In August 2025, I passed the intermediate YKI test on my first attempt after studying Finnish for 1.5 years. During this period, I took plenty of breaks between month-long intensive courses, so it’s certainly possible to reach B1 faster than I did. However, I found that periods of rest combined with passive exposure helped cement…

Last week, I received my YKI test results in the mail after anxiously waiting for this moment for the past two months. The doorbell rang while I was in the middle of cooking, so I rushed to the door with my apron on to greet the much-awaited delivery man who had my crumpled YKI envelope…

Here, I list all the topics I had on my intermediate YKI test held on 30.8.2025. This list may not be entirely accurate or complete, but I tried my best to remember and write down everything that was covered right after my test. Reading comprehension In this subtest, we were given 1h to read and…

In this post, I cover how challenging I found each subtest of the intermediate YKI test and provide comparisons of the difficulty level so that you can get a better idea of what to expect. Having completed the YKI test for the first time just a little over a week ago, I have no idea…

Although my last blog post was around half a year ago (level A2.1 at the time), I haven’t stopped studying Finnish. In fact, I just completed my first attempt at the intermediate YKI test last week. I will need to wait 2 months for the results, but I wanted to share my experience regardless. Over…