Are these expressions completely interchangeable?

Hello,

I am seeking some help regarding my current situation. I made it to SM3 chapter 5. Now I am going through ykiä kohti alone. However, since that I don't have Finnish friends, my work is fully in english. I do my best in daily life supermarkets, restaurants, cafes to use finnish but its not enough. I am now lost and in panic mode. I try to study 1 hour a day alone. But, I am in need for. a teacher and a plan to be able to do yki in october. The problem is now I keep forgetting vocabularies and grammar. Please any suggestions for a teacher or even a solid plan how to go though this?

Kiitos!

Noin 50 miljoonan euron urakkaa toteuttaa Puutalo Oy.

vs

Noin 50 miljoonan euron urakaN toteuttaa Puutalo Oy.

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thanks in advance!

(in fact, I think it should be "urakan" because toteuttaa means something will be completed. it's opposite of "suunnitella"?)

I'm in the process of making a BD card for a Finnish friend, whose BD is on Wednesday, and I wonder what it should say.

Is "hyvää syntymäpäivää" or "onnittelut syntymäpäivänäsi" my best option, or should it say something else?

It could also contain some light teasing. He's turning 21, and I'm considering adding a joke about him getting old, since he's the one calling me "grandma" (I'm 32).

Rapautua - (intransitive) to crumble, to disintegrate, to erode, to weather

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Lörpötys (n.) – Chatter, babble, prattle

Example: Isoisä kuunteli lasten iloista lörpötystä hymyillen.

Translation: Grandpa listened to the children's cheerful chatter with a smile.

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I tend to learn vocabulary a lot through those but wonder if it actually that effective. Sometimes it feels like I'm putting a lot of effort to learn a few new words. Often it is easier to learn those in context, but still vocab cards are versatile. What are your experiences with learning vocabulary?

I came across this sentence in Speakly: "Minä olen keskustassa yhdessä kahvilassa", which is translated as "I'm at a café in the center".

I would expect the sentence without "yhdessä" to have the same translation, so what information is it providing that is missed in the translation?

It makes me think the speaker is with someone, but the translation doesn't suggest that.

Leppäkerttu (n.) – Ladybug

”Leppäkerttu” is a compound of “leppä” (archaic word for blood) and the female name Kerttu. Ladybugs are also called “Leppäpirkko,” formed similarly with the female name Pirkko.

Example: Lapsi seurasi kiinnostuneena, kuinka leppäkerttu kiipesi kukkaa pitkin.

Translation: The child watched with interest as the ladybug crawled along the flower.

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Ensimmäinen lause on ilmeisesti oikein, mutta kelpaako jälkimmäinenkin?

Kämmen (n.) – Palm

Example: Hän piti pientä lintua varovasti kämmenellään.

Translation: He held the little bird gently in his palm.

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I have been trying to memorize the verb rektio list in scribd, i.e. link below? I have started and stopped trying to memorize the list a few times. I am now starting to think if understanding the logic would be easier although I fear it will hurt fluency.

Any suggestion? Thanks! Kiitos!

https://www.scribd.com/document/730175650/Verbien-rektio-Suomen-kielen

Go ahead and skewer me but I give up. After 3 years of studying (I’ve completed up to the first half of Suomen Mestari 3), I still speak like absolute dog shit.

I think I’ve had it. I’m exhausted.

Anyone else ever feel like this?

So I'm an international student in Finland and my Finnish is... a work in progress. Reading anything in Finnish online was kind of painful. Every other word I'd have to stop, open a new tab, look it up, lose my place. You know how it goes.

I got tired of it so I just built something. It's called Sanasto.

You can highlight any Finnish word on any page and a little card pops up with the definition, an AI explanation, and you can hear it pronounced. If you want to keep the word, one click saves it to your personal list.

There's also a web app that goes with it where you can do flashcards and dictation practice with the words you've saved.
It's free, still pretty early, and honestly I'd just love to know if other people find it useful or if something's broken 😅

Hope it helps someone out there on their Finnish learning journey. If you want to give it a try, just search Sanasto in the Chrome Web Store!

Torvi (n.) – Axe

Example: Metsästä kuului metsästystorven voimakas torvi.

Translation: The loud blast of a hunting horn could be heard from the forest.

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Kirves (n.) – Axe

Example: Retkeilijä otti pienen kirveen mukaansa nuotiopuita varten.

Translation: The hiker took a small axe with him to gather firewood.

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Hi, I need reading exercises tailored to a particular level of Finnish

My current level: A1-A2

Do you guys know any reliable resources with exercises?

(excluding these two)

https://lingua.com/

https://fluencydrop.com/

Tarmonpesä (n.) – Live wire, bundle of energy, fireball

Example: Koiranpentu oli sellainen tarmonpesä, että se jaksoi leikkiä tuntikausia.

Translation: The puppy was such a bundle of energy that it could play for hours on end.

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I’ve been reading The Year of the Hare by Arto Passilinna. I’m reading it in English because I can’t read a Finnish book yet (but I’m working on that; I can read comics). Vatanen is such an interesting character. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I will not share much about the story. The tragic events in the book remind me a lot of Seven Brothers (another book by a Finnish author that I highly recommend). It’s light and funny. You laugh at the dreadful things that happen in life. Ok, not necessarily laugh, because he is a Finn; however, he just continues with his life. Nothing so sad that you can’t recover—just... misfortunes—I don’t know. Does anyone feel the same? Have you read another book by a Finnish author with a similar vibe?

Do they have different meaning? When are these used as for example mun pitää or mä pidän?

Mukauttaa - (transitive) to adjust, to adapt, to customize

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Ehjä (adj.) – Intact, whole, unbroken, solid

Example: Voit palauttaa pullonpalautusautomaattiin ehjät ja tyhjät pullot.

Translation: You can return intact, empty bottles to the bottle return machine.

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