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I am Liis from Kielipaja Luna. In this blog I will be writing about a lot of things but mostly about: 

  • Finnish language
  • Estonian language / Estonia
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Job resume / Jobhunting / Job-related topics
  • Life in Finland    
  • Finnish working culture


The blog will be written in English (mostly). I will be giving you a lot of examples of my own experiences, studies, work, life and so on.🙂


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Finnish: Vocal harmony / Vokaaliharmonia = Vokaalisointu

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In my Finnish classes vocal harmony is usually among the things I teach first. For me it is important that a student gets a strong basis of vocal harmony as this is the topic a person will need all the time.  What does the vocal harmony mean? The easiest explanation is that the vowels need to be in harmony.🙂 However, there are certain rules for vocal harmony. There is a certain way how vowels perform with each other. Before we go to the rules, let's see how vowels are divided in the Finnish language. There are three groups: front vowels (etuvokaalit), back vowels (takavokaalit) and neutral vowels (neutraalit vokaalit).  Front vowels are ä , ö , y .  Middle vowels are i and e .  Back vowels are a , o , u .  🟣If there are front vowels  ä , ö or y in the first syllable of the word, the rule is that front vowels also need to be perform in the other syllable(s) of the word.  For example : tämä (it/this) ➢ tä/mä It cannot be täma ( täma) because there is letter ä in the first syl
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Preparing for the YKI test

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Here are some of my thoughts about the YKI test (yleinen kielitutkinto): The most important thing - be realistic. Most people aim at the intermediate level which is level B1 and B2. Intermediate level means that you can independently handle topics such as everyday life, work, society, travelling, home, environment etc. Learning process is always individual. Some people can manage in a year, some people need more years. I'm talking about years here. Unfortunately there are people who think that learning Finnish  for 10 hours or not at all will make them pass the test. YKI test is not that easy. You really need to know Finnish well before signing up for the test. No need to be perfect but you need to be good at Finnish.  In the end it's all up to you! Teachers will only give you the right directions and support  but you are the one who is doing the studying. Please don't think that your teacher is responsible for your results. It's not the way it goes. If the test goes we
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Synonyms for different animal names in Estonian

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Here we will have a list of synonyms for animals in Estonian. I have underlined the words that are used typically and added synonyms that are most likely to be used. These are also the words I use occasionally.  My kitties Lady and Diiva. / Minu kiisud Lady ja Diiva.  🐈‍⬛ cat - kass , kiisu, kõuts 🐕‍🦺 dog - koer , peni, kutsu, kutsa 🐖 pig - siga , notsu, kärssnina 🐂 cow - lehm , vissi 🐇 rabbit - jänes , jänku, jänks, pikkkõrv 🦊 fox - rebane , haavikuemand, reinuvader 🐺 wolf - hunt , susi, võsavillem, kriimsilm, hallivatimees 🐻 bear - karu , mesikäpp, mõmmi, mõmmik, karumõmm, karuott 🦁 lion - lõvi , loomade kuningas 🐅 tiger - tiiger , tiigrikutsu 🐵 monkey - ahv , ahvipärdik, pärdik 🐎 horse - hobune , suksu, hobu, ratsu 🐑 sheep - lammas , mää, ute, utt What were the new words for you? Millised sõnad olid sinule uued? What words would you add? Milliseid sõnu lisaksid juurde? You will find many more synonyms from  Sünonüümisõnastik . 
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