Our first meeting was on 12.02.2022. This first meeting was at a Cafe in they city centre called Puisto.
Our first class was for Cecilia to teach Finnish to us. I was very impressed as she had prepared learning material in advance, and it was beautifully done! We started with some basic stuff foe day-to-day conversation as follows:
- Hello = Moi/ Hei/ Terve
- Bye bye = Moi moi/ Hei hui
- Mä = I —> Mulla on nälkä = I am hungry (I have hunger)
- Sä = you
- Tää/ Tämä = This
- Toi/ Tuo = Thai
- Anteeksi/ Sori = Sorry
- Kyllä/Joo = Yes
- Ei = No
- Tai = Or
- Ja = and
- Sori, mä en puku suomea = Sorry, I don’t speak Finnish
Moreover, she also taught Finnish characters from A-Z and other special characters. I found it a bit hard to remember in the first place, but after practicing for a while, I think it is very similar to the way the English characters are pronounced.
However, there is still something I need to practice, which mostly is pronunciation. In my language, which is Thai, there are not some sounds in Finnish. That means I have to train my muscle more to master the pronunciation.
Written by Thanatchphakorn on 15.02.2022
Group Members:
Thanatchphakorn Sutthidech 
Natnaree Wangthamkua
Cecilia Helin 
