The course follows the DailyFinnish YouTube channel. Every lesson is one video, and every video gets a page here with the transcript, the vocabulary with audio, the grammar point, three exercises and one thing about life in Finland. Lessons are published as the videos are released; the syllabus below is the plan, and the grammar and vocabulary pages it links to are already live.
Level A1: the first three months
| # | Lesson | Grammar point | Life in Finland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hei, minä olen… | olla; pronouns | Introducing yourself at DVV |
| 2 | Mistä olet kotoisin? | -sta/-stä; countries | Registering your address |
| 3 | Missä sinä asut? | -ssa/-ssä; cities | The muuttoilmoitus |
| 4 | Yksi kahvi, kiitos | numbers 1–100; partitive after numbers | Paying by card |
| 5 | Mitä tämä maksaa? | prices; verb type 1 (maksaa) | Loyalty cards |
| 6 | Kello on puoli kolme | time; -lta/-ltä | Opening hours |
| 7 | Menen töihin bussilla | verb type 3 (mennä, tulla); -lla | HSL and tickets |
| 8 | Minulla on… | having; adessive + on | The Kela card |
| 9 | Haluan oppia suomea | verb type 4 (haluta); infinitive | Integration training |
| 10 | Missä on lähin apteekki? | question words; superlative | The health centre |
| 11 | Ottaa, antaa, tietää | consonant gradation in verbs | Tax cards and payslips |
| 12 | Puhutko sinä englantia? | -ko/-kö questions; negative | Asking for help |
| 13 | Eilen satoi | past tense, type 1 | Winter clothes |
| 14 | Söin, join, tein | past tense, types 2–4 | Finnish lunch |
| 15 | Asunto: yksiö vai kaksio? | housing words; genitive | Finding a flat |
| 16 | En ymmärrä, voitko toistaa? | negative past; politeness | The bank appointment |
| 17 | Viikonloppuna menen saunaan | future with present; illative | Sauna etiquette |
| 18 | Mä oon, sä oot | spoken Finnish 1 | Talking to colleagues |
| 19 | Mennään kahville! | passive as "we"; suggestions | Coffee breaks |
| 20 | Hyvää joulua! | holidays; essive | Your first Finnish Christmas |
| 21 | Kirjoitan sähköpostin | writing a message | Emailing the landlord |
| 22 | Soitan lääkärille | phone Finnish; -lle | The 116 117 line |
| 23 | Perhe ja lapset | family words; possessive | Daycare |
| 24 | A1 review | everything | The first 30 days, revisited |
Level A2: months four to nine
Housing, work, health, services and society in more depth: the object (partitive vs total), the conditional, the imperative, the six locative cases in the plural, spoken Finnish 2, and the first YKI-style tasks.
Level B1: the YKI year
Opinion texts, formal messages, the perfect and pluperfect, participles, complex sentences, and full mock tests.