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Archipelago Sea is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Åland, within Finnish territorial waters. By some definitions it is the largest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, although the islands are very small and tightly clustered. The larger islands are inhabited and connected by ferries and bridges. The Åland Islands, including the largest islands of the region, form an autonomous region within Finland. The rest of the islands are part of Finland Proper. The Archipelago Sea is a significant tourist destination. ... Read more

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Finnish Language Non-Fiction on CD-ROM produced in a Microsoft compatible format. Excerpt: Vuoteen ja kirjahyllyn välissä huomasin joitakuita pulloja, ja salamana juolahti mieleeni ajatus, että ystävästäni ehkä on tullut juomari. -- Niinkuin jo sanoin olen minä oikein personaksi muuttunut epäluulo; se ei ole minussa syntyperäistä mutta asianhaarain vaikutuksesta olen sellaiseksi käynyt.Minä asetin lampun laattialle. Yhdessä pullossa oli kirjoitusmustetta, toisessa oli polttoöljyä ja kolmannessa, vähän pienemmässä, kalaöljyä, jota hän siis nautti, varmaankin rintansa tähden. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Finnish-Language Poets, Finnish Poems, Finnish Poets, Finnish Songwriters, Tapio Rautavaara, Zachris Topelius, Ole Torvalds, Edith Södergran, Arto Paasilinna, Tuomas Holopainen, Ismo Alanko, Olavi Paavolainen, Tomi Putaansuu, Vexi Salmi, Armas Äikiä, Kari Hotakainen, A. W. Yrjänä, Larin Paraske, Kauko Röyhkä, Juice Leskinen, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Jaani Peuhu, Leena Peisa, Anselm Hollo, Jouni Inkala, Paavo Haavikko, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Julius Krohn, Pentti Saarikoski, Uuno Kailas, Porilaisten Marssi, Dave Lindholm, Kirsi Kunnas, Joel Lehtonen, Tua Forsström, Eino Leino, Tuomari Nurmio, Tommy Tabermann, Leevi Lehto, Johnny Spunky, List of Finnish Poets, Martti Haavio, Frans Michael Franzén, Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Aaro Hellaakoski, Jarkko Laine, Islaja, Eeva-Liisa Manner, Lau Nau, Paula Vesala, Mirkka Rekola, Reino Helismaa, Aale Tynni, Veijo Meri, Antti Puhakka, Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick, Carita Holmström, Juha Vainio, Emmi, Helvi Hämäläinen, Markku Into, Agatha Lovisa de La Myle, Viljo Kajava, Jukka Kuoppamäki, Pentti Holappa, Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Elsa Rautee, Katri Vala, Jääpeili, Ilmari Kianto, Risto Rasa, Mikko Kuustonen, Axel Gabriel Sjöström, Saima Harmaja, Nälkämaan Laulu, Hannu Mäkelä, Juha Tapio, Arto Melleri, Tulin Onneni Yrttitarhaan, Urho Karhumäki, Kari Aartoma, Huojuvat Keulat, Nimettömiä Lauluja, Elegiasta Oodiin, Paavo Cajander, Lauri Viita, Uusi Runo, Tuhat Laulujen Vuotta, Kynttiläsydän, Me Kaksi, Tarinain Lähde. Excerpt: An A-Z list of List of poets from Finland and poets who have written in the Finnish language with dates of birth and death: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10658610 ... Read more

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Minna Canth (born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson, March 19, 1844, Tampere - May 12, 1897, Kuopio) was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. Her play "The Pastor's Family" is her best known. In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view.Minna Canth is the first woman to receive her own flag day in Finland, starting on March 19, 2007.*****Book on CD Edition. Not a DVD, not an audio CD, no illustrations. Produced in a Microsoft Compatible Format for reading, printing, copying, searching key words, terms or passages or for research. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Finnish Language Tapes
I am pleased with the tapes and the language is clearly understood, especially as each word is repeated.

Not a bad value, but a bit tedious
This set is a decent value. For your money, you get a fairly broad range of phrases and vocabulary. However, the organization of information assumes that you can keep interest listening to a bunch of discrete phrases repeated one after the other with no conversations or anything remotely natural. If you can, in fact, maintain interest while listening to these tapes repeatedly, then you'll do well with this set. If, on the other hand, you need something more dynamic, you might do well to look elsewhere.

Great way to pick up the basics
These tapes are a great way to learn the basics of Finnish.It also greatly helps with pronunciation.Most tapes I have heard repeat the saying only once in Finnish, but these tapes repeat it twice, and much slower than other tape series.I had been trying to learn Finnish a few weeks before getting these tapes, and these tapes accelerated my learning a great deal.

If you want to learn basic Finnish, get these tapes. ... Read more

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Chapters: Danish Language, Norwegian Language, Finnish Language, Sami Orthography, Northern Sami, Sami Languages, Northern Sami Orthography, Southern Sami, Kven Language, Lule Sami, Pite Sami, Ume Sami, Scandoromani Language, Norwegian Language Council, Rodi Language. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 121. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Official language. Spoken by a minority. Finnish (·), or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% as of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a Finnish dialect, are spoken. The Kven language, a Finnish dialect spoken in Northern Norway, is an official minority language in Norway. Finnish is the eponymous member of the Finno-Ugric language family and is typologically between fusional and agglutinative languages. It modifies and inflects the forms of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals and verbs, depending on their roles in the sentence. Finnish is a member of the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages which in turn is a member of the Uralic family of languages. The Baltic-Finnic subgroup also includes Estonian and other minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea. Finnish demonstrates an affiliation with the Uralic languages in several respects including: Several theories exist as to the geographic origin of Finnish and the other Uralic languages, but the most widely held view is that they originated as a Proto-Uralic language somewhere in the boreal forest belt around the Ural Mountains region and/or the bend of the middle Volga. The strong case for Proto-Uralic is supported by common vocabulary with regularities in sound correspo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19984080 ... Read more