Finnish (suomi)

Finnish (suomi) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by about 5 million people in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Canada and Russia. Finnish starting to appear in writing during the 16th century. The first piece of Finnish literature was a translation of the New Testament by Michael Agricola which was published in 1548. Until 1809 Finland was a part of Sweden and Swedish was the official language. From 1863 the Finnish language could be used along with Swedish when dealing with authorities. Civil servants were obliged to use the Finnish language and issue documents in Finnish from 1883. In 1892 Finnish became an official language and gained a status comparable to that of Swedish. Today Finland is officially bilingual in Finnish and Swedish.

Finnish alphabet (suomen aakkoset)

Finnish pronunciation

Notes

The letters in blue are only used in names and foreign loanwords The letter G appears in native Finnish words in combination with N as ng [] Before unvoiced consonants, b = [p], d = [t], f = [f], g = [k] and h = [x] c = [k] when it appears before a, o and u, and [s] when in front of e, i, y, and

Stress always falls on the first syllable of words. Vowels and consonants can be short (written with one letter), or long (written with two letters).

Finnish has a system of vowel harmony. There are three types of vowels: front vowels (, , y), back vowels (a, o, u) and neutral vowels (e, i). Front and back vowels cannot co-exist in the same word. Neutral vowels can be

used with either of the two other types. For more details, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_harmony#Finnish Information about the pronunciation of Finnish compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text
Kaikki ihmiset syntyvt vapaina ja tasavertaisina arvoltaan ja oikeuksiltaan. Heille on annettu jrki ja omatunto, ja heidn on toimittava toisiaan kohtaan veljeyden hengess.

Hogeldiniz Afiyet Olsun Naslsn?

= = =

Tervetuloa Hyv ruokahalua Mit kuuluu?(genel kullanm) Kuinka voit? (informal) Kuinka voitte? (formal)

yiyim,sen naslsn? Hyv kiitos, ent sinulle? (inf) Hyv kiitos, ent teille? (frm) Onnea!

yi anslar

Dnya kk(Its a small /deyim) Maailma on niin pieni! Maailma on pieni!

Okul | Koulu Aa | Puu Elma | Omena Kader | Kohtalo lm | Kuolema Tanr | Jumala Tren | Juna Sava| Sota Bar | Rauha Pencere| ikkuna Yumurta| Muna St | Maito Bal | Hunaja Kitap | Kirja iek | Kukka Bebek | Vauva Okumak(fiil) = Luettu Oku !(emir) = Lue Katl | Osallistu Katlmak | Osallistua Evlilik | avioliitto Fotoraf | Valokuva Ate | tulipalo Cep Te. | Matkapuhelin Ucuz | Halpa Devrim | vallankumous Ma | ottelu Satn almak(fiil) | Osta Nehir,rmak | Joki