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Finnish video lessons

Real Finnish conversations from everyday situations, grouped into courses you can work through in order.

Updated 22 September 2026

Every course here is built the same way: real Finnish conversations from a situation you will actually be in, spoken slowly enough to follow, with subtitles. Start at the first lesson of a course and work down, or jump to the situation you are facing this week.

Videos play on the page and load only when you press play, so nothing from YouTube touches your browser before that. Lessons with chapters get a jump list, and the site remembers what you have watched in this browser. There is no account and nothing to sign up for.

The whole channel is at youtube.com/@DailyFinnish.

Courses

Finnish alphabet and pronunciation Start here. Every Finnish letter, the sounds that do not exist in English, long vowels and double consonants. A1 12 lessons Finnish numbers and counting Counting, prices, phone numbers and the number forms you need at a till or a doctor's desk. A1 12 lessons Time and dates in Finnish Clock times, weekdays, months and seasons, plus how Finns say when something happens. A1 10 lessons Finnish vocabulary for beginners The first few hundred Finnish words, grouped by the situations you actually meet them in and spoken slowly. A1 25 lessons Common Finnish phrases Ready-made phrases you can use the same day, without building sentences yourself. A1 41 lessons Survival Finnish phrases The phrases that get you through your first weeks: greetings, asking for help, shopping and saying you do not understand yet. A1 12 lessons Slow Finnish conversation Real conversations spoken slowly, so you can follow every word before you speed up. A1 43 lessons Everyday Finnish conversation Real conversations with subtitles, at the speed Finns actually speak, for the situations you meet every week. A1-A2 54 lessons Finnish listening practice Real conversations in slow, clear Finnish with subtitles. Train your ear before you worry about grammar. A1-A2 66 lessons Learn Finnish while you sleep Hours of real Finnish conversation, calm enough to leave playing in the background. A1-A2 8 lessons Finnish small talk Weather, weekends and the short exchanges that fill a Finnish day. A1-A2 6 lessons Finnish at the supermarket Finding what you need, reading labels and handling the till in Finnish. A1 4 lessons Finnish at a restaurant Ordering food, asking about ingredients and paying in Finnish. A1-A2 3 lessons Finnish at the doctor Describing symptoms, booking an appointment and understanding the answer. A2 5 lessons Renting an apartment in Finnish Viewings, contracts, deposits and talking to a landlord or a housing company in Finnish. A2 8 lessons Finnish for Kela and government The Finnish you need for forms, benefits offices and official letters. A2-B1 3 lessons Finnish at school and university Lectures, exams, group work and the conversations students actually have in Finnish. A2 8 lessons Finnish for students in Finland Campus, student housing and the everyday Finnish of studying here. A2 13 lessons Finnish job interviews The questions you will be asked in Finnish, and answers you can adapt. B1 6 lessons Finnish for the driving test Autokoulu vocabulary, traffic terms and the Finnish you need to pass the driving test. A2 4 lessons Finnish at the airport and hotel Checking in, asking directions and handling a hotel desk in Finnish instead of switching to English. A2 4 lessons Dating and making friends in Finnish Small talk, invitations and the unwritten rules of Finnish social life. A2 5 lessons Finnish podcast conversations Longer easy conversations to listen to while you walk, cook or commute. A2-B1 8 lessons YKI test preparation Speaking and listening practice shaped like the YKI intermediate test you need for citizenship. B1 4 lessons

Latest lessons

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Daily Finnish conversation shorts

One short Finnish moment a day. Quick phrases you can learn in under a minute. See all shorts

1:04Opi suomea toimistossa – Toimiston tarvikevarasto, Käytännön suomea #DailyFinnish1:13Puhu suomea esimiehelle – Myöhästyminen töistä, Arkisuomi #DailyFinnish1:25Puhu suomea kollegalle – Apua uuden ohjelman kanssa, Suomi aloittelijoille #DailyFinnish1:18Opi suomea: Työpaikka – Raportti esimiehelle, Suomen puhekieli #DailyFinnish1:03Keskustelu työpaikalla – Lounaalle työkaverin kanssa, Suomen kurssi #DailyFinnish1:04Kahvitauko suomeksi – Maanantain kahvitauko, Helppo suomi #DailyFinnish

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More practical Finnish video lessons for everyday life in Finland, newest first. Pick the situation you are about to face and start there.

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