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# finnish

adjective (Finnish); noun (the Finnish language)

«finnish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Finnish means from or belonging to Finland, a country in northern Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#m1)
2. Finnish is the main language of Finland; it is not related to English or Swedish but belongs to the Uralic family with Estonian and Hungarian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, Finland is a land of forests and lakes, with saunas and the Northern Lights, and Lapland, where some people say Father Christmas lives. Finnish schools are often discussed because they start formal lessons at age seven. In language lessons, Finnish is famous for long words and many cases (word endings). Phrases: «the Finnish language», «a Finnish sauna».

### Examples

- Finnish people love saunas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x1)
- She speaks Finnish and English. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x2)
- Finnish has very long words with many endings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x3)
- We read about Finnish schools in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x4)
- Moomins come from Finnish stories by Tove Jansson. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x5)
- The Finnish flag is a blue cross on white. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/#x6)

### Note

A name: written with a capital F. Person: a Finn (Finns). Trap: «Finnish» (from Finland) sounds like «finish» (to end) but has double n.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «finnish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finnish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«finnish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/finnish.html) on Mova free.