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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:06 am
Hoo, suomalaisia...! biggrin "Muailma pieni paikka oooo~n..." Zeggo I use this quick online dictionary often. English-Finnish-English Online Dictionary I prefer this one: http://www.tracetech.net/sanatIt also has some other nice facts about Finland. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:01 pm
Mivi DART OF SECKS Could someone please translate "Welcome to my room" for me if you can?
I'd greatly appreciate it. biggrin Tervetuloa minun huoneesen. smile
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:27 pm
The Pink-Haired Girl Mivi DART OF SECKS Could someone please translate "Welcome to my room" for me if you can?
I'd greatly appreciate it. biggrin Tervetuloa minun huoneesen. smile Yeah, I asked my friend for help, I don't know much Finnish myself. Thanks for the correction. smile
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:17 pm
I actually started to learn Finnish myself a few days ago. All I really know how to say is:
Hei. Olen Nik. Olen englantilainen. Puhun englantia, suomea, venäjää ja ranskaa.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:06 am
DART OF SECKS I actually started to learn Finnish myself a few days ago. All I really know how to say is:
Hei. Olen Nik. Olen englantilainen. Puhun englantia, suomea, venäjää ja ranskaa. What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult?
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:40 pm
Proudly_Jewish What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult? Finnish pronunciation is the easiest of any language I've studied. There is a one-to-one relationship between sound and letter, with the exception of "ng" which has a single sound. Also, stress is always on the first syllable, so there is no guessing. Once you learn the sound each letter makes, you can pronounce anything (slowly, at least xd ). This site explains it pretty well, if you are familiar with IPA. smile Unfortunately, spoken Finnish is different from written Finnish. (e.g. "minulla" is pronounced "mulla") So although you will be correct to pronounce everything the way it looks, you will not sound like a native speaker.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:03 pm
Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS I actually started to learn Finnish myself a few days ago. All I really know how to say is:
Hei. Olen Nik. Olen englantilainen. Puhun englantia, suomea, venäjää ja ranskaa. What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult?
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:53 am
DART OF SECKS Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS I actually started to learn Finnish myself a few days ago. All I really know how to say is:
Hei. Olen Nik. Olen englantilainen. Puhun englantia, suomea, venäjää ja ranskaa. What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult?
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?To me, it's as far from English grammar as you can ever get. >.< Finnish grammar is hard, but still fun. smile Makes a lot more sense than Russian though. razz But that could perhaps have something to do with pronounciation as well... Finnish is sooo much easier. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:36 am
Mivi DART OF SECKS Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS I actually started to learn Finnish myself a few days ago. All I really know how to say is:
Hei. Olen Nik. Olen englantilainen. Puhun englantia, suomea, venäjää ja ranskaa. What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult?
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?To me, it's as far from English grammar as you can ever get. >.< Finnish grammar is hard, but still fun. smile Makes a lot more sense than Russian though. razz But that could perhaps have something to do with pronounciation as well... Finnish is sooo much easier. 3nodding
Finnish is really fun so far, I like the program I'm using for it. : D
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:17 am
DART OF SECKS Really now, how is it different from English?
Finnish is really fun so far, I like the program I'm using for it. : D For example, in English you say "inside the car", but in Finnish it's "autossa", which would be like 'car-in', kinda... o.o You use different endings to words, instead of putting prepositions(?) in front of them. And yeah, you also conjugate(?) verbs depending on which person is doing the action. Like "I run - she run s". I'm not very good with grammar words in English... >.<
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:38 am
DART OF SECKS Mivi DART OF SECKS Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?To me, it's as far from English grammar as you can ever get. >.< Finnish grammar is hard, but still fun. smile Makes a lot more sense than Russian though. razz But that could perhaps have something to do with pronounciation as well... Finnish is sooo much easier. 3nodding
Finnish is really fun so far, I like the program I'm using for it. : DWhere to begin.... Finnish has about 15 cases, and they affect all nouns. English has I think three, and they affect only pronouns (he, him, his). Conjugating in Engligh is much simpler. e.g. I swim, you swim, he swims, we swim, they swim - there are only two forms (swim and swims). In Finnish they are all different. In Finnish, "not" is a verb. In Finnish, there is no verb "to have." As mentioned above, many of the cases function like prepositions do in English, but cases are used for other things too. It's pretty complicated for those of us not used to it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:16 pm
adabyron DART OF SECKS Mivi DART OF SECKS Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?To me, it's as far from English grammar as you can ever get. >.< Finnish grammar is hard, but still fun. smile Makes a lot more sense than Russian though. razz But that could perhaps have something to do with pronounciation as well... Finnish is sooo much easier. 3nodding
Finnish is really fun so far, I like the program I'm using for it. : DWhere to begin.... Finnish has about 15 cases, and they affect all nouns. English has I think three, and they affect only pronouns (he, him, his). Conjugating in Engligh is much simpler. e.g. I swim, you swim, he swims, we swim, they swim - there are only two forms (swim and swims). In Finnish they are all different. In Finnish, "not" is a verb. In Finnish, there is no verb "to have." As mentioned above, many of the cases function like prepositions do in English, but cases are used for other things too. It's pretty complicated for those of us not used to it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:13 pm
I actually have noticed that when I roll my "r"s, I use the back of my throat, not my tongue. Is that like, normal?
Also, I'm having a bit of trouble with the "h".
It says that it's stressed in a word if it's not the beginning of it, but how is it supposed to sound? (I know that may seem like a stupid question. >_>)
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:29 am
adabyron DART OF SECKS Mivi DART OF SECKS Proudly_Jewish DART OF SECKS
What's grammar like? Is it like English grammar at all?To me, it's as far from English grammar as you can ever get. >.< Finnish grammar is hard, but still fun. smile Makes a lot more sense than Russian though. razz But that could perhaps have something to do with pronounciation as well... Finnish is sooo much easier. 3nodding
Finnish is really fun so far, I like the program I'm using for it. : DWhere to begin.... Finnish has about 15 cases, and they affect all nouns. English has I think three, and they affect only pronouns (he, him, his). Conjugating in Engligh is much simpler. e.g. I swim, you swim, he swims, we swim, they swim - there are only two forms (swim and swims). In Finnish they are all different. In Finnish, "not" is a verb.In Finnish, there is no verb "to have." As mentioned above, many of the cases function like prepositions do in English, but cases are used for other things too. It's pretty complicated for those of us not used to it. That's so cool! eek Can you tell me more about how that works? What's the infinitive (plain form) of 'not' and how do you conjugate it?
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Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:00 pm
adabyron Proudly_Jewish What's the pronounciation like? Do you find it difficult? Finnish pronunciation is the easiest of any language I've studied. There is a one-to-one relationship between sound and letter, with the exception of "ng" which has a single sound. Also, stress is always on the first syllable, so there is no guessing. Once you learn the sound each letter makes, you can pronounce anything (slowly, at least xd ). This site explains it pretty well, if you are familiar with IPA. smile Unfortunately, spoken Finnish is different from written Finnish. (e.g. "minulla" is pronounced "mulla") So although you will be correct to pronounce everything the way it looks, you will not sound like a native speaker. NOT FOR ME !! it's harder than Danish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Serbian
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