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Have you been wanting to try Finnish for a while now, but found the grammar daunting? Or have you been speaking it your whole life, and wondering just where consonant gradation comes from? Or anywhere between those two extremes?
Thankfully, Finnish starts feeling a lot more logical once you know where to look. As languages go, it’s in many ways surprisingly regular, and the case system feels much simpler once you get past the fact that we’re talking about endings rather than prepositions. Come learn why the world’s second-largest Uralic language isn’t actually scary at all!
While you won’t come out of this talk speaking fluent Finnish, you will leave with a much deeper understanding of the logic behind most of the “weird” stuff that you may have been worried about. And with any luck, this just might give you the boost needed to finally learn Finnish!
Kelvin is a software developer living in Turku, Finland. They previously studied Uralic Languages at the University of Turku, to which they applied in part due to a strong affinity for Finland and the Finnish language. Kelvin ultimately got into the world of language learning and linguistics through the conlanging community, in which they have participated to varying degrees for over 15 years. In addition to languages and computers, they enjoy reading, music, and making copious numbers of terrible jokes. Website: [ Ссылка ]
This video was recorded at the Polyglot Gathering Online 2021 ([ Ссылка ]).
