#finnish christmas vocabulary

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Weekly Update

the calm before the storm, warmer autumn week, preparing for birthdays and christmas time

04.11.-10.11.2024

Studying

started my study notes for the Hygiene Passport, it is so nice to learn something else besides languages

little presentation in my Finnish course that went well

studied in bed because sometimes being the most comfortable helps me be more productive (especially when I am exhausted)

Languages

finally creating new Finnish flashcards

learning new field specific English vocabulary

not much else, except that I realised I need to actually practice writing and speaking in English again

Health

my herpes broke out on monday because my immune system was weakened through stress, cold and sleep-deprivation, but the final trigger was a man in my course who annoyed me so much that I got too riled up about him and because of the stress and anger my herpes was there an hour later...

luckily it is already almost completely healed again

was feeling mentally and physically very weak and exhausted this week because my period was late

took it slower in general and drank lots of tea

For myself

after I finished my course on friday, I spent the whole afternoon reading in bed

I also avoided all Finnish studies on Saturday and instead started binge watching Heartstopper Season 3

started preparing a new canvas for another Bob Ross tutorial

this week's

reading / watching / listening

Bitterthorn - Kat Dunn

Heartstopper (Season 3)

Paint the town blue - Ashnikko, Arcane & League of Legends

Howling - XG

Sky over Tokyo - RADWIMPS

[mycupofrum]

Tag “Get to Know You” Meme

Thanks @siriuslyqueer 😊

Favourite colour: Red and orange. What can I say, I’m a fire sign.

Currently reading: Starcrossed by Allie Therin (audio book), the second book in the Magic in Manhattan series (1920s, prohibition, magic, mystery, M/M romance). Besides that, usually Drarry or Prongsfoot fics for bedtime stories.

Last song: Silver Tongues by Louis Tomlinson

Last movie: The Noel Diary. Yes, it’s time for cringy Christmas movies. This one wasn’t too bad, at least I finished it. :D

Currently craving: Less stress, more good vibes and some writing inspiration.

Tea or coffee: Both is good. Coffee in the morning, maybe afternoon too. Tea at other times.

Currently working on: I have a multi-chapter Drarry as well as a multi-chapter Prongsfoot fic (both in Finnish) just dying to get my attention AND a Prongsfoot one-shot in English coming up whenever it’s ready. Currently having a major impostor syndrome about the last one because I don’t do much creative writing in English but whatever, who cares, my will to write smut romance is bigger than my insecurity about any stylistic choices or lack of vocabulary. Also an unfinished English translation of a longer Prongsfoot fic is just waiting there in the dark, wondering what’s going on.

Tag On: @ricolette

[samoililja]

Christmas Vocabulary in Finnish & Swedish

toivotuksia / hälsningar / seasons greetings

hyvää joulua… / god jul… / merry christmas…

ja onnellista uutta vuotta! / och gott nytt år! / and happy new year!

pyhäpäivät / helgdagarna / holiday (”holy day”)

lucian päivä / luciadagen / saint lucy’s day

jouluaatto / julafton / christmas eve

joulupäivä / juldagen / christmas day

tapaninpäivä / annandag jul / saint stephen’s day

uudenvuodenaatto / nyårsafton / new year’s eve

loppiainen / trettondedag jul / epiphany

jouluruoka / julmat / christmas food

glögi / glögg / a type of mulled wine

tähtitorttu, joulutorttu / jultårta / star-shaped christmas tart with plum or rasberry jam in the middle (picture 1)

ruisleipä / rågbröd / rye bread

karjalanpiirakka / karelsk pirog / karelian pie

pipari, piparkakku / en pepparkaka / gingerbread

piparkakkutalo / pepparkakshus / gingerbread house

joulupuuro / ris gröt / rice porridge eaten during christmas time

manteli / en mandel / an almond

joulukinkku / skinka / christmas ham

maksalaatikko / leverlåda / liver cassarole

perunalaatikko / potatislåda / potato cassarole

porkkanalaatikko / morotslåda / carrot cassarole

lanttulaatikko / kålrotslåda / rutabaga or neep cassarole

rosolli / rödbetssallad / traditional cold christmas salad made from beetroots and apples

omena / ett äpple / an apple

joulukoristeet / juldekoration, julpynt, julprydnader / christmas decorations

olkipukki / julbock, halmbock/ straw goat (picture 2)

himmeli / halmkrona / a decoration made from straw that’s hung on the ceiling

enkelikello / änglaspel / angel chimes

kulkunen / en bjällra / a jingle bel

enkeli / en ängel / an angel

sydän / ett hjärta / a heart

tähti / en stjärna / a star

joulukuusi / en julgran / a christmas tree

joulukynttelikkö / adventsljusstake / a type of candelabrum placed on the window

kynttilä / ett ljus, ett levande ljus / a candle

jouluvalot / julbelysning / christmas lights

lyhty / en lykta, en lanterna / a lantern

lumilyhty / snölykta / snow lantern

jäälyhty / islykta / ice lantern

joulukukka / julblomma / christmas flower

joulutähti / julstjärna / poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

amaryllis, (jalo)ritarinkukka / en amaryllis / a Hippeastrum flower or “Knight’s-star-lily”

hyasintti / hyacint / garden hyacinth ( Hyacinthus orientalis)

adjektiiveja / adjektiva / adjectives

perinteinen / traditionell / traditional

valkoinen / vit / white

punainen / röd / red

vihreä / grön / green

kylmä / kall / cold

pimeä / mörk / dark

talvi / vinter / winter

sukset (plural) / skidor / skis

hiihtää / att skida, att åka skidor / to ski

luistimet (plural) / skridskor / ice skates

luistella / åka skridskor / to ice skate

pulkka / pulka / a plastic toboggan or small sled kids use to slide down icy or snowy hills

