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E-book: Colloquial Finnish: The Complete Course for Beginners

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(University College London, UK)
  • Format: 368 pages
  • Series: Colloquial Series
  • Pub. Date: 27-Aug-2015
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781317305439
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  • Format: 368 pages
  • Series: Colloquial Series
  • Pub. Date: 27-Aug-2015
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781317305439

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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:

  • progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
  • an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
  • realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
  • useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
  • additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Finnish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Finnish.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations and symbols viii
About this book xi
The sounds of Finnish
1(304)
1 Tutustutaan
7(21)
Making contact
2 Ei, kiitos!
28(20)
No thanks
3 Ole hyva!
48(15)
Help yourself!
4 Paikasta toiseen
63(19)
Getting around and about
5 Mita me ostetaan?
82(23)
What'll we buy?
6 Mennaaks kiskalle!
105(23)
Let's go to the kiosk!
7 Eiks ookki ihana paasta kotiin joulunviettoon!
128(20)
Isn't it great to get home for Christmas!
8 Huonosta viela huonommaksi
148(19)
From bad to worse
9 Aika ja tila
167(19)
Time and space
10 Mita tehtas tanaan?
186(19)
What'll we do today?
11 Yha nopeammin
205(18)
More and more quickly
12 Maton alia tuntuu olevan jotain
223(15)
There seems to be something under the carpet
13 Mika laulaen tulee
238(16)
Easy come ...
14 Karhut voi kai olla vaarallisiakin
254(15)
Bears can be dangerous, I suppose
15 Vakavia asioita
269(19)
Serious matters
16 Alkoon sanottako!
288(17)
Let it not be said ...
Key to exercises 305(16)
Appendix A Overview of Finnish verb inflection 321(2)
Appendix B Overview of Finnish nominal inflection 323(2)
Appendix C Finnish names 325(2)
Finnish--English glossary 327(11)
English--Finnish glossary 338(7)
Glossary of grammatical terms 345(6)
Index 351
Daniel Abondolo, Hanna Björklund, Elina Multanen, Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi