2020 FINNISH PROJECT

Moikka! I'm Dani and in 2020 I'll (try to) (pray for me) learn FINNISH!

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All about being Vegaani

List of essential words that you’ll need to survive as a vegan in Finland

Vegaani - Vegan

Kasvissyöjä - Vegetarian

Allergia - Allergy

Ruokamyrkytys - Food Borne Illness

Keliakia - Celiac

Raaka - Raw

Ylikypsä - Overcooked

Palanut - Burnt

 NON-VEGAN PRODUCTS

Liha - Meat

Sika - Pig

Nauta - Cow

Poro - Reindeer

Kana - Chicken

Kalkkuna - Turkey

Kala - Fish

Katkarapu - Shrimp

Simpukka - Clam

Mäti - Roe

Makkara - Sausage

Pekoni - Bacon

Maito - Milk

Herajauhe - Milk powder

Kerma - Cream

Voi - Butter

Jogurtti - Yogurt

Juusto - Cheese

Kananmuna - Egg

(Kananmunan) valkuainen - Egg whites

(Kananmunan) keltuainen - Egg yolk

Liivate - Gelatin

Hunaja - Honey

Vegaanituotteet.net is the best website for all vegans living or visiting Finland. It shows you ALL the vegan products you can find in the most common grocery stores.

VEGAN MILKS

Kauramaito - Oatmilk

Soijamaito - Soymilk

Riisimaito - Ricemilk

Mantelimaito - Almondmilk

  PLANT BASED PROTEIN

Mustapapu - Black bean

Ruskeapapu - Brown bean

Kidneypapu - Kidney bean

Kikherne - Chickpea

Soijapapu - Soybean

Soijarouhe - TVP

Herne - Pea

Tofu - Tofu

Nyhtökaura - Pulled oats, made from Finnish oats

Härkis - Vegan “ground beef” made from Finnish broad beans and oats 

(Punaiset/Vihreät)Linssit - (Red/Green)Lentils

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Silly-Finn word of today

Valokytkin | light switch

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                              🔢The Numbers in Finnish🔢

From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are formed from the matching digits, adding the -toista suffix at the end.

11 – yksitoista

12 – kaksitoista

13 – kolmetoista

14 – neljätoista

15 – viisitoista

16 – kuusitoista

17 – seitsemäntoista

18 – kahdeksantoista

19 – yhdeksäntoista

The numbers for tens (20, 30, up to 90) are constructed this way:

20 – kaksikymmentä

30 – kolmekymmentä

40 – neljäkymmentä

50 – viisikymmentä

60 – kuusikymmentä

70 – seitsemänkymmentä

80 – kahdeksankymmentä

90 – yhdeksänkymmentä

In Finnish, the numbers 21–29, 31–39, 41-49 and so on are constructed as in English:

21 - kaksikymmentäyksi

22 - kaksikymmentäkaksi

23 - kaksikymmentäkolme

24 - kaksikymmentäneljä

25 - kaksikymmentäviisi

26 - kaksikymmentäkuusi

27 - kaksikymmentäseitsemän

28 - kaksikymmentäkahdeksan

29 - kaksikymmentäyhdeksän

Hundreds

To get the teens, sata is added to the base number (plural sataa). 

100 is sata, 200 is kaksisataa and so on.

To get the thousands, tuhat is added to the base number (plural tuhatta).

1000 is tuhat, 2000 is kaksituhatta and so on.

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Day 03

Lazy day (thanks migraines). 

Since Finnish for Foreigners I focuses on spoken finnish (puhekieli) I decided to learn the pronouns before actually starting its first lesson. I know that in the second volume the author will teach kirjakieli but I KNOW I’ll mess things up and considering I’m a Paranoid Person & Anxious Student, why not learn the way in which finnish pronouns are presented in both spoken and written finnish?

The book doesn’t really start its lesson (kappale) showing the pronouns and how to use it, rather starting with dialogues using almost exclusively the puhekieli form for the third singular person (se), I - once again - looked at Katya’s YouTube channel for a video explaining the pronouns.

Her videos are very useful and the differences of puhekieli and kirjakieli when it comes to pronouns aren’t that complicated. Before even starting this journey I used to watch some of her videos to learn the names of the months, weekdays and colors. It’s by far one of my favorite finnish channels.

I loved the fact that Finnish doesn’t differentiate “she” and “he”. I also found another video in which I learned more about pronouns:

To avoid having another barely productive day I also checked Katya’s videos for ordinal and cardinal numbers and... how terrifyng aglutinative languages can be. And to think that I used to mock french for the heresy of  quatre-vingt-dix-neuf... 

Cardinal Numbers in Finnish

Ordinal Numbers in Finnish

Also...:

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Day 02

I feel a little a lot frustrated for not being able to study yesterday and I’m SO BOTHERED to call this “day 2″ when it’s January 3rd... But yesterday was absolutely impossible to do ANYTHING... Before starting this I knew there would be days in which I would not be able to learn anything and that I couldn’t make the 366-day challenge, but DAMN IT if it’s not frustrating to fail at the very start of it;-;

Today I studied Finnish for an hour. I used Finnish For Foreigners by Maija Hellikki Aaltio and I focused on the very basics that the author opens the book with: pronunciation and orthography.

Considering pronunciation, I like the regularity when it comes to vowels. I hate languages in which the same vowel has more than a dozen sounds or when there are silent letters (cof french cof). The way in which ä is pronounced still confuses me a little, but I think we have a very similar sound in Portuguese, so it will be fine. Ö, on the other hand, seems quite tricky, it feels like something in between and O and E and I couldn't put my finger on how to pronounce it. Y is a funny letter and the sound is absolutely exotic, to say the least. But I kept reading it as a Y sounds in English so it will take time. 

I learned stuff about diphthongs and THANK SATAN that Finnish doesn’t have triphthongs. Vowel harmony doesn't seem so hard (yet) and orthography was quite clear. I thought about starting the actual first lesson (Mikä tämä on?), but I’m too sleepy and I don’t want to force myself only because I need to follow a schedule. 

Anyways, I plan to actually study this lesson tomorrow and make a list of useful verbs. Oh, and try to study earlier as much as I’m a Night Owl.

To understand how to pronounce the vowels and consonants in Finnish I also used this video:

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Day 01

Initially I had planned to start learning finnish today. Turns out my last bits of 2019 were quite chaotic and I couldn’t separate the materials that I will be using during this journey. So today I dedicated my time to prepare my notebook, set my goals according to the calender and to finally decide what textbook I will use. 

The book that will guide me through my journey to learn finnish is going to be Finnish for Foreigners by Aaltio Maija-Hellikki. I found a pdf copy for both the textbook and the volume containing the exercises. Yeah, I know it’s illegal, but I’m broke and I can’t find finnish books in here.

Also, I will use two dictionaries that my finnish pal Tania sent me last month. Portugal’s portuguese is a bit different than Brazilian portuguese, but this dictionary will for sure be of help. 

I still have to finish the list of the youtube channels I will use for the purpose of expanding my vocabulary and getting used with pronunciation, but so far I know for sure that I’ll enjoy some content made by KatChats and FinnishPod101.

It still upsets me to not be able to write some of my impressions about my learning process today, since I couldn’t start for real, but I know at least what I’m going to do for now on and I already wrote down the name of the months on my calendar, so yeah :3