We are both becoming busier and busier with school assignments piling up, but we still try to meet twice per week. We have postponed a lesson or two, so the last day – if we wanted to have a free weekend – was Friday afternoon. This is dedication in the true sense of the word. The rest of the city is swimming in alcohol, but we found a different kind of joy, bathing in languages.
In the first three lessons we both put emphasis on grammar, but we were becoming more and more eager to speak. Grammar is boring. Speaking is fun!
I still have some issues with proper pronunciation. We are repeating the accented and non-accented syllables on every lesson. This time I have learned numbers, and practiced pronunciation – again. After I have learned them, I immediately wrote a quick test and passed it without a single error. You see, even after two weeks my motivation is still high and getting only higher.
The second part of the lesson was writing. Yuliya was dictating me the text and I wrote it. This was a nice practice of two things: practicing alphabet and distinguishing between soft and hard letters.
For the homework I need to practice numbers and try to learn the text I wrote. It shouldn’t be too hard as it was about me: age, nationality, studying, wife, friendship, and last but not least, my lovely teacher Юлия.
We have started the Finnish part of the lesson with the text Yuliya has written during the previous lesson based on the sound clip. She had to recognize possessive suffixes and underline them. Perfect! We have also discussed how to create a noun from the verb – adding the ending –minen to the verb.
Example:
| Infinitive | 3rd person plural | IV-infinitive |
| Ilmoittaa | Ilmoitta-vat | Ilmoitta-minen |
The last part of the lesson was about speaking. We have practiced usage of the Partitive. It became obvious really fast that we need to learn plural forms, of both Nominative and Partitive as well as Past tense – at least Imperfect. This is the plan for the coming week.
I also have the same problem as one of the other groups. It’s already the fourth lesson behind us and I still didn’t take any picture on the lesson. I might as well take my first selfie next time.
When we left the C-building we saw a sign on the Y-kampus window. Yuliya was wondering what “ilmoit.” means on the sign for Innoevent. She has quickly deducted it means register or ilmoittaminen. Lesson learned!
Sincerely yours (С уважением),
Sebastjan (Себастьян)
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