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I am once again asking you for help because I was wondering if you or other finns following you had any good books about finish fauna? Because I love Finland and I love animals but have no idea where to look for such a book Thank you for everything you share 💕
Personally, I cannot help (first thing that comes to mind are my old school books), but hopefully one of my followers can. :)
Dear animal lovers following this blog: any book recommendations on Finnish animals?
hello frank, you've been making a lot of memes about your brain being alive lately, are you okay?
Frank is a bit fragile when it comes to his internalized sense that he needs to be taken seriously by everyone or he won't be taken seriously by his own head.
Hi frank! are you okay? please remember to drink and eat or maybe take a good shower, it can help a lot, and please take it easy on yourself, it's not easy doing your best everyday but I love you
thank you
Hello Frank! spring is showing, the sun is up and the air is warm, where would you take me on a date? :)
A date with me would either end with you feeling better or with a fight to the death to see who's right
(That said, maybe go to a really good bookstore or something. It sounds good.)
Hello Frank, I don't feel really well today as I'm worried I might have gotten sick, I hope that today is gentle on you and that you are getting enough rest ❤
Thanks — I'll probably get enough rest eventually, for the foreseeable future, but you should probably stay home.
Hi Frank! I love you and I hope you are feeling well today <3
Thanks! I just finished cleaning a lot of clutter from my apartment and am a little high off that
hi frank! I'm often struggling with rooting myself more in the present, my partner lives in a foreign country so I constantly feel like I need to numb myself until the next time I get to be with her and it makes me anxious because I know my family won't be here forever and it makes me sad I can't appreciate the present more, do you have any advice?
I'm sorry if this is heavy, love u <3
Yeah, it sounds like there are a lot of competing desires here.
I think one of the ways you could get at this is to see your family situation as potentially temporary and transitory in a way that can help you feel more grounded, and so get in the habit of focusing on yourself rather than them.
For instance, try to focus on something like "what time is it and how is my body feeling today?" in a way that's not "I should make sure my mind doesn't dwell on the past or future because that is unhealthy or will be bad in the long term," or "I should be doing things that will make my spouse happy." Rather, "I know my family will soon leave, and I'm in the present. I can learn things from the past, but not much. It would probably be a good idea to eat some bread and take my temperature; what could happen to me if I skipped this is not worth thinking about," etc.
Hello!! I'm currently learning Finnish in hopes of moving there with my (native) girlfriend in the future and while I grasped some basics thanks to Duolingo, I would like to get better at spoken finnish so I don't sound like a complete weirdo by using written language to speak to someone 😭 (I would also really appreciate if you or any of your followers here know of a Finnish movie/shows streaming website with subtitles preferably)
Moi ja tervetuloa Suomeen!
I think you will grasp spoken Finnish as you get exposed to it. There isn't one standard spoken Finnish, so how people talk in real life depends on where they live. For example, most people saying they teach spoken Finnish will tell you minä becomes mä, but that's not universal. From where I'm from, we say mie and that's really common in a lot of Finnish dialects.
I don't think anyone will think you're a weirdo for speaking written Finnish. People can tell you're still learning.
I think it's more important for you to make sure you don't switch to English out of convenience. Been there, done that. Don't do it! It fucks up your language learning in the long run. I mean, there are people who have lived in Finland for years and still can't speak Finnish. It's not a Finland-specific problem, this happens in a lot of countries. Anyway, written Finnish is not your enemy, English is. People wanting to be nice to you will switch to English and sabotage your language learning without meaning to. Resist! Lie that you don't speak English if you have to. It's better they change to speaking written Finnish instead of English. Tsemppiä!
I think Netflix should have some Finnish Nordic noir at least. And some programs on Yle Areena can be viewed outside of Finland for free. Katsomo and Ruutu might have something as well. There's also HBO Max and Viaplay.
Would any of my followers have other recommendations for things to watch?
