[ENG SUB] How I speak Finnish fluently in 8 months/How I learned Finnish and tips for YKI test

Hi, I made this video for one subscriber that is interested in my previous How I learned Finnish in Chinese, I just think it is nice to have a video in English than adding subtitles. Hope you would like it, remember to subscribe and comment down below what kind of videos interest you.
More information of YKI test can be found as follows,
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Hei,
Tervetuloa mun uuden video parin, tätä video keskustella miten pyysty puhua suomea sujuvasti 8 kuukautta, ja miten opiskelen suomea seka tips YKI testista (Yleiset kielitutkinnot). Tätä video on englanniksi, commentoika allas jos haluaisitte
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[@lillyn9952]

Thank you for sharing, I believe I will learn Finnish and live in Finland. God bless you

[@pipibears6679]

I'm happy that it helps you.

[@FanJabbawockeez]

Great insights in learning Finnish. You speak great English as well! Thank you!

[@pipibears6679]

Thank you, I'm happy to hear that, good luck with Finnish language learning. It's easy:)

[@rubyartstudio8462]

Thank you!! You gave me a lot of hope 😍

[@pipibears6679]

good luck and just take it easy and try to use Finnish in daily life.

[@paintlikewater]

I will start learning Finnish, this is great info. Thank you. It makes me less scared and feel daunted. ❤️

[@ripley4726]

Thank you for this... I am preparing for the test and really hope to pass...

[@pipibears6679]

hope this help, good luck

[@sanaok6958]

Which materials do you use preparing to test?Thank you for answering.

[@pipibears6679]

@@sanaok6958 I’ve used Suomen mestari 1,2 and maybe 3. Suomen sujuvasti to do the excercises. Yle uutiset for listening and it's important to do the demo test in the official website. good luck!

[@sanaok6958]

@@pipibears6679 Thank you so much!

[@alaminahmed6125]

Hei, I have been stranded to give you a big acknowledged as i just listed to your vedio while it was made more than 3 years earlier. Really really appreciated and thanks for such kindly advice and tips

[@inesreisx]

thank you so much for this video in English! it helps a lot ✨

[@nantelizabethjohnphh1921]

THANK YOU SO MUCH PIPI

[@quranreader7616]

yes thank you very much

[@giadinhtoufucuocsongPhanLan]

Hyvä, kiitos!

[@ghassanalkattan3911]

Kiitos

[@mingxiao3266]

I am young and I want to go to finland to study .I have a question for you : is the book for student study in secondnary school??

[@erika4773]

The books she mentions are appropriate for people of any age, as long as they can read. I think most of them teach only in Finnish, and start with fairly simple concepts and words. As long as you are interested and can consistently study it, you can learn it!

[@raoufdraria1]

8 kuukautta! Uskomatonta!

[@melodyhs3480]

Hi there I'm new to Finland, I'm living in Espoo. I speak Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and English and I'm from US. Would you be kind to be my Finnish language partner ? I really want to learn the Finnish language in order to attend Medical school in Finland. I'm learning Finnish online for about 1.5 month now, and of course I know very little. I will greatly appreciate your help !!!!

[@vs-cw1wc]

Short answer: you can't. There is no royal road to geometry, neither is there any to Finnish. I am from China and I have learned Finnish for 16 months. But I still don't know sh!t and I believe plenty of people are just like me. Let's face it, no one can become LinLin without practicing 40 hrs a day.

[@Starlightbooper]

You should contact some of us and try and have a conversation, im sure there's some websites that might help you get in contact, maybe it would help 😁 And if you live here it's even better

[@pipibears6679]

I think if you study Finnish full time with efficient and suitable methods, you can actually. To me the right mindset is important, if you think you can, you can do it, it may not bring you to the perfect results, but you'll improve significantly, this is not to tell you to stop learning after 8 months, but to give you motivation and inspiration that Finnish is possible to learn with the right attitude and methods. I have heard so many times from the Finnish language learners that Finnish is so difficult and it is the most difficult language in the world, I think this kind of mindset will turn you down in the very first step of the language learning, actually this apply to learning new things in general:) I speak Chinese, English, Finnish, Spanish so far, I can't say my language skills are perfect, but this is not my aim, my aim is to use the new language as a tool to explore the real local culture, to understand people and to enjoy life, once you learned a new language, it really opens a door for you to a brand new world, to me it really likes magic^_^

[@poe5418]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@braziltokyoschool]

Kiitos paljon englanninkielisistä vinkeistä

[@nurulhaque550]

Kiitos paljon,,,

[@paulus_primus]

So, actually there are four books of Suomen Mestari. She made just one and says, that she became fluent speaker?

[@lorenamelo466]

Could you make a list with all the books have you used??

