Beginner

For beginners at level A1, we offer a course series called Startti suomeen.

By following the story of Max, a Canadian expat living in Finland, you learn Finnish grammar and vocabulary in practical, real-life situations. The courses include interactive exercises, downloadable PDF summaries of key vocabulary, and 90-day access to the learning platform from the date of registration. English is used as a support language to ensure clarity and confidence for A1-level learners.

20 products
  • Startti suomeen 1: Tervetuloa!

    FREE! Master the alphabet, numbers, basic vowel harmony, common loanwords, and essential greetings through Max’s story in this 1–2 hour online course.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €0,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of a man standing next to a woman lying on a couch in a living room.

    Navigate healthcare and illness in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers reporting sick leave, booking doctor appointments, pharmacy visits, and body parts.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 9: Töissä

    Communicate about work and professions in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers essential workplace vocabulary, the object, and personal pronoun conjugation.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 8: Kahvilassa ja ravintolassa

    Handle restaurant and café visits with confidence. This 1–2 hour course covers food-related customer service, plural partitive, postpositions, and everyday phrases.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 7: Tapaamisen sopiminen

    Arrange meetings and appointments confidently in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers time-telling, daily routines, verb types 2–5, and essential word type endings.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 6: Sää

    Talk about your hobbies and the weather in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course introduces the partitive case, locative cases, and essential question words.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 5: Asuminen ja koti

    Discuss housing and daily life in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers home vocabulary, Verb Type 2, the basic plural (t-plural), and social greetings.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 4: Perhe

    Discuss family and time in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers family members, months, and weekdays, plus the "to have" possession structure.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 3: Kansallisuus ja kieli

    Discuss nationalities and languages in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course introduces Verb Type 1, the negative sentence structure, and essential consonant gradation.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Startti suomeen 2. Minä

    Describe yourself and others in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers personal information, the verb "olla", and essential adjectives through Max’s journey.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of a man and woman standing outdoors with a grill, surrounded by greenery.

    Explore Finnish nature and cottage traditions. This 1–2 hour online course covers animals, outdoor and cottage activities, -vus/-vys word type, and essential spoken Finnish.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Family of three having breakfast in bed in a bedroom setting.

    Discuss Finnish holidays and social celebrations. This 1–2 hour course covers birthday vocabulary, all Finnish verb types (1–6), imperative, and polite suggestions.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of a salesperson and a customer in a room with shelves displaying shoes.

    Shop for clothes and shoes in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers clothing vocabulary, adjective comparisons (big, bigger, biggest), and plural genitive and partitive forms.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Modern living room with a beige sofa, plant, and abstract art on a blue wall.

    Describe your living environment in detail. This 1–2 hour course covers expanded housing and color vocabulary, sensory verbs (sounds/looks like), and plural pronouns.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Cartoon character in a room with bookshelves and a ladder

    Discuss your studies and professional career in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers education vocabulary, workplace terminology, and essential connector words for fluent speech.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a man standing next to her in a store.

    Shop for electronics and handle prices in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers shopping dialogues, workplace technology, the "täytyy" structure, and verb forms.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of a family in a restaurant setting with a waitress holding a pen and paper.

    Eat out and handle social situations in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers going to a café and a restaurant, advanced food vocabulary, plural objects, the plural imperative, and the MA-infinitive.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Cartoon illustration of a family on a hike by a lake with trees in the background.

    Discuss hobbies, camping, and social life in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers the "minen" verbal noun, expressing opinions, and advanced object rules.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Two cartoon characters standing in front of an elevator with a neutral background

    Talk about the past and manage schedules in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers the past tense, dates, ordinal numbers, and how to make polite requests.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT
  • Illustration of people with luggage at an airport.

    Discuss travel and family visits in Finnish. This 1–2 hour course covers holiday vocabulary, demonstrative pronouns, and essential verb gradation through Max’s trip to Canada.

    €18,00 excl. VAT
    €18,00 excl. VAT