Follow Finnish conversations without losing the thread or misunderstanding the jokes… So you can start participating in those conversations and build a fulfilling Finnish social life.
Follow Finnish Conversations is for intermediate Finnish learners who want to understand real-life conversations with their Finnish friends, family and colleagues
(Even when they speak at the same time, use puhekieli structures or make grammar mistakes!)
Get the strategy & tools you need to practise following Finnish conversations at your own pace.
I see you. You have progressed to a sweet intermediate level with your Finnish. You understand slowly or normally spoken Finnish when listening to a single speaker and can have basic & simple 1-to-1 conversations if spoken slowly and clearly (yay!).
You are ready to dial up the strategy and start following more complex and chaotic Finnish conversations between several speakers – and build that rich, fulfilling and fun social life you’ve been dreaming about!
So you decide to jump right in and participate in that family gathering, dinner with friends or coffee break banter at the office.
WELL… TELL ME IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR:
You tune in and feel confident that you understand what the person speaking is talking about. Then someone else starts to speak at the same time, so you get confused about which one to follow. Once you finally figure that out, the group suddenly bursts into a laugh – and you have no idea what the joke was about.
Talk about feeling like an outsider…
You dream about having fun with a group of Finnish friends, making that good impression on your in-laws and being a part of building that amazing team spirit at work.
BUT FOLLOWING CONVERSATIONS JUST LEAVES YOU FEELING…
You get very tired when listening to conversational Finnish between several speakers, especially if people speak at the same time and you don’t know who to focus on.
The moment when you miss a joke and everyone else is laughing, or on the contrary, thought something was a joke and laughed at a pretty wrong time.
When you lose the thread of the conversation and then someone asks your opinion… Let’s just say I’d rather avoid those situations.
You feel so discouraged that you decide it’s not worth the try.
Maybe this is the maximum level you will ever reach in your Finnish…
Let me assure you: you don’t have a proficiency limit in Finnish – as long as you are fluent in your native language, you can get there in Finnish as well.
But jumping right into the deep end of language immersion and trying to follow group conversations when you’re not yet at that level isn’t the easiest and fastest way.
Don’t get me wrong, language immersion is amazing. But to reap the most benefits from immersion, you have to be prepared for it.
Let me show you how.
NON-SCRIPTED IMPROVISED CONVERSATIONS WITH REAL-LIFE CONVERSATIONAL STRUCTURES.
Movies and series are a great help, but they are scripted, which means that the language doesn’t 100% match the way your friends & family speak in real life – with imperfect sentences, a lot of filler words, speaking at the same time…
GETTING USED TO A FEW DIFFERENT SPEAKERS OF DIFFERENT GENDER, AGE AND ACCENT.
When you’re a beginner, it’s better to focus on one speaker, to get used to their way of speaking and just focus on understanding. But as you progress, adding a few other speakers to listen to will help you understanding any Finn as you progress.
TOOLS THAT ENABLE YOU TO UNDERSTAND
Word-for-word subtitles, transcriptions and translations. These will help you completely avoid the frustration with real-life conversations, as you can re-listen or re-read sentences you didn’t catch, check the meaning in the translations and break down the imperfect sentences at your own pace.
LET ME INTRODUCE:
The online course for intermediate Finnish learners who are ready to start understanding real-life conversations between several speakers without losing the thread or misunderstanding the jokes, start participating in those conversations and build a fulfilling Finnish social life.
Follow Finnish Conversations is a bundle of 3 real, improvised, non-scripted conversations with native Finnish speakers that you’ll study to become ready for a full immersion in the real world.
An interview with a FINNISH MAN!!! This conversation offers a male voice, a different generation, completely improvised talk, filler words… What else could you wish for??
You will learn how Finland became independent & what we did during WWII – plus a bunch of interesting stories narrated by a compelling storyteller.
Ever wanted to hike in the beautiful Finnish nature? This one’s for you!