laskea mäkeä pulkalla / att åka pulka / to slide down an icy or snowy hill with a pulkka

potkukelkka / sparkstötting, spark / kicksled

lumi / snö / snow

lumiukko / snögubbe / snowman

lumienkeli / snöängel / snow angel

lumisade / snöfal / snowfall

sataa lunta / att snöa / to snow

sataa räntää / att slaska  / to rain sleet

sataa rakeita / att hagla / to hail

jää / is / ice

jotain muuta / något annat / something else

joulupukki / jultomten, julgubben / santa claus

tonttu / tomte / little folkloristic beings who dress in red, take care of the animals and should be kept happy

kauralyhde / en kärve / a bundle of oat stems bound together and take outside for the birds to eat 

lintulauta / ett fågelbord / a bird feeder

joulukortti / ett julkort / a christmas card

joululahja / en julklapp / a christmas present

joulukalenteri / en julkalender / an advent calendar

suklaakalenteri / en chokladkalendar / a chocolate advent calendar

joululaulu / en julsång / a christmas carol

search “perinteisiä joululauluja” or just “joululauluja” on youtube if you want to listen to christmas songs in Finnish and “julsånger på svenska” or just “julsånger” for christmas songs in Swedish

[finnishpod101]

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[peilinsirpale]

[Image: Various Finnish words in green font, arranged in a Christmas tree shape.]

A Christmas present for @noerttiprinsessa and everyone else studying Finnish - a vocabulary list of (almost) all Christmas tree related words in Finnish I could come up with! 

Hyvää joulua! Merry Christmas! 

Substantiiveja Nouns

Kuusi / Kuusipuu Spruce

Pihta Fir

Joulupuu / Joulukuusi Christmas tree

Kuusenjalka / Joulukuusen jalka Christmas tree holder

Kuusenalusmatto  Christmas tree skirt; the rug under the Christmas tree

Kuusenkoriste Christmas tree decoration

Joulukoriste Christmas decoration

Koristenauha Garland, decorative ribbon

Joulupallo Bauble

Latvatähti Christmas tree topper (a star)

Kuusenkynttilä Christmas tree candle

Piirileikki Round game; game you play while going around in a circle & singing

Runko Tree trunk

Oksa Branch

Juuri Root

Neulanen Needle (of a tree)

Pihka Resin

Havupuu Conifer (a tree with needles)

Havu Small sprig/twig of a conifer

Havunoksa A branch of a conifer 

Kuusenoksa A spruce branch

Muovikuusi Plastic Christmas tree

Ostokuusi Bought spruce / Christmas tree

Luomukuusi Organic spruce

Adjektiiveja Adjectives

Ikivihreä Evergreen

Tuuhea Bushy (in a good way)

Tiheä Dense (has small distances between branches/needles)

Harva Sparse (has large distances between branches/needles)

Verbejä Verbs

Hankkia joulukuusi To get oneself a Christmas tree 

Ostaa kuusi To buy a Christmas tree

Kaataa kuusi To cut a spruce; to knock over the Christmas tree

Sulattaa kuusi To thaw a Christmas tree

Koristaa kuusi To decorate the Christmas tree

Varista To drop (it’s needles)

[nordic-language-love]

Norwegian

Read 104 pages Odinsbarn

Read 4x articles

Watched 1x Folkopplysning episode

Watched 3x Nytt På Nytt episodes

Watched 1x Side Om Side episode

Listened to 0.5x Ernæringsklubben podcast

Finished written tasks about language skills and vegetarianism (not yet posted)

Wrote 2420 words of fiction

Italki session

Speaking practice: talked about health & nutrition, learning languages, circus arts and bread

Finished difficult words vocab list + started random vocab list

Duolingo: repaired various skills, increased Theatre skill to level 3

Japanese

Watched 1x Pokémon episode

Kanji!: lessons 8-12 + reviewed lessons 1, 4 & 7

Drops: kanji

Character drills

Duolingo: Katakana 3

Norwegian

I’ve decided to turn subtitles back on for watching TV shows for the time being. It’s been good to test my listening by turning them off (and sometimes they can be more distracting than helpful!) but I feel like I need to work on my vocabulary more, so it helps to have subtitles on so can note down new words to look up afterwards. It’s great that I no longer need them to understand the main points of any given TV show, but I want to do more than just get the gist of things; the goal is to understand more or less everything!

My italki session this week went better. I still felt like everything was badly-worded but I actually managed to speak this time. I’m still not sure whether to keep using both tutors and alternate each week (a lil expensive, but they challenge me in different ways and two weeks feels like quite a while to go between sessions) or just drop down to one. Or maybe try some others out. Thing is I had a little look at other tutors but they’re either really expensive (like fuck am I gonna pay £20-£40 for a lesson), don’t have time slots that suit me or just don’t give off the right vibe (seriously the number of intro videos I’ve clicked on and gone “nope” within the first 10 seconds is ridiculous, guess I’m picky about tutors lmao). I’m kinda happy with the ones I have anyway, so I guess there’s no real need to try out any others rn.

Also, I’ve written an absurd amount of Norwegian fiction this past week. I doubt I’ll be able to keep it up, but it was quite nice to get into the flow of writing and smash my “write 5000 words of fiction” goal I made at the start of the year. I’m tempted to see if I can make it to 10K now. Of course, it’s all garbage: I’m sure the grammar’s wrong and the dialogue sounds unnatural (not to mention I have to look up at least one thing every time I sit down to write), but I think it might be a good way for me to do first drafts, because I don’t care so much about making it “good” and more about just getting my ideas down.

