Hi,
What "beginners" books do you recommend to read? I´m now at stage 4 of the Kesäyliopisto, so my finnish is quite O.K (grammar-wise).
But i need to practise so I can learn words (and so the grammar sticks). So i would like to read some EASY finnish books.
Things I´ve tried:
Akku Ankka (lot´s of slang there)
Pikku Prinssi (read it in 4 other languages, so I thought it might be understandable)
I´m looking for something that maybe a 8-10-year old would read.
Detective stories, Adventure books and that kind of stuff....
Any suggestions?
Easy books to read
You could try books in the 'nuorten' section in the book stores or library. I don't know what 8-10 year old read these days but I'm sure you'd find books like the famous five (viisikko) which would be pretty easy to read. A lot of English books have been translated into Finnish. If you had something in mind you could always ask at the book store on whether a specific book has a Finnish translation. If however you're looking for books written by Finnish writers.... hmmm??? http://www.suomalainen.com or http://www.akateeminen.com
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Theres also books in "Selkokieli" you could check out. Its made for the liguistically challenged specifically in mind to avoid awkward sentences and big words...
http://www.papunet.net/selko/index.php
list of titles
http://www.saunalahti.fi/kup/kirjat/selkokirjoja.htm
http://www.papunet.net/selko/index.php
list of titles
http://www.saunalahti.fi/kup/kirjat/selkokirjoja.htm
Cheers, Hank W.
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Or you can always try shakesbeer...
”Sitä aikaa varten, jos aika koskaan tulee,
kun näen sinun nyrpistävän puutteilleni,
kun rakkauteni jättää lopputilin,
kutsuttuna kuulusteluun syystäkin;
sitä aikaa kun kuin vieras kuljet ohi,
tuskin tervehdit tuolla katseen auringolla,
kun rakkaus muuttuneena toiseksi
keksii syitä olla jäykän muodollinen;
sitä aikaa varten varustaudun,
tietoisena siitä mitä ansioni ovat,
ja nostan suojakseni oman käteni
kun torjun väitteitä joita esität kuin käräjillä.
Minut raukan hylkäät lakien voimalla,
sillä en voi vedota syihin, miksi rakastaa.”
Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Call'd to that audit by advised respects;
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass
And scarcely greet me with that sun thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity,--
Against that time do I ensconce me here
Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
”Sitä aikaa varten, jos aika koskaan tulee,
kun näen sinun nyrpistävän puutteilleni,
kun rakkauteni jättää lopputilin,
kutsuttuna kuulusteluun syystäkin;
sitä aikaa kun kuin vieras kuljet ohi,
tuskin tervehdit tuolla katseen auringolla,
kun rakkaus muuttuneena toiseksi
keksii syitä olla jäykän muodollinen;
sitä aikaa varten varustaudun,
tietoisena siitä mitä ansioni ovat,
ja nostan suojakseni oman käteni
kun torjun väitteitä joita esität kuin käräjillä.
Minut raukan hylkäät lakien voimalla,
sillä en voi vedota syihin, miksi rakastaa.”
Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Call'd to that audit by advised respects;
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass
And scarcely greet me with that sun thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity,--
Against that time do I ensconce me here
Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand against myself uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
My 8 year old is reading the Eemili stories by Astrid Lindgren, he is learning Finnish as a foreign language in school -and is in 2nd grade, so started last year from scratch, with a passive vocab close to zero. I am on part 3 at the Aikuisopisto and find I can just about understand the texts. They are nice, cute kiddies books and I guess every little Finn (or Scandinavian for that matter) has grown up listening to her stories. They would help concretise the grammar you have learned without the "Donald Duck" slang.
Try detective story books by Leena Lehtolainen, they're pretty easy to read. I'm currently reading one and I can get its flow even without understanding every word. Somehow I also found that children story books are not so easy to read (at least the ones I browsed through) and the selkokieli books are too straight forward, in the sense that it's not literature anymore, it's more of resume of the book. I started reading Arto Paasiliina "translated" into selkokieli and it was incredibly dull, the book is also shortened so all the ramblings were taken out, and they are the part that gives the book its charme.
Like Hank said, get Selko...
http://www.papunet.net/selko/index.php
It's only 20e a year for a bi-monthly magazine.
http://www.papunet.net/selko/index.php
It's only 20e a year for a bi-monthly magazine.