Pimsleur Finnish Level 1 Lessons 1-5 Volume 1

Learn to Speak and Understand Finnish with Pimsleur Language Programs

By: Pimsleur

Narrated by: Pimsleur

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Finnish
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Finnish — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it into action.

Why Pimsleur?
• Quick + Easy – Only 30 minutes a day.
• Portable + Flexible – Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life.
• Proven Method – Works when other methods fail.
• Self-Paced – Go fast or go slow – it’s up to you.
• Based in Science – Developed using proven research on memory and learning.
• Cost-effective – Less expensive than classes or immersion, and features all native speakers.
• Genius – Triggers your brain’s natural aptitude to learn.
• Works for everyone – Recommended for ages 13 and above.

What’s Included?
• 5, 30-minute audio lessons,
• In total, 2.5 hours of audio, all featuring native speakers

What You’ll Learn
This course includes Lessons 1-5 from the Finnish Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Finnish.

Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or just understand more of what’s going on in the world around you, Pimsleur will help you learn Finnish and expand your horizons and enrich your life.

Stuck in my brain for months!

What made the experience of listening to Finnish Phase 1, Unit 01-05 the most enjoyable?

The repetition by native speakers is the best part of this series. I enjoyed the pace that is set, in easy-to-follow 20-30 minute segments.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Finnish Phase 1, Unit 01-05?

The most memorable moment came when I actually knew what the native speakers were saying, when they were speaking at a normal pace between one another!

What does Pimsleur bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Since this is a lesson, rather than a book, it is completely up to you if you choose to go to the next lesson or not, or follow the directions the narrator gives you.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The only reaction I had to this lesson was that it had me in shock that by the end of a week I was confident that if I got lost in Finland I wouldn't need to cross my fingers and hope that a random person on the street spoke English.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this for anyone going abroad to Finland, for business, tourism or otherwise.

really helpful audiobook kiitos!

it has helped a lot! im using it to supplement the finnish language course im taking now. im an English speaker and hearing translations and literally translations helps a lot

Good way to get speaking out loud.

I enjoy the spaced repetition of vocabulary and phrases. Finnish is a daunting language. Pimsleur is a good method to get the muscle memory of speech going. The way words are broken down for listening and comprehension seems to be an effective way to learn. I think that 30 minutes a day is good, but expect to repeat each lesson for several days, at least until you think you have retained 80% of each lesson. Some lessons have taken me a week to get down well enough to move on. It’s a good way to for beginners to feel confident speaking aloud. Think of this course as a step ladder to move on to other courses. I highly recommend this course for anyone trying to learn Finnish at a beginner level.

Love the slowness!

Other methods teach too much, too fast. This is much easier to follow and retain. I listen to each day’s lesson about three days in a row (Yes, I’m that dense...) until I am comfortable with the vocabulary and the pronunciation, and can repeat with little hesitation. If I get overwhelmed, I just slow the speed of the lessons WAAAAAY down (sometimes all the way down to .5x) until I’m grasping the content and context. Thank goodness it’s just “listen and repeat.” My head would blow up if I had to write Finnish, too!

Very good method

The method works very well, in particular as you can re-run the last few 30 min chapters, cementing the words and phrases.

I’d like to have a glossary, but slowly creating it myself also helps the learning.

The way they slowly go through the pronounciation of new words, syllable by syllable from the end is excellent.