Oh, and I finally finished my book! I might try writing a review later this week :)

Favourite moment: Getting really into my writing and managing to write nearly 1000 words of fiction in one day

Japanese

I’ve chilled out a bit with Japanese this week. I’m enjoying learning kanji, but I feel like it’s time I started learning some grammar and actually stringing some sentences together. I’m tempted to ask for a textbook for Christmas. But I’m also kinda missing Spanish atm so idk whether to go back to learning that? And I still miss Finnish. Idk, we’ll see. Anyway, I plan to work a bit more with Duolingo this week so I can try to learn some vocabulary in context and some actual whole sentences.

Favourite moment: Realising I could still write all the hirigana and katakana from memory after not drilling them all week

Productivity Grid

Wow yeah I did a fair bit of Norwegian this week lol. Gotta make sure I don’t start slacking in other areas though!

Some goals for this week:

Write another 500-1000 words of fiction

Write a book review of Odinsbarn

Finish reading the book I abandoned so I could read Odinsbarn instead (oops)

Stretch on at least 4 days (ideally 5 or 6!)

Finish my damned TYL course ughh

[cookiesandlanguages]

Langblr Secret Santa

Hi @finnishfun! I am your @langblrsecretsanta for this year. Because German is one of your target languages, I made a vocabulary list with words from one of the most popular German Christmas songs: “In der Weihnachtsbäckerei”. It’s a really cute song about baking cookies for Christmas!

die Weihnachtsbäckerei - Christmas bakery

es gibt - there is/there are

manche - some

die Leckerei - treat/goodie

zwischen - between

das Mehl - flour

die Milch - milk

machen - do/make

der Knilch - jerk

riesengroß - huge

die Kleckerei - mess

das Rezept - recipe

bleiben - stay

das Plätzchen - cookie

lieben - love

verschleppen - kidnap

müssen - must

anpacken - tackle

einfach - simply

frei nach Schnauze - without a plan

backen - bake

anschmeißen - turn sth. on

der Ofen - oven

brauchen - need

die Schokolade - chocolate

der Honig - honey

die Nuss - nut

die Succade - succade

ein bisschen - a little bit

der Zimt - cinnamon

das stimmt - that is correct

die Butter - butter

verrühren - mix

zwischendurch - in the meantime

probieren - try/taste

kommen - come

das Ei - egg

zur Seite treten - step aside

der Platz - place/space

kneten - knead

der Finger - finger

rein - clean

das Schwein - pig/swine

ausstechen - cut out

das Ofenblech - baking sheet

warten - wait

gespannt - eagerly

verbrennen - burn

Here are some Disney Christmas songs in German:

Diese Zeit im Jahr (from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure)

Wenn wir zusammen sind (from Olaf’s Frozen Adventure)

The Best Christmas of All (German Version)

Solang es Weihnachten gibt

And this is my favorite Finnish Christmas song:

Joulun kanssas jaan

Happy Holidays!

[sneakend]

Hyvää joulua, @fruzsislangblrstuff  !!! I had the honor of being your substitute santa for @langblrsecretsanta this year. I made a list of interesting Finnish Christmas traditions with related vocabulary. And since you like baking I added some Finnish recipes at the end! Hope you have a great year 2020!

♢ food ♢

Casseroles

Casseroles are a staple of Finnish Christmas, enough so that most people get sick of them by December 25th. The traditional Christmas dinner includes casseroles made of potatoes, carrots, liver and rutabaga. My family usually also includes a macaroni casserole even though this is a food that people eat throughout the year. It’s great for kids too since they’re often not that into the other casseroles. Moreover, sweet potato casserole has gained popularity in recent years and I think I even saw parsnip casserole at the grocery store this year.

laatikko = a casserole (the same word also means box so a cardboard box would be pahvilaatikko). The name of a specific casserole can be formed just by adding the name of a vegetable in front of this word, peruna (potato) + laatikko = perunalaatikko (potato casserole) just like in English.

bataatti = a sweet potato

lanttu = a rutabaga

palsternakka = a parsnip

peruna = a potato

porkkana = a carrot

makaroni = macaroni

maksa = a liver

Rosolli

A bound salad eaten mostly as a cold side dish, in particular as part of the traditional Finnish Christmas meal.

Rosolli is made of cooked, diced root vegetables, especially beetroot, carrot and potato, often combined with one or more of pickled cucumber (of either the vinegar or brine type), raw onion and apple. It is often served with a dressing made of whipped cream or a soured cream product available in Finland called kermaviili (being a type of viili made with sour cream), laced with vinegar or the pickling liquid of beetroot, which also colours the cream pink.

My personal opinion is that rosolli is gross but each to their own.

punajuuri = a beetroot

suolakurkku = pickled cucumber (literally “salt cucumber”)

etikka = vinegar

kermavaahto = whipped cream (literally “cream foam”)

Rice porridge (riisipuuro)

A warm porridge eaten with cinnamon and sugar. Can be eaten either as a dessert or breakfast on Christmas. A whole almond is hidden in the porridge and the one who finds it in their bowl gets to make a wish.

kaneli = cinnamon

sokeri = sugar

manteli = an almond

Christmas tart (joulutorttu)

A Finnish Christmas pastry, traditionally made from puff pastry in the shape of a star or pinwheel and filled with prune jam and often dusted with icing sugar. Lately people have also started using different jams or even caramel as a filling for these. Some years back there was some controversy in Sweden over the fact that some people think these pastries resemble swastikas. But not to worry, there are several different shapes one can choose from!

luumu = a prune/plum

Chocolate boxes

These are one of the most traditional (and lazy) gifts year after year. Every Christmas everyone gets at least a few of these, eats their favourites and leaves the rest to gather dust until they’re inedible. Every Christmas the supermarkets have special deals where you get a bunch of chocolate boxes relatively cheap (what’s really cheap in Finland?). The most popular are the ones by Fazer and Panda. Other popular Christmas sweets include green jellies, Julia and Budapest.

suklaarasia = a chocolate box

Glögg (glögi)

A Scandinavian, spiced, usually alcoholic drink, served warm. There are many different types in Finland, including a good selection of non-alcoholic glögg that’s sweet and even fit for children. The prices vary from under one euro to 20 euros (potentially even more). Some people add raisins and almonds to their glögg.

mauste = spice

rusina = a raisin

♢traditions♢

Little Christmas (pikkujoulu)

A Finnish traditional party held to anticipate Christmas. The Pikkujoulu party is non-formal, highly festive, and themed after Christmas. Pikkujoulu parties are held by various communities, organisations, companies, or just among friends. Pikkujoulu differs from Christmas as more free-form and less religious.

Saint Lucy’s Day (Lucian päivä) 

A Christian feast day observed on 13 December, commemorating Lucia of Syracuse, an early-4th-century martyr, who according to legend brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs, wearing a candlelit wreath on her head to light her way and leave her hands free to carry as much food as possible. Her feast day, which coincided with the shortest day of the year prior to calendar reforms, is widely celebrated as a festival of light. Falling within the Advent season, Saint Lucy's Day is viewed as a precursor of Christmastide.

Saint Lucy's Day is celebrated most widely in Scandinavia and in Italy, with each emphasising a different aspect of her story. The Finnish celebrations have been historically tied to Swedish culture and the Swedish-speaking Finns. The St. Lucy of Finland has been elected since 1949 and she is crowned in the Helsinki Cathedral. Local St. Lucies are elected in almost every place where there is a Swedish populace in Finland. The Finnish-speaking population has also lately begun to embrace the celebrations. (Santa Lucia)

marttyyri = a martyr

pyhimys = a saint

seppele = a wreath

valo = light

Declaration of Christmas Peace (joulurauhan julistus)

Christmas Peace is a tradition based on old Scandinavian legislation created by Birger Jarl in the 13th century, extending the tradition of the Truce of God. Offenders who committed crimes on religious holidays like Christmas were given harsher punishments. The Declaration of Christmas Peace has remained in Finland where it is an essential part of the Christmas tradition.

Declaration of Christmas Peace is announced in several Finnish cities on Christmas Eve. The oldest and most popular event is held at noon at the Old Great Square of the former Finnish capital Turku where the declaration has been read since the 1320s. The Turku declaration has been broadcast by the Finnish Broadcasting Company since 1935. (on YouTube)

julistus = a declaration

rauha = peace

Kauneimmat joululaulut

Literally the most beautiful Christmas carols. An annual event organized by and held in local churches is numerous cities before Christmas. People gather to sing the most beloved Finnish Christmas carols and have a chance to donate money to a charity. The event has become an important Christmas tradition to a lot of people and many attend even if they aren’t religious.

kaunis = beautiful

laulu = a song

kirkko = a church

Heavy Christmas (Raskasta Joulua)

A music project from Finland founded by Erkka Korhonen. Raskasta Joulua have recorded traditional Christmas carols and Christmas hits in a Heavy metal style. Their albums and tours have featured appearances of many notable Finnish metal vocalists.  Raskasta Joulua have toured every year since 2005 and the 3 concert tour has become an annual tradition. (on YouTube | x | x | x)

Depressing Christmas carols

Many of the most beloved FInnish Christmas carols are quite melancholy and depressing. Here are some examples:

Varpunen jouluaamuna (The Sparrow on a Christmas Morning) - About a girl meeting her dead little brother who visits her in the form of a sparrow. (on YouTube)

Sylvian joululaulu (Sylvia's Christmas Song) - About a caged bird that can never return to its homeland. Zachris Topelius who wrote the original poem opposed the custom of trapping birds and piercing their eyes so they could be used to attract other birds. (on YouTube)

Konsta Jylhän joululaulu (Konsta Jylhä’s Christmas Carol) - About a little child visiting their mother’s grave on Christmas. (on YouTube)

Christmas sauna

You absolutely can’t have Christmas without sauna! It’s common to clean the sauna before Christmas and to use candles and lanterns to create a cozy atmosphere. It is also possible to buy a frozen vihta/vasta (a bunch of leafy, fragrant silver birch used to gently beat oneself) in some stores and thaw it for Christmas. Moreover, in Finland elves aren’t limited to Christmas elves but it’s believed that every sauna has its own elf that takes care of it.