All you need to know about hiking in Finland – and even if you’re not into hiking, you’ll learn to understand Finns talking and laughing at the same time...!
3 Finnish women talking about our favourite and least favourite things in the Finnish cuisine, school system, working environment and more.
This will prepare you for group discussions with several Finns!
These videos will explain how to use the most common Finnish filler words and spoken language structures:
How to use the word “niin”
How to use siis, eli, ite
How to use Finnish suffixes like -kin, -pa and -han
The 3 conversations, ca. 30 minutes each, broken into shorter videos + audios
Full conversations as mp3
Double FIN/ENG subtitles
Transcriptions as PDF
3 bonus videos that explain how to use the most common filler words that are difficult to translate into other languages.
HOW DOES THIS SOUND?
UNDERSTAND different speakers regardless of their gender, age or accent.
RECOGNISE filler words and conversational structures (=imperfect sentences!)
DISTINGUISH mumbled or quiet words
GET USED to fast-paced Finnish, even when people talk at the same time
FOLLOW conversations with several speakers with more ease and confidence.
AND GET READY to start participating in those conversations yourself with a natural-sounding Finnish containing common filler words and puhekieli structures.
Follow Finnish Conversations is designed to get you to the ideal level for language immersion, by using the natural method coupled with targeted material. It will help you get to the conversational level faster, more easily and with fewer misunderstandings. Think of it as a steppingstone that will save you a lot of time, effort and frustration!
Imagine what it would be like when you’ve cracked the code on conversations and you are following away your colleagues, friends, family…
On autopilot…
Without losing the thread…
And with much more ease and confidence?
Follow Finnish Conversations will facilitate and accelerate your progress towards understanding conversations with your Finnish friends, colleagues and family, without constantly losing the thread…
…And get you ready to start participating in those conversations yourself with a natural-sounding Finnish containing common filler words and puhekieli structures.
The price to unlock Finnish conversations is 90€ for lifetime access to the course.
It means you pay once and get all the material until… well, a zombie apocalypse.
You can pay with most debit/credit cards and PayPal.
If you want to pay with a direct bank transfer, please send me an email at hello@learnfinnished.com.
NATIVE FINNISH, LORD OF THE RINGS OBSESSED LANGUAGE FREAK HERE
In 2015, I discovered the natural method and got fluent in Italian in 1 year – while still living in Finland. I was hooked. I saw that the natural method, where language learning is based on assimilation and not on studying grammar rules and vocabulary by heart, was the way to go.
Almost a decade later (ok starting to feel old here…), and a couple more languages since, I am now living what I preach: being able to feel at home in a foreign country by speaking the real-life conversational language, which allows me to build stronger relationships and participate in social events like a local.
Having 1-on-1 talks was amazing, but I could not participate in dinner or other group conversations… Because I could not follow the fast, imperfect and everyone-speaking-at-the-same-time talk. Trying to follow along just left me exhausted, discouraged and feeling like an outsider.
I kept trying to figure things out, and I found that there are faster ways than direct immersion to get to the level required to understand real-life group conversations. I discovered that preparing myself for those conversations before jumping in was the secret to accelerating my progress.
And that’s one of the key steps in your language skills and progress towards fluency, so that you can fully feel like part of your Finnish social circles.
If you want to use this methodology to start understanding Finnish conversations at family dinners, coffee breaks or over drinks... then Follow Finnish Conversations is your best next investment.
✔️ You've been wanting to accelerate your progress towards understanding Finnish conversations (let’s be honest: you’ve spent more than enough time for learning Finnish already)…
✔️ You're more or less ok with single slow speakers but scared shirtless by the thought of listening to several speakers at the same time…
✔️ You want to practise following conversations at your own pace so that you’ll be ready to participate instead of constantly losing the thread…
❌ You’re a beginner and don’t yet understand slowly or normally spoken Finnish.
❌You can already understand group conversations in Finnish and are just looking for the courage to start participating in them – there are other strategies to get over that “wall” of speaking!
