[header] How to speak finnish [title] Practice pronouncing finnish vowels. [step] Finnish has a heavy emphasis on vowels, and its alphabet contains some vowels that are not used in english. Before you start studying finnish, you should learn how to read and pronounce its alphabet. 
Since finnish words are spelled exactly how they are pronounced, this will help you learn vocabulary more quickly. [substeps] A (ipa:/a /): pronounced like english " f a ther " or " c a lm " o (ipa:/o /): pronounced like a prolonged' o' in' or'.