♢items♢

Candles

Though candles are common in many places during Christmas, in Finland one should visit a graveyard during Christmas Eve to either light a candle or to simply admire the hundreds of candles already burning. For the Finnish independece day on 6th of December many also buy special blue and white candles (the colors are the same as in the Finnish flag).

kynttilä = a candle

hautausmaa = a graveyard

Poinsettia

This is a very popular Christmas flower in Finland and can be found in nearly all stores that sell flowers in December. It is called joulutähti in Finnish, which literally means Christmas star. People often gift this to others during Christmas. Hyacinths are another common Christmas flower and stores sell them in many different colors.

kukka = a flower

hyasintti = hyacinth

Elf door (tonttuovi)

A tiny decorative door through which the Christmas elves can wander. These are a rather recent craze in FInland but every year it’s possible to find more and more acessories for elf doors in the stores. There are tiny mailboxes, snowmen, sleds, presents, lanterns, Christmas trees, brooms etc. It’s possible to make an elf door by yourself, to buy one you have to paint or to get one that’s completely ready to set up.

ovi = a door

tonttu = an elf (like a Christmas elf, not Legolas)

kelkka = a sled

lumiukko = a snowman

lyhty = a lantern

Advent calendar (joulukalenteri)

Though many Finns swear by the traditional chocolate advent calendar, other options have become available in the recent years. There are the ever popular tea, toy and cosmetics calendars but also ones for cats and dogs, calendars filled with fishing equipment and the most Finnish of all, a salmiakki advent calendar. Additionally, this year an ice cream calendar was released by Vanhan Porvoon jäätelötehdas. Nokian panimo also created a beer calendar consisting of 24 000 beer cans and costing 48 000 euros.

salmiakki = salty liquorice

jäätelö = ice cream

kalja/olut = beer

♢tv♢

Santa’s hotline (Joulupukin Kuuma linja)

A tv show shown every Christmas in which children can call Santa. People can also send Christmas greetings through email and they are read during the show. In between the calls different Christmas themed cartoons are played. (on YouTube)

The Joulukalenteri

Finnish for "The Christmas Calendar"; the English word "the" is part of the name, making it approximately "The The Christmas calendar". It was a 1997 Finnish television miniseries produced by MTV3 that was broadcast again in 1998, 2007 and 2017. It was based on the Danish series The Julekalender from 1991. The series came out in December 1997 with one episode per day, concluding on Christmas Eve. It’s still popular to this day and caused nightmares for me when I was a kid. (Different advent calendar shows for children are popular in Finland but this one’s aimed at adults.)

Santa Claus and the Magic Drum  (Joulupukki ja noitarumpu)

A 51 minute long Finnish-Hungarian animation released in 1996. The story is based on a 1995 children's book of the same name by Mauri Kunnas. The movie has been recorded in Finnish, English (British) and Swedish. It was made for TV broadcasting and was first shown on Christmas Eve 1996, and has been broadcast on YLE TV2 nearly every Christmas Eve since. (on YouTube)

joulupukki = Santa Claus

noita = a witch

rumpu = a drum

♢recipes♢

Christmas

potato casserole

carrot casserole

rutabaga casserole

macaroni casserole (I’m vegetarian so I always make this without eggs and replace the meat with soy)

rosolli

rice porridge

Christmas tart

More Finnish pastries

Runeberg torte (Runebergin torttu) = a Finnish pastry flavored with almonds and arrack or rum. It usually has raspberry jam encircled by a ring of icing on top. The torte is named after the Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) who, according to legend, regularly enjoyed the torte with punsch for breakfast. Runeberg tortes are typically eaten only in Finland and are generally available in stores from the beginning of January to Runeberg's birthday on February 5.

Pulla = a mildly-sweet Finnish sweet roll or dessert bread flavored with crushed cardamom seeds and occasionally raisins or sliced almonds. Typically coated with egg wash and then sprinkled with white sugar or almonds.

Semla = a traditional sweet roll associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday. Today, the Swedish-Finnish semla consists of a cardamom-spiced wheat bun which has its top cut off, and is then filled with a mix of milk and almond paste, topped with whipped cream. The cut-off top serves as a lid and is dusted with powdered sugar. In Finland, the bun is often filled with strawberry or raspberry jam instead of almond paste, and bakeries in Finland usually offer both versions.

pancake (pannukakku) = Structurally, the Finnish pancake resembles a hotcake, and is baked in an oven instead of using a frying pan.

Karelian pasty (karjalanpiirakka) = traditional pasties or pirogs from the region of Karelia. Today, the most familiar and common version has a thin rye crust with a filling of rice. Mashed potato and rice-and-carrot fillings are also commonly available. Butter, often mixed with chopped-up boiled egg (egg butter or munavoi), is spread over the hot pasties before eating.

spoon cookies (lusikkaleivät) = Lusikkaleivät are Finnish "spoon" cookies so named because they are shaped with a spoon. The inside of the spoon cookies is filled with a berry jam, either raspberry or strawberry.

mocha brownies (mokkapalat) = perhaps the most common treat in every child’s birthday party.

[caixxa]

15, 49, 56, 95, 96, 98

Ooh what interesting questions and so many! Thank you <3

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

We read lovely books for elementary school, I remember liking Robin Hood, and school introduced me to the Chronicles of Narnia. I think  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the one we read as an assignment and then I searched the rest myself. 

I’m not sure which one would have been my exact favorite, because in high school (lukio) my Finnish teacher gave us personally assigned books and she often gave me some new “challenging” ones to see what I got out of them. One that I remember liking - not necessarily the book but the whole genre and the way of writing/thinking it introduced to me. It was Semtext, a postmodernist novel by a Finnish author and literary theorist Markku Eskelinen, and I really liked diving into the ideas of deconstruction and making sense of his non-linear, unreliable fragments of narrative.

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

I don’t really have a steady motto but some that I think of often. “Things don’t happen, they are done” and “This too shall pass” are useful mindsets to have. And sometimes it’s useful to just repeat the phrase “lehmän hermot” (nerves of the cow) over and over again while thinking of a peacefully ruminating cow when someone or something tests my patience.

56. favorite tradition?

So many Christmas traditions. Finnish Christmas traditions, I don’t have much experience of other kind of Christmases.

