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The Language Services Office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tel. (09) 191 23234
Fax (09) 191 22753

Street address:
Vuorikatu 5 A, 3rd floor

Postal address:
Language Services
Language Centre
P.O. Box 4
00014 University of Helsinki
Finnish for Foreigners - Beginners' courses
salitSuomi 1 A | Suomi 1 B | Suomi 1 C | Suomi 1 D | Finnish for False Beginners

Note! Independent study: each 48-lesson course requires a minimum of 70 hours of independent study.

We recommend that students starting with Suomi 1 or Suomi 1+2 study an Internet course beforehand: Tavataan taas! - Finnish for Foreigners(Marjukka Kenttälä/Language Services)

Please note that we do not take new students to Suomi 1+2 or Suomi 1 courses after the second lesson.

Holidays, spring 2010
No teaching on winter holiday 22–26 February, on Easter holiday 1–7 April nor on 30 April.

Suomi 1 A FULL/TÄYNNÄ
19.1. - 22.4.
48 lessons/oppituntia (4 credits/op)
Course fee/kurssimaksu:
165 €
Teacher/opettaja:
Pirkko Luoma
Textbook/oppikirja:
Suomi sujuvaksi 1 (Kenttälä), chapters/kappaleet 1 - 10
 
Tuesday/tiistai
14.00 - 15.30
Fabianinkatu 33, sali 12
Thursday/torstai
14.00 - 15.30
Fabianinkatu 26, sh 403
 
Suomi 1 B FULL/TÄYNNÄ
18.1. - 21.4.
48 lessons/oppituntia (4 credits/op)
Course fee/kurssimaksu:
165 €
Teacher/opettaja:
Marjukka Kenttälä
Textbook/oppikirja:
Suomi sujuvaksi 1 (Kenttälä), chapters/kappaleet 1 - 10.
 
Monday/maanantai
16.30 - 18.00
Fabianinkatu 33, sali 15
Wednesday/keskiviikko
16.30 - 18.00
Unioninkatu 34, aud. II
 
Suomi 1 C FULL/TÄYNNÄ
19.1. - 22.4.
48 lessons/oppituntia (4 credits/op)
Course fee/kurssimaksu:
165 €
Teacher/opettaja:
Jorma Kaunisto
Textbook/oppikirja:
Suomi sujuvaksi 1 (Kenttälä), chapters/kappaleet 1 - 10.
 
Tuesday/tiistai
18.15 - 19.45
Unioninkatu 34, aud. II
Thursday/torstai
18.15 - 19.45
Unioninkatu 38, A205 (21.1.-11.3.), Fabianinkatu 33, sali 15 (18.3.-22.4.)
 
Suomi 1 D (NB. Lessons once a week! Huom. Kurssi on vain kerran viikossa!) FULL/TÄYNNÄ
19.1. - 4.5.
48 lessons/oppituntia (4 credits/op)
Course fee/kurssimaksu:
165 €
Teacher/opettaja:
Anna Maija Luomi
Textbook/oppikirja:
Suomi sujuvaksi 1 (Kenttälä), chapters/kappaleet 1 - 10.
 
Tuesday/tiistai
17.00 - 19.45
Unioninkatu 40, sali 12
 
Finnish for False Beginners Registration (starting 1 February at 8.00)
10.5. - 20.5.
18 lessons/oppituntia (1 credit/op)
Course fee/kurssimaksu:
95 €
Teacher/opettaja:
Anna Maija Luomi
10.-11.5. Monday-Tuesday
17.00 - 19.45
Fabianinkatu 26, sh 204
17.-20.5. Monday-Thursday
17.00 - 19.45
Fabianinkatu 26, sh 204
 

Finnish for False Beginners is designed for students who are familiar with AT LEAST the following basics:

  • Numbers
  • Days of the week
  • Greetings
  • Introducing oneself
  • Basic vocabulary (names of food items, adjectives, places and frequently used verbs)

The course will cover grammatical information taught on the Suomi 1 level:

  • verb types (rakastaa, rakastan; uida, uin; tulla, tulen; herätä, herään; tarvita, tarvitsen)
  • the most common noun types (punainen, punaisessa; huone, huoneessa; pieni, pienessä; uusi, uudessa; sairas, sairaassa; kaunis, kauniissa; kokous, kokouksessa)
  • the partitive case (kaksi huonetta, juon vettä) and local cases (talossa, talosta, taloon; asemalla, asemalta, asemalle)
  • to have construction (Minulla on koira; Minulla ei ole koiraa)
  • consonant gradation (hattu, hatussa; ottaa, otan)

Many discussion and vocabulary exercises will be done during the course.

After completing the course, you may continue your studies on the Suomi 2 level.

NB. English is used as an auxiliary language in the course.
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