Reading Time: 4 minutesLearning Finnish has been one of the most challenging parts of my journey, but it has also been one of the most rewarding. I started studying Finnish while we were still living in Dubai, before we even moved to Finland. After arriving here, I continued learning through…
Reading Time: 4 minutesLearning Finnish doesn’t always happen inside a classroom or from following one textbook from beginning to end. Sometimes I learn a new word at work. Sometimes I hear an expression during a conversation. Sometimes I notice a grammar pattern that I keep forgetting. And sometimes I simply…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThese were some of the very first Finnish reviewers I created when I started learning the language. My Finnish studies began while I was still living and working full-time in Dubai. I studied online through NLRC as part of my Finnish-language training connected with Silkkitie. At that…
Reading Time: 10 minutesMy YKI Test Journey — Part 6H I’ve already taken the Finnish YKI test twice. I’ve already experienced the nervousness before the exam, the pressure during it, the long wait for the results… and thankfully, the relief of finding out that I passed. Twice. 💚 So if…
Reading Time: 10 minutesMy YKI Test Journey — Part 6G I thought the hardest part of the YKI test would be speaking. Or maybe listening. Perhaps sitting inside the examination room trying to understand Finnish while the clock kept running. But after taking my first YKI test, I discovered another…
