading work by famous authors like Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky. His first two books were largely unsuccessful, but his third, The Unknown Soldier, made him famous for a variety of reasons. He used his experiences during the Continuation War to craft the story, and many critics wrote against the book harshly. However, other critics recognized the book as an important part of the national Finnish identity. Linna's other major work, the trilogy Under the North Star, focuses on a farm hand and was written after Linna moved out into the country to become a farmer. --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Apua! Soittakaa poliisi! Poliisi! ----Formal English---- Help! Call the police! Police! --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101.com! Your friends want to take you out one last time before you have to go to work. This time, you are not going unprepared. In fact, last time your friends wanted to spend the day with you, it took you three days to sleep off the exhaustion from acting out different sports in Finnish! Well, not this time. No sir! This time, you have learned how to say every sport you can think of in Finnish BEFORE you go out!! Right away, you ask your friends in Finnish, "Do you want to go watch some baseball? Or maybe you would rather play a little football here in the park?" As you continue down the list of sports-related words you have learned in Finnish just for them, it seems you have learned them all! Your friends are impressed! But they had something a little...different planned for today. They ask in Finnish, "We have some tickets and thought you might want to go to the car races with us." You look at them confused, it seems they found one you don't know. Well, at least this time they have to act it out and not you! FinnishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Finnish! This Finnish Video Vocabulary lesson is the second part in a two-part series that will teach you how to talk about sports in Finnish. In this Finnish vocabulary video, you will learn Finnish by watching the video, seeing both Finnish and Finnish translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Finnish translations being read aloud by our native Finnish speakers. Visit us at FinnishPod101.com where you will find many more great Finnish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Aleksis Kivi Aleksis Kivi oli ensimmäinen ammattikirjailija, joka kirjoitti tuotantonsa suomenkielellä. Hän on Suomen kansalliskirjailija, ja hänen teoksensa Seitsemän veljestä on ensimmäinen merkittävä suomeksi kirjoitettu kirja. Kaikkiaan Kivi kirjoitti yhden runokokoelman, 12 näytelmää ja yhden romaanin. Hän on monien mielestä suomalaisen kirjallisuuden isä. Kivi syntyi Palojoella, pienessä kylässä, jossa hänen isänsä työskenteli vaatturina. Hän oli nuorin neljästä sisaruksesta. Monet Kiven henkilöhahmoista ottavat mallia hänen vanhemmistaan. Kivi jätti kotinsa vuonna 1846 aloittaakseen koulunkäynnin Helsingissä, mutta opinnot eivät sujuneet vaivattomasti. Hän rakastui erään opiskelutoverinsa sisareen, mutta hänelle kerrottiin, että hän ei ole tarpeeksi varakas pitääkseen huolta tytöstä, joten Kivi lopetti perheen kanssa seurustelun. Kivi kuitenkin tutustui laajaan kirjallisuuden valikoimaan kyseisen perheen kodissa, sillä heillä oli laaja kirjasto, ja se ravitsi Kiven kirjoittamista kohtaan tuntemaa rakkautta. Noihin aikoihin Kivi kiinnostui näytelmäkirjoituksesta, ja pian sen jälkeen Kivi sai opiskeluoikeuden Helsingin yliopistosta, jossa hän päätti seurata Suomen kansallisrunoilijan, Johan Ludvig Runebergin, jalanjäljillä. Kivi voitti valtionpalkinnon työstään vuonna 1865. Elämänsä loppuaikoina Kivi kärsi vakavista terveysongelmista. Monien asiantuntijoiden mielestä hänen mielenterveysongelmansa johtuivat skitsofreniasta, johon hänellä oli ollut taipumusta koko elämänsä ajan, ja mikä aiheutti hänelle väkivallan ja masennuksen kausia. ----Formal English---- Aleksis Kivi Aleksis Kivi was the first professional writer to craft his work in the Finnish language. He was also a National Writer of Finland, and his book Seven Brothers was the first important one that was actually written in Finnish. In all, he wrote one poetry collection, twelve plays, and one book. Many people consider him to be the father of Finnish literature. Kivi was born in Palojoki, a small village where his father was a tailor. He was the youngest of four children. Many of his characters seem to be modeled after his father and mother. In 1846 he left home to attend school in Helsinki, but he struggled with his studies. He fell in love with the sister of one of his fellow students, but he was informed that he was not well enough off to take good enough care of her, so he stopped seeing the family. However, it was at their home that Kivi was exposed to a wide array of literature because they did have an extensive library, and thus his live for writing was nurtured. Around this time he also became interested in writing plays, and not long after he was admitted to the University of Helsinki, where he decided that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland's national poet. Kivi won the State Prize for his work in 1865. Toward the end of his life, Kivi began to have serious health problems, and many experts believe his mental issues were caused by schizophrenia, which he had shown signs of throughout his life, with bouts of violence and depression. --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- Olen kasvissyöjä. En syö lihaa. En syö juustoa. Sisältääkö tämä lihaa? ----Formal English---- I am vegetarian. I don't eat meat. I don't eat cheese. Does this have meat? --------------------------- Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101! Don't forget to stop by FinnishPod101.com for more great Finnish Language Learning Resources!

Learn Finnish with FinnishPod101.com! Now you have friends in your city...so what are you going to do with them? You are anxious to see some of the city before you have to start school at the Finnish university, and definitely before you have to start working! So you call them up on the phone and ask if they want to spend the day showing you around town. They are excited to do something fun and you all decide to meet at the park around the corner. When you arrive, your friends ask in Finnish, "Do you like to play any sports? We could play around at the park for a while...or maybe head to the gym." You played a lot of sports back home, but as much as you have studied Finnish, you didn't learn how to talk about sports. You attempt to imitate a soccer player kicking a ball, but it takes several minutes before your friends catch on and teach you the Finnish word for soccer. But now they know the game you are playing - charades! The next one you try to act out is a tennis player hitting a ball. And you thought soccer took a long time to guess?! By the time you get through acting out soccer, tennis, golf, and basketball - and they teach you the Finnish words for these sports, you are so worked out you just want a nap. You had no idea learning Finnish could be so exhausting!! FinnishPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Finnish! This Finnish Video Vocabulary lesson is the first part in a two-part series that will help save you some energy for the fun stuff by teaching you how to talk about sports in Finnish. In this Finnish vocabulary video, you will learn Finnish by watching the video, seeing both Finnish and Finnish translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Finnish translations being read aloud by our native Finnish speakers. Visit us at FinnishPod101.com where you will find many more great Finnish lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!