If you are reading this blog constantly or following me on my social media accounts you knew that I have just started going to school to study Finnish. I have been talking about this course forever, and finally, here I am now a full-time student studying the Finnish language. The course will run for one year with only two holidays, the summer break and the Christmas break. The goal is to learn to speak and understand Finnish. I am very excited about this one because this is really what I need to do. So yeah, this is just another day in my life to embrace the new and accept the challenges. I am so positive and motivated to study and learn the language every day.

In my first two weeks at school, I can say that I have learned a few things that I have not learned before. Sure, I do speak basic words and sentences at home, but learning at school is more advance. I learned what the Finnish verbs are and their types and categories. And how to use them in different ways, the vowels, consonants, even learned to construct a sentence in a correct grammar. Finnish is one of the hardest languages in the world. It is so complicated and it takes a lot of time and effort to learn. It’s best to learn with a teacher rather than learning it by yourself. I have tried to study at home, reading books and do a lot of online research before, but for me, Finnish is just so hard to learn. Now that I am studying the Finnish language I can say that it is much easier to learn if you have a teacher and if you do it with others where you all can learn at the same time.

I have many classmates from different countries. I couldn’t be happier having a classmate who came from the same country as I am whom I can speak with my own language. I feel so blessed! Also, not every one of us in the class can speak English. It’s really hard to understand each other if no one speak the same language. English is the international language and I believe that everyone should learn to speak English especially if they want to visit another country where the dialect is so hard to understand. In Finland, although some can speak English especially young individuals, there are still some who don’t know the language. The Finnish language is part of the culture in Finland and if you want to live and have a life here, try your best to learn their language. Otherwise, you won’t find a job and cannot communicate with the locals.

Every day I’ve tried to speak Finnish. My husband and I always talk in English but now I asked him what we should be talking in Finnish rather than in English so I can learn fast. Sometimes when you used to speak the language it’s hard to change. English always comes to my mouth first. But now that I am studying the Finnish language I will really try my best to speak Finnish in my everyday life. As they’ve said, keep talking Finnish and just forget about English for awhile. This way you will learn easily and faster.

I am hoping to learn to speak and write Finnish in the following weeks or months as I continue with my studies. My goal is to learn it slowly but surely. This isn’t going to be easy, but if I am passionate about it I know I will succeed. I am hoping to blog Finnish as well someday. Wish me luck!