[@erika4773]

She mentioned: Suomen Mestari 1 : www.suomalainen.com/products/suomen-mestari-1-uud Suomi Sujuvaksi 1 : www.suomalainen.com/products/suomi-sujuvaksi-1 Hyvin Menee! 1 (She said she hasn't used that one) : www.suomalainen.com/products/hyvin-menee-1 Some other books that I find very useful are Marja-Liisa Saunelas "Harjoitus tekee mestarin" series. It is a series of 4 practice books that are particularly made for foreigners to study for the YKI test intermiediate level. The first 3 books focus on different grammar aspects of the language, and the 4th book has many reading-writing questions that are similar to the style of the YKI exam. The link to the suomalainen.com page of book 1: www.suomalainen.com/products/harjoitus-tekee-mestarin-1 . The answers to the first 3 books can be found online :)

[@fercy1314]

Hi How to apply for the exam?And How to apply on university of Helsinki ?

[@erika4773]

This is a late answer, but you apply to the YKI exam here: www.oph.fi/en/education-and-qualifications/register-national-language-proficiency-test-yki . This link has information about the different levels and the link that says " Register for the Finnish National Certificate of Language Proficiency (YKI)" takes you to the actual registration page. You can see the dates and places of the exams on that page as well. University applications happen through studyinfo.fi. There you can see all the programs you can apply to, and can find link for requirements and further information. When the applications are open (the application period is also given in the site, also the universities' website) you will have an option to make an application. You fill in the schools/programs you want to apply to in the application page, you can apply to max. 6 schools per application period. (There are 2-3 application periods a year). Almost all web pages have an English version, you can find an option to change them from "suomeksi" to "in english" in some corner of the page :)

[@lastspoil5547]

You're English is not that well? What do you mean lol, its perfect 😂

[@renyroy4095]

Now are u finnish resident........... Does china allows dual citizenship

[@tanminety9879]

Can you make a vedio speaking part question part please ?

[@pipibears6679]

I'm not sure if I get you well, could you specify please?

[@bmxajaja6917]

It’s is easy to learn Japan or chinese

[@pipibears6679]

I think it is not difficult:) But those are quite different than English, Finnish or Spanish.

[@pipibears6679]

English subtitles added. Help to translate into your local language:support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en

[@twodyport8080]

In English speaking countries at least, what you describe is not fluency. Possibly a more accurate word is rudimentary or casual.

[@shammyfinn]

Did you get C1-C2 from Yki test?

[@marjanmarbouti5425]

Voisitko kirjoittaa tänne hyvät elukuvat suomen oiskeleminen?

[@turolainen5263]

sinulla on tullut 2 kirjoitus virhettä kyseisessä virkeessä. Ensimmäinen elukuvat, meinasitko kenties elokuvat? Toinen oiskeleminen, meinasitkot opiskelemiseen? Mutta olisihan minulla pari hyvää esimerkiksi, vaikka Uuno Turhapuro komedia ohjelma

[@touqeergill2907]

can you add the link to an example YKI exam ??

[@pipibears6679]

ykitesti.solki.jyu.fi/tutustu-testiin/testifin/keskitaso-tekstin-ymmartaminen/#malli01 this is for instance for the "Tekstin ymmärtäminen"

[@erika4773]

This page links to other sources where you find practice questions: osaamisenpaikka.fi/maahanmuuttajille/harjoittele-yki-testiin/

[@freshtarahim4094]

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[@marquezo266]

Thats not fluent at all

[@pipibears6679]

Thanks for the comments, my Finnish is not fluent at work, I consider it basically fluent in daily life. So I don't see a problem to understand or speak and read in my daily life. There are for sure more room to improve. But actually you point out a key to learn a foreign language is to avoid to be perfectionist. When learning a foreign language (in my case, Finnish,English and Spanish), I never think that I don't speak fluently, this is so embarrassing, etc. Instead, I enjoyed noticing that my language is improving everyday, understanding more opens a new window for more access to local culture and information. As a non-native speaker, I am proud of myself speaking a foreign language fluently in daily basis in a relatively short time, which is a motivation to continue learning this language and more other foreign languages. I'm sure those who is learning new languages will understand and hope this tips would inspire and encourage those new language learners.

[@marpuro71]

@@pipibears6679 Finnish language is easy to lear.

[@marpuro71]

As any Asian language to Finnish people

[@timov13]

@@pipibears6679 so elegantly put - awe inspiring. 💕

[@Starlightbooper]

@@pipibears6679 as a native a thing i noticed was that the "r" sounds could still be improved, they sound more like "l" sounds in the video. Maybe this will help some

[@paulus_primus]

Dull advices.