Finnish

Finnish is offered from Columbia University to Cornell and Yale by Professor Heli Sirviö.Finnish levels alternate by year. Please see the schedule page for information on this year’s offering. For more information please contact hs3026@columbia.edu.

Course Listings

Elementary Finnish 

Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

Intermediate Finnish 

Prerequisites: FINN UN1101-UN1102 or the instructor’s permission. Continued practice in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; review and refinement of grammatical structures; vocabulary building. Readings include Finnish fiction and nonfiction.

For class times and locations, please see the Schedule page.