I’ll say Christmas tree, always a real tree, selecting and cutting a spruce in the snowy forest (we have the luxury now, it was also nice to pick it up from an outdoor salesman and towing it home in a sled when we lived in a town), putting it up and decorating it together.

95. favorite app on your phone?

Tumblr and WhatsApp

96. desktop background?

A winter scenery I photographed myself 

98. favorite historical era?

I feel very embarrassed to answer this to a historian because I’m not sure if I even know how to define a historical era! I used to be into the Roman Empire in my late teens but I doubt I remember much of it now. 

I really like reading about Finnish immigration in America from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the stories of those people really fascinate me, so maybe that’s the favorite era now. (I tried to find the right vocabulary to answer this and I accidentally just learned that the Ellis Island opened in 1892. Oops. I think I have to make a correction in one of my fics)

Thank you for the ask! weird asks that say a lot

[mychrisrobin-blog]

Russian name generator

What is russian name generator?

Russian names are very unique and special, unlike other names, each name has different forms and pronunciations, so also each name has historical background or origin and meaning.

(Also Get warrior cat name generator) For example,  the Russian name SASHA – means the defender of mankind, NATASHA – meaning a person given birth to on the Christmas day etc…. To generate both fake and real name for online use, we’ve reviewed the top players in name generating tools and here we list the best for you.

8 Best Russian Name generator tool

1. Atlantagamer : This generator is powered by iGM game support system and it’s easy to use. Select your preferred gender and select the country you want including Russia and other twenty countries to choose from, such as Japan, China, Korea, Italy, America etc and click generate.

(Also Get dragonborn name generator)

It’ll create about 50 names, both surname and given names; depending on the country, you either have two names (surname and first name) or three names( surname, first name and last name). You can get popular Russian baby girl’s names that are commonly uses and others.

2. fakenametool.com: This is not just a Russian names generator but a profile creation tool in which you can select gender and randomly generate fake profile.

If you’re afraid to reveal your personal data on some sites, especially now that sites engage in selling personal details to marketing agencies even when they promise to keep your information confidential, exposing your details to spammers who may want to use it for unscrupulous activities, you’ve for the right program to do that.

(Also Get Gamertag generator)

The first thing is to select whether you want male name, female or to generate random names having both gender and select Russian federation and it will generate fake name, fake phone number, fake email, username and password.

It will also generate fake financial data such as Credit Card Type, Credit Card Number, Swift Number, company’s name, social security number and other details such as interest and browsing details.

A similar one to fakenametool is en.namefake.com/ and fakenamegenerator which also generate fake profile details once you select the name of the country, name set and the gender.

3. learningrussian This one is a little bit different. It’s for those who want to learn Russian language. Learn about unique Russian names, the first name, patronymic or Middle name and the last name or surname.

One of the things that makes Russian names to be unique is that, a name can have different forms and different meanings associated with them and children are permitted to change their first name upon maturity if they so desire.

Russian middle name (patronymic) for example is gotten from the father’s first name by adding (son of or daughter of) which is not common in any eastern Europe. Patronymic means suffixes are added to the father’s name; for example, evich or ovich can be added to father’s name as patronymic for boys while evna or ovna can be added to father’s name for girls.

You can take free courses learning Russian language, use free Russian dictionary to learn grammar and vocabulary, read literature and use free online translator.

4.Nameberry.com is a Russian name search engine where you can get different kinds of Russian names, popular baby boy and girl’s names, nicknames, ridiculous and funny sounding names, fantasy names and also cool names fo both Russian men and women.

Use there rich names’ search tool to find both male and female names, choose the first alphabet or sound you want the name to start with, contains or end with and also choose how many syllable the name should have. Another advantage of this tool over others is that you can input the personality you want the name to have, select whether you want to generate popular names, familiar ones or uncommon names. Nameberry also list over 500 Russian names from there database and you can just pick anyone you like starting from names starting from A to Z. You further search there blogs for unisex baby names, celebrity, historic names etc.

5. Bestlittlebaby : can also create Russian first and middle names. Other useful name generators under the control of this developer are twin name generator, mermaid name, doctor’s name, zookeeper, pilot, jungle name, chef na!e generator etc.

(Also get Breton Name Generator)

6. quizopolis.com : Thinking of what your English name is in Russian name or language, quizopolis translate your name to Russia and you’re also compensated with points for your actions which you can save and spend only if you sign up an account.

Also, you can generate Christian Elf , Turkey names, puppy names, biker names, opt for quizzes, surveys and answer questions in fun polls.

Where you simply fill your name and it’ll generate Russian name in meaning to your name including patronymic. Blogthings is also similar to this. 

It also generate Finnish names, Viking, Goth, androgynous names, pilgrimage, Christian, fantasy names and others.

Behindthename/ is a generate random name generator that enables you to select how many given names you want, 2,3 or 4, both first name and middle names, select masculine or feminine, surname and name set. 

Select Russia as your name set category and generate full name according to your selections.

7. Namesgenerator: randomly publishes 10 Russian names at every site visit. You can use this site to find the gender of a particular name, origin and meaning, search random names of Chilean, Spanish, Portuguese, French people, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian etc.

Similar one to namesgenerator is enneadgames.com/generators/name-generators/russian-name-generator/ which also generate 10 random russian names.

Name-generator: is your ideal Russian character generator. You can select from ten’s of characters like king, queen, Prince, princess, imam, mistress, professor, D.C.I, Rev , select character type (great leader, evil, poetic, virtuous), select whether it’s human, vampire, zombie, witch/wizard.

You can also select from other preferences such as Date of birth, nationality, the nationality of the character’s parents, religious background, rate the popularity of the would-be character’s surname and given name, the first character to start with or/and ends with the name and generate up to 100 names at a time.

