Finnish Vocabulary Building: Nature as a Case Study

A good vocabulary of a certain subject of life, such as item names or their verbs helps greatly in writing richly worded story in both Finnish and English. A Finnish Vocabulary, kept in memory, and a greater number of similar English words, will be a resource for an increasingly deep way of learning to write stories for your lifetime. An example would be writing words about the activity of nature using more knowledgable English. Using a dictionary, a person can quickly make a several action verbs and a group of item names about camping and increase ones knowledge of the Finnish language. For example, Using a pencil and a paper, one could create a list of 25 words about the subject of the forest. This could help a person who wants to write a story about camping in the woods and these 25 words would be obligatory. With a bilingual dictionary, it is very easy to begin this task. So with English in the head and Finnish from the dictionary book, a picture starts to come alive on the paper; the forest with a tent under the boughs of trees, surrounded by trees, like birch, alder and pine. And the camper with his useful tools begins to organize his campsite putting everything in its proper place; setting up his rifle, axe, fishing pole, baskets, rope, sewing needle and tent. He can patch clothes with his sewing needle, he can hunt small animals with his gun, he can sleep in his tent. And so the story continues.

So using still ones own native language a person can write an English Vocabulary of everything around a particular subject. First your native tongue and then by making words pairs, there is a Finnish Vocabulary. Fpr myself, it is easiest if I imagine myself in a place, like the forest and am imagining myself walking and looking with my eyes in the place. I imagine my myself in the forest and will camp there. So the words could be numbered as they are learned both remembering them in the native tongue and learning them in the Finnish Language. I think of them in my imagination. So on the 1) camping trip= teltailu matka, many things happened. Perhaps all these 2) surroundings= ymparistoja, and 3) tools= tyokalut were used in someway. Perhaps in the 4) forest= metsa, 5) the camper=teltailija, 6) gathered= kerata=>kerasi, wood and made 7) chopped=pillkottu 8) firewood= polttupuita with his 9) axe= kirves => kirveella . Perhaps then the camper decided to set-up his 10) tent= telta in a 11) clearing= perkuu =>perkussa in the woods."

- It is all very easy. The way of making a vocabulary list is to keep the sentences short!

The story can continue very quickly in a like manner using words and one's imagination if one decided to concentrate only on making simple sentences rather then having the perfect story. What else can I imagine? I have already had a person gathering wood and setup his tent in the clearing of the woods. So then camper decided to 12) hunt= metsastaa with his 13) rifle= kivääri and was able to 14) shoot= ampua at 15) small animals= pikku elaimet. He also had a 16) boat= vene near the campsite that was used for 17) fishing= kalastelu => kalastelussa. With a 18) fishing pole= ongenvapa =>ongenvapalla, he caught many 19) fish= kala => kalaa. During the next week, he also used a 20) sewing needle= ompeulu neula to repair 21) his pants= housut. The camper also 22) picked= poimia => poimi, 23) berries= marja=> marjoja. He put the berries in a 24) basket=kori, korihin. Yes, by keeping sentences short and using ones imagination- this is a way to quickly make a short Finnish Vocabulary about a certain subject.

One way also to increase one's Finnish Vocabulary is to use lists compiled by another person! You can do this if your imagination is not very good or if you do not have the time necessary to actually look up words in a Finnish English dictionary. For Finnish-English vocabulary learning for the novice user, I reccomend the website: Up Beat Finnish Vocabulary, a website business licensed in the State of Oregon, USA and created the beginner and run by an individual entrepeneur. Available are more than 4000 vocabulary pairs and dozens and dozens of categories. And it is possible to contact the original author of the text for support. If one, however is looking for technical word-lists about computers and mathematics, there are free websites available for that Finnish-English vocabulary subject.

At the website UpBeat Finnish Vocabulary, there are dozens and dozens of lists about a certain subjects as illustrated in this text, but one has to use their imagination to create stories. At the website there is also the possibility of studying basic noun inflection using a copyright javascript noun inflection engine provided on that website. To increase your Finnish Vocabulary and to consider this Finnish Vocabulary aid- it is preferable to buy a demo login and then weigh a choice between a monthly, yearly or life-time subscription to the website. All money payments are provided in the securest settings through encrypted processing through Plimsoft.com - and your credit card number is safe. All content is protected by copyright laws in the State of Oregon and the USA.

Another option is to use your own dictionary and make up words list of your own. This can be done easily by using your own Finnish-English Dictionary and also browsing school texts or stories for little kids written in your native language. Using this books a person can find the perfect setting and objects for a perfect vocabulary exercise. One of these books that I find useful was Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever . Even though this is book is not an English-Finnish Vocabulary, using a Finnish- English dictionary and the pictures there is a vocabulary exercise ready made. For myself, I used a paid- tutor, and it was easy for us to make simply sentences from the beautiful pictures drawn in the book by Richard Scarry.

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A good example of using a Finnish- English Vocabulary would be to try making sentences of action- putting objects from one place to another, but perhaps that is best done with the aid of a finnish-paid tutor. To considor a tutor, ask for reccommendations from a person who is familiar with the professions of Finns within your community. If you do no have the time nor financial resource- then only with yourself, your can make an excellent vocabulary exercise. With your selection of childrens books a safe-practice for novices would be to learn the only the new names of the objects in the picture. So learn each object in the picture in your native tongue and then in Finnish. Make word pairs and have fun! Quiz yourself the next day to test your memory! Then if you are having the help of a Finnish tutor, you can begin making simple action sentences like of taking and puting objects from one place to another.

Write down your errors on a scrap of paper and test your errors. Be persistant and also give yourself a break by doing other things around the house. You will learn and succeed. No money! Have a best-friend quiz you! It is a matter of time before success comes knocking on the door. You will win and conquer!

More information on Finnish Vocabulary, Finnish Grammar, and Finnish Dictionaries can be found on the following websites. Some of the websites are free and some are pay per use, but often the best quality is found of the websites that are not free and demand a modest price. Use your best judgement for your needs.

More useful resources: DictMot Online (Pay for use) Dictionary. efe.scape.net (Free, but not the best) Online Dictionary. Up Beat Vocabulary Noun Inflection-Conjugator Engine (Pay for use). Verbix Verb Inflection-Conjugator Engine (Free). Sanakirja.org Experimental Wikidictionary Dictionary (Free). Supermemo FlashCard Software for handhelds and PC (Pay for use), Finnish Grammatical Aids (Free). Up Beat Finnish Vocabulary- Vocabulary Lists (Pay for use).