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Finnish vocabulary A1: Reading and pronunciation
A1
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The Finnish sounds and spellings an English speaker reads differently: a and ä, y, ö, long vowels and double consonants, the diphthongs ai, ei, ie, uo and yö, j, r, h, ng and nk, and the final e. Each sound is heard in a word, then recognised by ear and on the page. Nothing is typed.
12 Finnish words at level A1, with their translation.
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SuomiEnglish
a / ä
[ɑ] / [æ]
y
[y]
ö
[ø]
u / uu
[u] / [uː]
k / kk
[k] / [kː]
ai / ei
[ɑi] / [ei]
ie / uo / yö
[ie] / [uo] / [yø]
j
[j]
r
[r]
h
[h]
ng / nk
[ŋː] / [ŋk]
-e
[e]
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