Russia101 puts an end to your search for baby’s names. It lists over 100 baby’s names for both male and female children. If you want to generate your own baby’s name, fill the family’s name and select either male, female or male & Female and generate the corresponding names accordingly.

8. fantasynamegenerators on the order hand only published random Russian full names for both female and  or choose to get only men’s names or women’s names.

[noellesnowelle]

Weekly Update

birthday week, studying a lot, anxiety having a comeback this week, reading, grey and dark november, full moon

11.11.-17.11.2024

Studying

studying for the hygiene passport test, but a bit less than I planned to do

had another self-study day without Zoom classes again, conveniently on my birthday

the final exam for my Finnish course is in less than a month and it's already making me anxious

Languages

practiced Finnish vocabulary

learning new English vocabulary through studying for the test and also reading a new book

Health

I feel a lot more anxious this week than I have recently and it is affecting my body, my sleep and my procrastination level. Anxiety journaling helped a bit but I need to try other ways to regulate myself better. Because the next week and basically the next month is gonna get very busy with more stressful things...

But I have come a long way with my anxiety and this time now will be a great test to see how well I am able to regulate myself (because honestly I am also very excited for all those experiences and that is a big improvement!)

For myself

took time on and after my birthday to do the puzzles I got (pic) (my inner child was so happy)

also started reading the book that I got (pic) and it is already so thrilling (although there are a lot more new English words than I am used to ... Do I really need to start studying English more seriously again? I mean, I guess you can never really learn all words in a language, but still...)

discared the plans that I had for an advent calendar for my parents because putting that stress on myself is not something I am going to do now - instead they will get higher effort christmas presents

this week's

reading / watching / listening

A Lesson in Vengeance - Victoria Lee

7 vs Wild

Ice On My Teeth - Ateez

Man on Fire - Ateez

Enough - Ateez

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Finnish. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

about world languages

fun facts

glottolog

introduction by @ayearinlanguage

language breakdown by @linguisticsbunker

learning profile

playlist of samples

the finnish language [video]

“this user is learning finnish” userbox

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

alphabet & orthography

keyboard - branah

keyboard - typeit

letters in finnish

overview of finnish orthography

courses

a taste of finnish

bliubliu

book2

finnish for foreigners

finnish for foreigners 1 [pdf]

finnishpod101

fsi

mangolanguages

memrise

mondly

oneness

teach yourself: finnish [pdf]

unilang - finnish for beginners

uusikielemme

worddive - finnish for immigrants [mooc]

cultural & historical info

acultura’s culture tag

names & their meanings by @languagesandshootingstars

overview of finnicization

dictionaries

dicts.info

fincd

kielitomiston sanakirja

ses finnish-estonian dictionary

suomienglantisanakirja

suomisanakirija

urbaani sanakirja

wiktionary

forums

quora

unilang

grammar books & guides

iso suomen kielioppi

overview of finnish grammar

grammar points

adessive case

consonant gradation / overview of consonant gradation / consonant gradation

coordinating conjunctions

“joka”

locative system / overview of the finnish locative system

nominal inflection

noun cases / overview of noun cases

postpositions

vowel harmony

listening practice

librivox [audiobook library]

lyrikline [poetry library]

literature

Bible

Kalevala

list of finnish poets

logoslibrary [virtual library]

project gutenberg [virtual library]

Quran [scans]

rosary prayers

runeberg [virtual library]

media

pocoyo [youtube]

ted talks

v2.fi [tv player]

yle areena

movie recommendations

letterboxd

music recommendations

christmas songs masterpost by @languagesandshootingstars

disney songs [youtube playlist]

music masterpost by @languagesandshootingstars

spotify playlist by @languagesandshootingstars

spotify playlist by @polyglotinthemaking-blog

news

aamulehti

kaleva.fi

keskisuomalainen

suomen kuvalehti

turun sanomat

yle

phrasebooks & travel guides

loecsen [audio phrasebook]

wikivoyage

pronunciation

a report of the standford phonology archive [scans]

forvo [pronunciation dictionary]

overview of finnish phonology

quizzes & exercises

clozemaster

user-submitted exercises - quia

vocabulary games - digitaldialects

vocabulary games - internetpolyglot

vocabulary quizzes - iteslj

radio

radio sweden

social media

finnish [discord]

/r/finland [reddit]

top youtube channels in finland

wikipedia

youtuber recommendations by /r/finland

speaking tips

idioms

list of spoonerisms

mistakes english speakers make by @lilyfrances

profanity / overview of finnish profanity

regional finnish terms

tumblrs

@depressingfinland

@finlandfacts

@finnishfun

@finnishwordoftheday

@finnishwords

@sonetti

@suomi-finland-perkele

@thisisfinnish

verbs

agressive mood

conjugation table

conjugator - logosconjugator

conjugator - verbix

future

impersonal verbs

instructive case

momentane

“olla”

overview of verb conjugation

passive form

passive present tense

verb forms

verb list

wikiverb

vocabulary

all saints’ day

art

autumn

babadada [vocabulary tool]

baking

black friday

books

candy

cars

cleaning up

compliments

cooking

cozy

death

dinosaurs

dogs

easter

eurovision

father’s day

finland / finland

frequency lists

friday the 13th

halloween / halloween

hobbies / hobbies & interests

homonyms

introductions

kekri

kwanzaa

library

millenial slang

money

music

northern lights

numbers / numerals

onomatopeias

palindromes

parenting

photography

pigs

pizza

santa claus

shopping

shrove tuesday

sign language

sleeping

snow

sun

top 88 vocabularies [scans]

toys

weather

wedding

youtube

finnishpod101

learn finnish with comedy

learn finnish with kirkou [playlist]

[lily-learns-finnish]

Helsinki vocabulary

Corrects are very welcome. This is just what I have been using, or hearing, or seeing around me - but I sense no one is correcting me on my quite poor Finnish. 

