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When learning a language not wanting to make mistakes is the biggest mistake you can make.
Learn languages. Learn all the languages. Learn every language ever. Don’t put them back. Hoard them. You’ve run out of languages to learn.
The person who learns language without learning culture risks becoming a fluent fool.
Bennett, Bennett, & Allen, 2003 (via langblrwhy)
Me coming across yet another language: I don’t know her but I love her
nobody:
literally no one:
language learners after hearing a word in a foreign language once: I'm learning it
This is your friendly reminder to not to give up on your target language
Why did I start learning a new language even though I’m already studying like 7 other languages and I’m terrible at 5 of them, I ask myself as I add the new keyboard to my phone
In Finnish we don’t say “(I’m going out even if) It’s raining cats and dogs”, but “(Menen ulos) Vaikka puukkoja sataisi”, which translates to “(Even if) It’s raining knives” and I think that’s got something to do with the Finnish sisu, which is a kind of solid determination regardless of cost.
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In Finnish we don’t say “umbrella”, we say “sateenvarjo” which means directly translated “the shadow of the rain” and I think that’s beautiful.
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Here’s all our fun facts about Finnish for this week—you probably want to make sure you don’t meet a saunatonttu, right?!
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We’ll be back with a new language next week; it’s an interesting case and a very good choice for this time of year. Can you guess which one it is?
onomatopoeettinen - onomatopoetic
Like my Finnish teacher once said, Finnish is a very onomatopoetic. Here I wrote some onomatopoetic words that came to my mind. These include different sounds, verbs, some different onomatopoetic sayings and even bird names. ( @blackgrad thank you for this amazing idea :^) )
animal sounds (and verbs)
mau/miau/miu (maukua) - meow
hau/vuf (haukkua) - bark/woof
kot kot (kotkottaa) - cluck
bää - baa
ammuu (ammua) - moo
kukku (kukkua) - coo coo
bird names (and verbs/sounds they’re named after)
huuhkaja (huhuilla) - eagle owl, makes the “hoo”-sound
räkättirastas (räkättää) - fieldfare, i don’t even know how to explain the sound…it’s chattering?
kuikka - black-throated loon, makes a sound that sounds like “kuiiik-ko” when transliterated in finnish
tikka (tik tik) - woodpecker, makes a “ticking” song when drumming the tree
pulu (pulputtaa) - pigeon, makes a “burbling” sound
other sounds
kop kop - knock knock
tik tak - tick tock
ha-ha - haha
nam nam - nom nom
tip - a dripping sound, for example when a water drop falls from somewhere
tap - clap
huoh - sigh
pam, bang - bang
hups, ups - oops
verbs (+ nouns)
pamauttaa (pamaus=bang)- hit something so loud that the ‘bang’ sound comes
tikittää - to make a ticking noise
huokaista (huokaus) - to sigh
taputtaa - to clap
humista (humina) - to make a quiet, humming noise (for example, the sound that the trees make when there’s a strong wind)
pulista (pulina) - to chat loudly
helistä (helinä) - to rattle/tinkle
kikattaa (kikatus) - to giggle
koputtaa (koputus) - to knock
Finnish is easy
English: A dog.
Swedish: What?
English: The dog.
English: Two dogs.
Swedish: Okay. We have: En hund, hunden, Två hundar, hundarna.
German: Wait, I wan’t to try it too!
English: No, go away.
Swedish: No one invited you.
German: Der Hund.
English: I said go away….
German: Ein Hund, zwei Hunde.
Swedish: Stop it!
German: Den Hund, einen Hund, dem Hund, einem Hund, des Hundes, eines Hundes, den Hunden, der Hunden.
Finnish: Sup.
English: NO.
Swedish: NO.
German: NO. Finn, you go away!!
Finnish: Koira, koiran, koiraa, koiran again, koirassa, koirasta, koiraan, koiralla, koiralta, koiralle, koirana, koiraksi, koiratta, koirineen, koirin.
German: WHAT?
Swedish: You must be kidding us!
