All Finnish Vocabulary You'll Need, In One Book. With this book, you can learn Finnish fast and efficiently: This book contains practical vocabulary for both spoken and written Finnish. Why Study By Frequency?:
In any given language, you only use about 1000 different words a day in day-to-day spoken language. These high frequency words account for about 95% of all spoken language When it comes to reading; the 2.000 most used words account for about 85% of all that is written. The most used 10.000 words account for 99% of all spoken and 98% of all written Finnish text. How Much Vocabulary Do You Need To Know? While it's important to note it's impossible to pin down these numbers and statistics with 100% accuracy, these are a global average of multiple sources. According to scientific research, this is the amount of vocabulary needed for varying levels of fluency: 1. 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words, you cannot construct sentences.
2. 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.
3. 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, although some creativity might be required.
4. 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all written texts.
5. 10,000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.
6. 20,000 words: the amount you need to recognize passively in order to read, understand, and enjoy a work of literature such as a novel by a notable author. Keeping above facts in mind, the value of a frequency dictionary is immense. At least, that is if you want to become fluent in a language fast. Study the most frequent words, build your vocabulary and progress naturally. Sounds logical, right? What is Inside This Book? A frequency list of the most frequently used Finnish words, based on analysis of 7.5 gigabytes of Finnish subtitles, the equivalent of 30.000 books of 200 pages each; a good-sized library.
A large base text collection is absolutely vital to establishing a good general frequency list.
Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to written and spoken language, so you get the best of both worlds.
The Finnish to English Frequency Dictionary for Learners can roughly be divided in three parts. - 10.000 Finnish words in ranked by general frequency
- Frequency ranking by part of