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Finnish courses teach kirjakieli, the written standard. Finns speak puhekieli: 'mä oon', not 'minä olen'. SaunaSpeak teaches the spoken form first, textbook form as reference. • 5-minute daily sessions: listen, review, speak • Human-written lessons, audio on every sentence • Situations: roleplay real exchanges with a goal • Sauna Chat: an AI Finn who remembers your weak words Whole learning path free forever. Löyly+ (€4.99/mo) adds unlimited chat and every roleplay.
I studied Finnish for almost 2 years and still couldn't follow a conversation at the office coffee table.
The reason: nearly every course teaches kirjakieli, the formal written Finnish. But nobody talks like that. Finns say "mä oon" instead of "minä olen", "mennää" instead of "menemme". You can pass a textbook exam and still be lost in a real conversation.
So SaunaSpeak flips it: puhekieli is the main content, and the written form is just a reference underneath. Every lesson is written by a human (not generated), and every sentence has audio.
A few deliberate choices: - Sessions are 2-15 minutes, because daily beats heroic. - No guilt mechanics. If you break a streak, we don't message you about it. - The whole learning path is free, forever. Löyly+ is only for unlimited AI conversation and roleplay.
I'd love feedback from anyone learning Finnish, and especially from Finns: tell me where the puhekieli sounds off. Kiitos!
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About SaunaSpeak on Product Hunt
“Learn the Finnish that Finns actually speak”
SaunaSpeak was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #135 on the daily leaderboard. Finnish courses teach kirjakieli, the written standard. Finns speak puhekieli: 'mä oon', not 'minä olen'. SaunaSpeak teaches the spoken form first, textbook form as reference. • 5-minute daily sessions: listen, review, speak • Human-written lessons, audio on every sentence • Situations: roleplay real exchanges with a goal • Sauna Chat: an AI Finn who remembers your weak words Whole learning path free forever. Löyly+ (€4.99/mo) adds unlimited chat and every roleplay.
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I studied Finnish for almost 2 years and still couldn't follow a conversation at the office coffee table.
The reason: nearly every course teaches kirjakieli, the formal written Finnish. But nobody talks like that. Finns say "mä oon" instead of "minä olen", "mennää" instead of "menemme". You can pass a textbook exam and still be lost in a real conversation.
So SaunaSpeak flips it: puhekieli is the main content, and the written form is just a reference underneath. Every lesson is written by a human (not generated), and every sentence has audio.
A few deliberate choices:
- Sessions are 2-15 minutes, because daily beats heroic.
- No guilt mechanics. If you break a streak, we don't message you about it.
- The whole learning path is free, forever. Löyly+ is only for unlimited AI conversation and roleplay.
I'd love feedback from anyone learning Finnish, and especially from Finns: tell me where the puhekieli sounds off. Kiitos!