❌ You are looking for videos that you can watch once and become fluent in Finnish. Hate to break it to you, but it doesn’t work like that (if someone tells you that, they’re lying). You will need to follow the instructions and assimilate the course material to get the best results.
if you’re ready to finally understand your colleagues’ jokes during the coffee break, your friends’ gossip over drinks or your in laws’ chatter at the Christmas dinner, Follow Finnish Conversations is for you!
“Follow Finnish Conversations has definitely helped me understand and speak Finnish. I work at a university, and last summer I was selected as an academic adviser who organises meetings with groups of students and discusses different topics. In the first meeting, all students were Finnish, and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to speak in Finnish with them – but I tried and succeeded! In the next meeting we talked about setting goals, which was more difficult, but I managed it in Finnish again. Then we went for lunch and continued speaking Finnish. Even though I couldn’t understand every single thing when they spoke with each other, I was so happy to be able to chat with them in Finnish!”
-Marcin
"Follow Finnish Conversations has been a huge help to me. I have really loved the Finnish Me course as well but I think one of the main benefits that I have seen from Follow Finnish Conversations has been exposing me to other styles of speaking. After listening to so many of your videos from the Finnish Me course and from your YouTube channel, I have gotten very used to the way you speak and it feels quite easy to understand. I felt pretty confident then that I would be able to understand the conversation videos in the new course. As I started into them however, I found that the guests in the videos have a different way of speaking, such as using different filler words, or using filler words more often, or a different pace of speaking. As I have studied these conversations and gotten to understand them as well it has really helped me increase my ability to understand others. While I don't live in Finland or have too many opportunities to listen to Finnish conversations other than in videos and shows that I watch, I have definitely noticed that I can more easily understand things than I was able to before."
-Joe
“I enjoy the conversations, I think it's a good addition to the whole Finnish Me material. For me, the short format and the dynamic pace help to get into the discussion and at some point even forget what language it's in. These conversations are very informative and funny, but if I had to choose only 2, I would say my favorites are the ones about school and work in Finland!”
-Jean-Michel
"Kiitos paljon for the wonderful videos about the history of Finland. It was not only excellent from so many perspectives like the vocabulary, two people interacting and all the other learning techniques that one can get from it but also relating to Finland's experiences! This series of videos has helped broaden the depth of conversations in both languages with mun suomalainen tyttöystäväni."
-David
Follow Finnish Conversations is for intermediate Finnish learners: those who understand slowly or normally spoken Finnish when listening to a single speaker with subtitles and can have basic & simple 1-to-1 conversations if spoken slowly and clearly, but can’t understand normal Finnish conversations between several speakers.
It depends on you! More specifically, on your starting level and how much time you choose to study per day and week. You’ll have completed Follow Finnish Conversations once you can understand all the 3 conversations without subtitles – that’s when can go out into the real world and start participating in real-life conversations!
As long as hard drives exist 😉 You’ll get a lifetime access to the course material, and even if I ever decided to retire the course, you’ll have the chance to download everything before that.
Follow Finnish Conversations will get you to level C1 in the listening comprehension category. And that will help you progress in the speaking and writing categories as well, to make you comfortable with everyday conversations and texting.
You will study the videos like any other material to practise your understanding - instructions are inside the course. This course is meant as a stepping stone to facilitate your progress so that you’ll be ready for real conversations faster.
Unlike Finnish Me, Follow Finnish Conversations is not for beginners – you should already understand at least slowly spoken scripted Finnish quite well. Follow Finnish Conversations has more advanced features for intermediate learners not available in Finnish Me:
Everything is improvised
2-3 people interacting
Option to view Finnish subtitles only
Nope! As long as you already understand anything between slowly spoken Finnish to scripted faster Finnish, but don’t yet understand real conversations, Follow Finnish Conversations will help you.
Join Follow Finnish Conversations and build the rich, fulfilling and fun social life of your dreams.
If you have any questions, you can email me at: hello@learnfinnished.com