Vocabulary

aamiainen - breakfast

apteekki - pharmacy

eduskuntatalo - parliament house 

elokuva - movie

juustokakku - cheesecake 

joulu - Christmas

joulupukki - Santa

joulutorttu - can’t translate but it’s a “danish” and it tastes nice

kakku - cake

kahvi - coffee

kahvila - cafe/coffee house

kiitos / kiitoksia - thank you

kirjasto - library

kirkko - church 

kylmä - cold

lahja - present 

lämpö - warmth

lämpötila - temperature 

museo - museum 

musiikkitalo - music centre

olut - beer

pipo - beanie (wooly hat) 

ravintola - restaurant 

tori - market

väsynyt - tired

yliopisto - university 

Phrases and sentences

Asutko Helsingissä? - Do you live in Helsinki?

Hauska tavata - Nice to meet you

Hauska tutustua - Nice to meet you 

Voinko saada latten? - Can I get a latte? 

Kuinka vanha sinä olet? - How old are you?

Mikä se on? - What is it?

Mikä on sinun ammattisi? - What is your profession? 

Enemmän kuin lahja - More than a present. 

Anteeksi, minä en puhuu suomea kovin hyvin. - Sorry I don’t speak Finnish very well. 

Pidä hauskaa - Have fun 

Oletko varma? - Are you sure? 

Mennään - Let’s go. 

[finnland-lizzy]

Teach & Learn Finnish

The language department of ULapland offers the “Teach & Learn”-programme, where you teach someone your mother tongue and vice versa. The German teacher Jörn connected me with Eevi, who became my Tandem, but also my friend.

We met for two hours every week, talking, eating or baking together. It was such a great time and opportunity every week, to of course improve my Finnish, but also learn more about Finland and Finnish culture. It was also really interesting to come up with things to talk about, especially the details about German folk clothing (which I have never worn and knew nothing about).

The pictures are from the time Eevi taught me how to make traditional Finnish pastries Joulutorttu :)

We also watched the Independence Days linnajuhlat, but more about that in the post about Independence Day!

12.09.2018,

German: Fairytale Sleeping beauty in different  difficulty levels

Finnish: Talking about Finnish culture

20.09.2018,

German: Movie Sleeping beauty in German

Finnish: Finnish Music

26.09.2018,

German: Holocaust and Nazi Germany

Finnish: The Sami culture

11.10.2018,

German: Quarkkeulchen traditional German cooking

Finnish: Letter in Finnish with military vocabulary

12.10.2018,

German: German Unification and watching German  political videos

Finnish: Finnish society

24.10.2018

German: German traditional celebrations

Finnish: Trip to Finnish nature and small talk

29.10.2018

German: Read Aschenputtel

Finnish: Koirien Kalevala

08.11.2018

German: Healthcare in Germany

Finnish: Finnish Celebrations

12.11.2018

German: Watching the movie “Cinderella” in German

20.11.2018

German: Traditional German Clothing

Finnish: The Moomins

29.11.2018

German: German Music

Finnish: Finnish Inventions

03.12.2018

German: Christmas Baking & Culture

Finnish: Christmas Baking & Culture

06.12.2018

Finnish: Finnish Independence Day celebration

Thank you so much Eevi, for this wonderful time! You made my Erasmus better :)

[languagesanddoggos]

Winter vocabulary in Karelian

based on Winter vocabulary in Finnish by @languagesandshootingstars

talvi - winter talvikuu - December pakkaskuu - January tuhukuu - February rastavu - Christmas uuzi vuozi - New Year lumi - snow lumitiähty - snowflake tuhu - snowstorm lumiukko - snowman röččy - sleet raiš - hail jiä - ice jiäpuikko - icicle jiädyö - to freeze pakkaine - sub-zero temperature kylmy - cold lumehiine - snowy jiähiine - icy libei - slippery viilei - chilly kylmiä - to feel cold pimei - dark hämär - dusk valgei - white harmai - grey mustu - black siniine - blue tuli - fire tuohus - candle

[lordviridis]

Ranting about some family stuff, if you don’t want to ruin your holiday spirit, feel free to skip.

Christmas with family is always so much fun. mostly because our family’s humour is what it is, and I’m the most left-leaning on a political scale (and by Finnish standards, I’m not all that left tbh. By the USA standard on the other hand...).

But we have a new joke avenue this year, and that’d be Nazis. From the previous zero, we’ve gotten to two and half jokes, and that’s just the first day we’ve been together. 

First my dad wanted to complain about perch that he’d bought and been charged the wrong price, and after he’d been trying to get in touch with the store for some time, and we told him to let it go, he said “this is mein Kampf”, like really, that was the comparison you wanted to make?

And then my brother noticed a Christmas ornament I had brought my parents, and after my mom said I got it from Germany, he went with “I’d have expected a swastika”. This included an eye roll and keeping my mouth shut about German law, because then I’m the uptight one.

Also could someone also tell my brother that Germans don’t talk like they saw one of Hitler’s speeches back in secondary school and then almost a decade later try to sound like that? Because that was his idea in the summer, and he decided to continue with it (not all that impressive when his vocabulary is basically Scheiße, so there’s that), because me saying that I’ve never hear any German talk like that isn’t enough.

I mean I do love him, but let’s be honest, he can be a cunt.