English: This must be a joke…
Finnish: Aaaand… koirasi, koirani, koiransa, koiramme, koiranne, koiraani, koiraasi, koiraansa, koiraamme, koiraanne, koirassani, koirassasi, koirassansa, koirassamme, koirassanne, koirastani, koirastasi, koirastansa, koirastamme, koirastanne, koirallani, koirallasi, koirallansa, koirallamme, koirallanne, koiranani, koiranasi, koiranansa, koiranamme, koirananne, koirakseni, koiraksesi, koiraksensa, koiraksemme, koiraksenne, koirattani, koirattasi, koirattansa, koirattamme, koirattanne, koirineni, koirinesi, koirinensa, koirinemme, koirinenne.
English: Those are words for a dog???
Finnish: Wait! I didn’t stop yet. There is still: koirakaan, koirankaan, koiraakaan, koirassakaan, koirastakaan, koiraankaan, koirallakaan, koiraltakaan, koirallekaan, koiranakaan, koiraksikaan, koirattakaan, koirineenkaan, koirinkaan, koirako, koiranko, koiraako, koirassako, koirastako, koiraanko, koirallako, koiraltako, koiralleko, koiranako, koiraksiko, koirattako, koirineenko, koirinko, koirasikaan, koiranikaan, koiransakaan, koirammekaan, koirannekaan, koiraanikaan, koiraasikaan, koiraansakaan, koiraammekaan, koiraannekaan, koirassanikaan, koirassasikaan, koirassansakaan, koirassammekaan, koirassannekaan, koirastanikaan, koirastasikaan, koirastansakaan, koirastammekaan, koirastannekaan, koirallanikaan, koirallasikaan, koirallansakaan, koirallammekaan, koirallannekaan, koirananikaan, koiranasikaan, koiranansakaan, koiranammekaan, koiranannekaan, koiraksenikaan, koiraksesikaan, koiraksensakaan, koiraksemmekaan, koiraksennekaan, koirattanikaan, koirattasikaan, koirattansakaan, koirattammekaan, koirattannekaan, koirinenikaan, koirinesikaan, koirinensakaan, koirinemmekaan, koirinennekaan, koirasiko, koiraniko, koiransako, koirammeko, koiranneko, koiraaniko, koiraasiko, koiraansako, koiraammeko, koiraanneko, koirassaniko, koirassasiko, koirassansako, koirassammeko, koirassanneko, koirastaniko, koirastasiko, koirastansako, koirastammeko, koirastanneko, koirallaniko, koirallasiko, koirallansako, koirallammeko, koirallanneko, koirananiko, koiranasiko, koiranansako, koiranammeko, koirananneko, koirakseniko, koiraksesiko, koiraksensako, koiraksemmeko, koiraksenneko, koirattaniko, koirattasiko, koirattansako, koirattammeko, koirattanneko, koirineniko, koirinesiko, koirinensako, koirinemmeko, koirinenneko, koirasikaanko, koiranikaanko, koiransakaanko, koirammekaanko, koirannekaanko, koiraanikaanko, koiraasikaanko, koiraansakaanko, koiraammekaanko, koiraannekaanko, koirassanikaanko, koirassasikaanko, koirassansakaanko, koirassammekaanko, koirassannekaanko, koirastanikaanko, koirastasikaanko, koirastansakaanko, koirastammekaanko, koirastannekaanko, koirallanikaanko, koirallasikaanko, koirallansakaanko, koirallammekaanko, koirallannekaanko, koirananikaanko, koiranasikaanko, koiranansakaanko, koiranammekaanko, koiranannekaanko, koiraksenikaanko, koiraksesikaanko, koiraksensakaanko, koiraksemmekaanko, koiraksennekaanko, koirattanikaanko, koirattasikaanko, koirattansakaanko, koirattammekaanko, koirattannekaanko, koirinenikaanko, koirinesikaanko, koirinensakaanko, koirinemmekaanko, koirinennekaanko, koirasikokaan, koiranikokaan, koiransakokaan, koirammekokaan, koirannekokaan, koiraanikokaan, koiraasikokaan, koiraansakokaan, koiraammekokaan, koiraannekokaan, koirassanikokaan, koirassasikokaan, koirassansakokaan, koirassammekokaan, koirassannekokaan, koirastanikokaan, koirastasikokaan, koirastansakokaan, koirastammekokaan, koirastannekokaan, koirallanikokaan, koirallasikokaan, koirallansakokaan, koirallammekokaan, koirallannekokaan, koirananikokaan, koiranasikokaan, koiranansakokaan, koiranammekokaan, koiranannekokaan, koiraksenikokaan, koiraksesikokaan, koiraksensakokaan, koiraksemmekokaan, koiraksennekokaan, koirattanikokaan, koirattasikokaan, koirattansakokaan, koirattammekokaan, koirattannekokaan, koirinenikokaan, koirinesikokaan, koirinensakokaan, koirinemmekokaan, koirinennekokaan.
