Finnish Alphabet

To learn Finnish language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Finnish alphabet/Finnish letter. If you are interested to learn Finnish language, this place will help you to learn Finnish alphabet/character in Finnish and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Finnish language, first, we learn Finnish alphabets and then learn Finnish alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.

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Finnish alphabets are called as Suomalainen aakkoset. Finnish vowels are known as vokaalit and Finnish consonants are known as konsonantit. Finnish alphabet is a Latin alphabet/Roman script. Finnish speaks in Finland over 6 million speakers to communicates their language around the world. Finland is the official language of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia. The Finnish alphabet has 29 letters contains 8 vowels and 21 consonants as shown in below table and their pronunciation in English.

Finnish Vowels

Finnish vowels are known as vokaalit. Finnish letters have 8 vowels. Here we learn Finnish vowels and their pronunciation in English.

VOWELS - vokaalit

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
A	a	aa
E	e	ee
I	i	ii
O	o	oo
U	u	uu
Å	å	oo
Ä	ä	ää
Ö	ö	öö

Finnish Consonants

Finnish consonants are known as konsonantit. Finnish letters have 21 consonants. Here we learn Finnish consonants and their pronunciation in English.

CONSONANTS - konsonantit

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
B	b	bee
C	c	see
D	d	dee
F	f	äf
G	g	gee
H	h	hoo
J	j	jii
K	k	koo
L	l	äl
M	m	äm
N	n	än
P	p	pee
Q	q	kuu
R	r	är
S	s	äs
T	t	tee
V	v	vee
W	w	double-v
X	x	aks
Y	y	yy
Z	z	tset
Å	å	oo
Ä	ä	ää
Ö	ö	öö

All Finnish Alphabets

Finnish Alphabets

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
A	a	aa
B	b	bee
C	c	cee
D	d	dee
E	e	ee
F	f	äf
G	g	gee
H	h	hoo
I	i	ii
J	j	jii
K	k	koo
L	l	äl
M	m	äm
N	n	än
O	o	oo
P	p	pee
Q	q	kuu
R	r	är
S	s	äs
T	t	tee
U	u	uu
V	v	vee
W	w	double-v
X	x	aks
Y	y	yy
Z	z	tset
Å	å	oo
Ä	ä	ää
Ö	ö	öö

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Top 1000 Finnish words

Here you learn top 1000 Finnish words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Finnish meanings with transliteration.

Eat	syödä
All	kaikki
New	Uusi
Snore	kuorsata
Fast	nopeasti
Help	auta
Pain	kipu
Rain	sade
Pride	ylpeys
Sense	järkeä
Large	suuri
Skill	taito
Panic	paniikki
Thank	kiittää
Desire	himoita
Woman	nainen
Hungry	nälkäinen

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Daily use Finnish Sentences

Here you learn top Finnish sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Finnish meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	Hyvää huomenta
What is your name	Mikä sinun nimesi on
What is your problem	mikä sinun ongelmasi on?
I hate you	vihaan sinua
I love you	Minä rakastan sinua
Can I help you	Voinko auttaa sinua?
I am sorry	olen pahoillani
I want to sleep	Haluan nukkua
This is very important	Tämä on hyvin tärkeää
Are you hungry	Oletko nälkäinen?
How is your life	miten menee?
I am going to study	minä aion opiskella