#finnish language

[mehilaiselokuva]

Why did you learn Finnish?

To communicate with my parents and extended family. At age 1 I started to feel a bit hungry and decided I should start speaking so that my parents would feed me.

Hope this helps!

[suomeen]

Shopping in Finland with Google Translate be like...

[unhonestlymirror]

[harakkataihaarukka]

Hei suomitumppu!

Mä opiskelen suomea ja haluaisin harjoitella toimimaan tarjoilijana.

Voisitteko tilata jotain ruokaa/ juomaa puhekieleksi, niin että voin harjoitella ymmärtämistä?

[starlene]

Finnish proverb time:

Älä opeta isääs naimaan

literal translation

Don't teach your father how to fuck

meaning

Don't try to teach an experienced person something they already know

Finnish lesson concluded, class dismissed.

[iltahelmi]

Hikari is one of those japanese names that truly don't work in finnish because "hikari" is finnish slang word that means "nerd"...

[adventuresinlearningfinnish]

Finnish idioms my wife has translated directly into English:

- There are no roses for pigs

- One potato at a time

- Put ice in their hats

- The horses are escaping

- She's no spring onion

- To have one's own cow in the ditch