#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.

[olen-karhu]

Yritin kääntää "Aina saa hävetä" enkuks, mut siihen ei vaan saa sitä samaa syvää häpeän tuntua mikä suomeks, kun sen silleen pettyneenä tuhahtaa.

"One always ends up feeling ashamed" kuullostaa enemmän jonkun englantilaisen herrasmiehen kevyeltä filosofiselta pohdiskelulta, kun syvän synnyinhäpeän pinnan hipaisulta.

"One always gets to be ashamed" ?

"Can't help but always feel ashamed" ?

"Must I always feel ashamed?" ?

"We always end up bringing dishonor onto us" ???

[iltahelmi]

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