Finnish from Afar Blog

One of the first things I was taught in Finnish was how to conjugate verbs in the present tense. It seemed easy, but then came the twist!

Some say Santa does not exist. Indeed, some people with too much time on their hands have even gone as far as to propose proof of this . T...

A famous quote, often attributed to to American author and humorist Mark Twain, mischieviously claims: “ Life’s too short to learn German ”....

When I complain to Finns that their language is tricky to learn, they often reply that I am mistaken and that Finnish is, in fact, easy. ...