Finnish Vocabulary

Yksi – One
Syylä – Wart
Vesi –Water
Valmis – Ready
Sinä – You
Kissa – Cat
Tansania – Tanzania
Katto – Roof
*** F is rarely seen in Finnish ***
Faarao – Farao
Taffel – Taffel
*** G is usually with an n, making “ng” ***
Gaala – Gala
Viikingit – the Vikings
Pieni – Small
Pippuri – Pepper
Lapsi – Child
Halla – Frost
Iso – Big iilimato – Leech
Äiti – Mother
Ääni – Sound
*** C almost never occurs in Finnish ***
Celsius – Celsius
Jalka – Foot
Ajoissa – on time
*** The letter W does not occur in Finnish words and it is replaced with the letter V. ***
Wilmer – Wilmer
Oikein – Correct
Kooma – Coma
Kaikki – Everything
Koira – Dog
Disko – Disco
Addiktio –Addiction
*** Z never occurs in Finnish words. ***
Zimbabwe- Zimbabwe
Öljy – Oil
Lööppi – Tabloid Headline
Nainen – Woman
Anna – Anna
Aasi – Donkey
Australia – Australia
Baletti – Ballet
Abba – Abba
Eläin – Animal
Eebenpuu – ebony
Uni – Oven
Uusi – New
Hei – Hello
Hauska – Fun
*** Q almost never occurs in Finnish. It is pronounced as K ***
Qumran –Qumran
*** X never occurs in Finnish words and is replaced by “ks”. ***
Kyslofoni – Xylophone
*** The Finnish R is said by rolling your tongue. ***
Ranta – Beach
Surra – To mourn
Minä – Me
Amme – Tub
*** Å is pronounced like “O” and occurs in Swedish names. ***
Åbo – Åbo
Suomi – Finland
Englanti – England
*** Finnish uses double vowels and double consonant, when pronouncing it means either a short or long sound. ***
Asia – Object
Aasia – Asia
Tuli – Fire
Tulli – Customs

*** When a word has”nk” or”ng” in it, it is pronounced as a special sound known as the “äng-sound” ***
Kenkä – a shoe
Kengän – the shoe’s