Language/Finnish/Vocabulary/How-to-count-in-Finnish

Hey!

Today I would like to help you with Finnish counting.

Counting

• 1 = yksi [u'ksi]

• 2 = kaksi [ka'ksi]

• 3 = kolme [ko'lme]

• 4 = neljä [ne'ljæ]

• 5 = viisi [vi:si]

• 6 = kuusi [ku:si]

• 7 = seitsemän [se'jtsemæn]

• 8 = kahdeksan [ka'hdeksan]

• 9 = yhdeksän [u'hdeksæn]

• 10 = kymmenen [ku'mmenen]

Reading

Some tips about reading in Finnish.

Unfortunately there is no alternative in English for Finnish "y" sound. It resembles dejavU sound in French or Über in German.

Mind that stress in Finnish is always set on the first vowel.

Authors

Alexofwermland