#i love finnish

[kuppikahvia]

i love finnish slang culture so much like for example somehow we think "mielipide" (opinion) is too long of a word and just shorten it to mp (and not only just in text but out loud too), and then we just simply disregard any inflections for the next word

so instead of "[mikä on] mielipiteesi tuoleista?" ([what's your] opinion on chairs?) we would only say "mp tuolit" (opinion chairs) and i love it

[valkoinenlintu]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers ♡

~ @karin-in-action

1. finnish / finland

2. spekti's songs / spekti

3. friends & mutuals :)

4. art / music / literature

5. that i'll soon own my very first vinyl ^-^

[sualne]

something i wish i'd see more in trigun fanarts is people having vash speak their native/non-english languages completely unprompted, ive seen folks have him speak french, which he canonically knows, but i really do believe he's a polyglot. mostly because of that one time in the desert when he saw the samurai and wanted to greet him in japanese but struggled to remember how to even say hello.

my headcanon is that rem had them learn as many languages as possible but with the big fall and so many people dying, which i think is what led english to became No man's land main (or even only?) language, means that vash (and knives!) both got horribly out of practice and are various sort of rusty in every others languages.

what im saying if there's any pun or joke you've been dying to write but just doesn't work in english vash (and knives!!) are right there!

[artharakka]

Twins Like Lynxes

[canisalbus]

hi sorry in advance if this is weird but i couldn't for the life of me figure out who machete was reminding me of and just now i figured it out - surku the dog from the moomins. can't remember enough to tell how accurate that is personality wise but something about the image of a distressed pointy-nosed dog shivering in a coat... plus ne on molemmat ahdistuneita queer ikoneita

I love Surku! Surku must be protected at all costs.

If you ask me, he's even more distressed in the comics.

I keep him on my fridge door as well.

But now that we're on the topic of Moomin characters, I must add that I see Machete in various Fillyjonks a lot. The short story Fillyjonk who believed in disasters is one of my favorite pieces of literature ever, when I first read it it shook me to my core, I still revisit it on yearly basis. For someone who seemed so wild and free spirited by nature, Tove Jansson did remarkable job at catching and depicting the essence of anxiety, uncertainty, vague sadness and irrational fears. At least in my opinion.

[huitunkuutti]

Have a Gnomeful christmas and a gay new year !!!

[lullabycures]

itkettää ja naurattaa nää tokmannin halloween-tuotteet tänä vuonna

[mehilaiselokuva]

Finnish names for the declensions

If you have ever taken a Finnish class, you might be used to the anglicism-type names, but I advocate for the native Finnish versions! Here are the declensions that exist in Finnish today:

Nominative - nominatiivi - nimentö Accusative - akkusatiivi - kohdanto Genitive - genetiivi - omanto Partitive - partitiivi - osanto Inessive - inessiivi - sisäolento Elative - elatiivi - sisäeronto Illative - illatiivi - sisätulento Adessive - adessiivi - ulko-olento Ablative - ablatiivi - ulkoeronto Allative - allatiivi - ulkotulento Essive - essiivi - olento Translative - translatiivi - tulento Abessive - abessiivi - vajanto Instructive - instruktiivi - keinonto Komitatiivi - komitatiivi - seuranto

The following cases have no native Finnish names, but still exist in Finnish as a means to derive words:

Prolative - prolatiivi (ohitse) Superessive - superessiivi (tuolla) Delatiivi - delatiivi (kaikkialta) Sublative - sublatiivi (sinne) Lative - latiivi (alas) Temporal - temporaali (tuolloin) Causative - kausatiivi (eniten) Multiplicative - multiplikatiivi (viidesti) Distributive - distributiivi (englantilaisittain) Temporal distributive - temporaalinen distributiivi (sekaisin) Situative - situatiivi (lähekkäin) Oppositive - oppositiivi (vieretysten)

[prolibytherium]

I fucking love this painting. The Defense of the Sampo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1896).

[e-von-dahl]

Wait so is it common knowledge that the name Käärijä is a pun or do some people have no idea?

Basically käärijä means like, a candy wrapper, and y’know, he’s a rapper

[variksel]

"blake lively is nordic and his favourite food is potato and his second favourite is sulströmming" EVERYBODY SAY THANK YOU FREDDIE WONG!!!!!

[ratatatastic]

finnish goalies are breaking in their gear I REPEAT JUICE AND UPL ARE BREAKING IN THEIR GEAR (x)(x)(x)(x)(x)

[hailthedoll]

[explosionaxezhouse]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAKITA!!!!!!!!!!!!! (please don't obliterate me for this :pray:)

[canisalbus]

You should plan on doing a meet and greet one day!

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[knit-by-daylight]

Moomin and Moominmamma socks ❤️