Finnish language :
I still find Finnish really difficult as the fact that the don’t really use she and he… still surprise me why don’t .
also the fact that some word change depending what you want to say in a sentence. Not to forget they don’t write capital letters for festive days and weekday ?!! confuse me a lot.
And how can I forget the letters I don’t use !! å ,ä,ö those three sound and letter we don’t have in my home country !! and the different pronunciation of the alphabet letters are sometime quit hard for me.
Letter Pronunciation in finland!!
a [a:] b [be:] c [se:]
d [de:] e [e:] f [æf]
g [ge:] h [ho:] i [i:]
j [ji:] k [ko:] l [æl]
m [æm] n [æn] o [o:]
p [pe:] q [ku:] r [ær]
s [æs] t [te:] u [u:]
v [ve:] w [ve:], x [æks]
y [y:] z [tset]
å [o:], [ruotsalainen o:]
ä [æ:]
ö [ø:]
And then you have noniin! This words is one of the most important Finnish words!
See video of Finnish stand-up comedian for the explanation link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtAd78dWUlA
Anecdote in the beginning I thought Finnish people gave a lot of compliments! Mooi means beautiful in Dutch so I thought Finnish where saying beautiful or beautiful beautiful turn out moi means hello or hey and moi moi means bey!!
extra :How I learnt to introduce myself in the Finnish course :
- Moika!!/ Moi!!/Hey!! (hallo)
- Minä olen Olivia lucarelli (I am Olivia Lucarelli)
- Minä olen kaksikymmentäkaksi (ik ben 22)
- Minä olen Belgiastia (I am Belgian)
- Minä koitosin brusselista (im from brussels)
- Minä asun Turussa. (I live in Turku)
- Moi moi! (dag!)
- Nähdään (see you)
It’s nice I can introduce myself yet I hope I while be able to have little conversations soon.
Fun fact: children in Finland have English class pretty early!!
I must admit that Finnish is a really difficult language if it’s not native but I do think Finnish people think the same of other languages.It’s t always difficult when you don’t know the language and learning one is never easy!
Friendly greeting from Finland.
Olivia x