Finnish

The Scholar Who Built a National Epic

Meet Elias Lönnrot, the 19th-century Finnish physician who traveled thousands of kilometers on foot and ski to collect the fading…

6 days ago

The Sound of Size: Consonant Gradation in Finnish

Ever notice how Finnish words seem to change their consonants for no reason? This isn't random linguistic magic; it's a…

1 month ago

Finland’s “Possessive Suffixes”

In English, we say 'my house', but Finnish takes a more intimate approach. Instead of a separate word for 'my',…

1 month ago

The Object’s Many Faces: Finnish Partitive Case

Dive into the Finnish partitive case, a grammatical feature that fundamentally changes how objects and actions are viewed in a…

4 months ago

What Makes Finnish Difficult to Learn?

The Finnish language, native to Finland and parts of Sweden, Russia, and Norway, is one of the most distinctive and…

2 years ago

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