“KISSA”
A cat. kissimirri (pussycat) kisu (kitty) mirri (pussy) kissanpentu (kitten) kolli (male cat). The noise you make while trying to lure one closer is “kis kis kis kis kis”. The kissa will think you are insane in any language.
finnish for millenials
i think a problem with many text books is that their technology related vocabulary belongs in a museum, so as a finnish internet person i combined a by no means comprehensive list of finnish vocabulary for people who do not use cassettes and video tape.
tietokone: ‘knowledge machine’, computer kone: ‘the machine’ aka computer tietsikka: nicknake for computer kannettava tietokone: laptop kannettava: laptop läppäri: laptop olla koneella: ‘to be at the machine’; to use the computer [for long periods] dataaminen: using the computer for a long time datata: to use the computer for a long time
googlata: to google googlettaa: to google klikata: to click täpätä: to tap mailata, meilata: to send an email some: social media somettaa: to be on social media stalkata, stalkkeroida: to stalk trollata: to troll blogata: to blog bloggaaja, bloggeri: blogger postata: to post on the internet postaus: a post on the internet tube: youtube tubettaa: to make youtube videos tubettaja: youtuber tilaaja: subscriber snäpätä: to use snapchat snäppi: snapchat, a snapchat message twiitata: to tweet twiitti: a tweet seurata: to follow follata: to follow seuraaja: a follower followeri: a follower tykätä: to like liketä: to like tykkäys: a like like: a like irkata: to talk on irc idlata: to be online on irc without saying anything skypettää: to talk on skype mesettää: to talk on msn messenger (i mean no one does this anymore so the word’s archaic now) nolifetys: the art of having no life and using all your time in front of the computer nolife: a person with no life kommentoida: to post a comment kommata: to post a comment kommentoija: a commenter dissata: to dis dissaaja: a person who disses spammata: to spam spammaaja: a spammer floodata: to flood spoilata: to spoil (a plot) spoileri: a spoiler peeloilla: to act in an annoying manner on the internet peelo: an annoying person on the internet
rekata: short for rekisteröidä, to register kirjautua: to log logata, loggautua: to log ladata: to download downloadata: to download ladata: to upload uploadata: to upload upata: to upload warettaa: to download files using a p2p program asentaa: to install installoida: to install poistaa: to uninstall uninstalloida: to uninstall muokata: to edit editoida: to edit päivittää: to update, to refresh refreshata: to refresh photoshopata: to photoshop shopata: to photoshop fotaroida: to photoshop fotari: photoshop peli: a game pelata: to play a game pelaaja: a player pleikkari, pleku, pleikka: nicknames for playstation konsolipeli: console game roolipeli: role playing game räiskintäpeli: shooting game jonne: a teenage boy who drinks energy drinks and plays counter strike
afkata: to not do anything on a game lagata: to lag bugata: to have a bug bugittaa: to have a bug mainata: to mine on a game tallentaa: to save seivata: to save on a game, on word etc. savettaa: to save on a game grindata: to grind levelupata: to level up equipata: to equip on a game loadata: to load bannata: to ban saada bannit: to get banned blokata: to block poistaa: to delete deletoida: to delete ignorata: to ignore striimata, streamata: to stream
In fact, Finns joke that at the prehistoric separation of Hungarian and Finnish, the Finns went north with the vowels, while the Hungarians went south with the consonants.
Ruth H. Sanders, The Languages of Scandinavia: Seven Sisters of the North (via polskieserce)
You: January
Me, a Finn: Oakmonth
You: February
Me, a Finn: Pearlmonth
~just Finnish things~
Preferred pronouns: it