#langblr finnish

[mehilaiselokuva]

Why did you learn Finnish?

To communicate with my parents and extended family. At age 1 I started to feel a bit hungry and decided I should start speaking so that my parents would feed me.

Hope this helps!

[discolesbo]

Ways to say "girlfriend" in Finnish

Tyttöystävä, tötsy ötsä, tötti pöddi, öödipöödi, tytti pyttis, tööttipötsi, ööli bööna, rönttö höttiäinen, tötö ödö, tötterö ötökkä, tyty ytty, töötti torvelo

[nonstopfandomposts]

My dealer: got some straight 🔥 gas 💯 this strain is called "the estonian language" 🇪🇪 you'll be zonked out of your gourd

Me: yeah, whatever. I don't feel shit.

5 minutes later: dude I swear there's a hidden preposition in this word

Minu sõber jüüri: the puhas Kass is lying to us

[victusinveritas]

A short guide to Finnish declinations (16).

[beelearnsfinnish]

[15-11-24, friday]

some messy scribbles from today's lesson! learned about directions today, and also did some speaking using food vocabulary and day-to-day topics. I'm always missing some vocab, but got some compliments on my progess since I'm able to make sentences quite nicely so happy about that!!

academic validation goes brr

still bit sick so that will be all my active studying for today, but will probably watch some vlogs for some inmersion. pretty happy about my progress :)

[gemsofgreece]

Greek Duolingo is not playing huh

[langvillage]

hello language learners! new this month in the language village, a chill way to practice a little bit every day: the one sentence club! as the title suggests, the idea is to write one sentence in your target language(s) every day. for an extra challenge, especially if your target language uses a different script, try handwriting the sentence too!

join the language village discord server to receive daily reminder pings, get inspiration from a daily question prompt, and participate alongside other one sentence club members!

feel free to tag #langvillage if you post your sentences on tumblr ✨

[reflectionsofthesea]

minä: Anteeksi, voin sanoa vain muutaman sanan suomeksi

kaikki: Katsokaa tätä pientä italialaista !! Se osaa puhua suomea

minä : p-p

kaikki: perhe? pasta? pizza?

minä: PASKA

[lily-learns-finnish]

"perse edellä puuhun" - literally meaning something like "ass first into a tree" but just used to refer to when you go about things in the wrong order or an illogical way

[una-ragazza-con-un-flauto]

Via sonomiguelangelo su Tiktok

Italia 🇮🇹 España 🇪🇸 Suomi 🇫🇮

[mehilaiselokuva]

what is wrong with your language.....

What IS wrong with Finnish?

The asks keep on getting more interesting!

This might be a bit off-topic but every time someone asks why Finnish is how it is I always blame Mikael Agricola. He did much of the work on the oldest standardized version of the Finnish language and is known for incorporating the (wildly different) Eastern and Western dialects into his work. This is why, for example, while the people in the West say "mettä" and the people in the East say "mehtä", the word for "forest" in the standard Finnish language is "metsä" (where did they even get this from...)

[multiversemittens]

First week of Finnish class:

Second week of Finnish class:

[tealingual]

Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha vocabulary in Finnish

Viikko - week Päivä - day Mielenkiinto - interest Rata - nightlife, going to bars, drinking (esp. during the weekend) Ilta - evening Aika - time Ulkokuori - shell Juoma - drink, beverage Huominen - tomorrow Tuoppi - pint Huoli - worry Tuoli - chair, seat Naamataulu - face Parketti - (dance)floor Maailma - world Samppanja - champagne Silmä - eye Puhe - speech Puoli - side Arki - everyday life; weekday, working day Mies - man Rankka - exhausting, hard Pitkä - long Nuori - young Jäinen - icy Sekaisin - messed up Vapaa - free Vakava - serious Toinen - other, another Olla - to be; to have Kumota - to down (a drink) Tuhota - to destroy, to demolish Pitää kiinni - to hold Miettiä - to think Tarttua kiinni - to grab Haluta - to want  Jatkaa - to continue Pysyä - to stay Kutsua - to invite, to call Olla lukossa - to be frozen Tulla - to come Lähteä - to leave, to go Tanssia - to dance Pelätä - to be afraid of, to be scared of Kaataa - to pour Karsastaa - to have eyes that are turned in different directions Sammaltaa - to slur Saada valta - to get (power) over Paljon - a lot, much Takana - behind Vielä - still Kaksin käsin - with two hands Niin kuin, “niinku” - like Kunnes - until Ei enää - no more Muutama - a few Päälle - on Tänään - today Tämä, “tää” - this Minä, “mä” - I Se - it, that Ja - and Ei - no Kun, “ku” - when Silti - still Vielä - still Nyt - now Jo - already Ei laisinkaan - not at all

[sarenhale]

I'm a big fan of getting better at a language you're studying, consuming a lot of listening content like podcasts and videos, and going from hearing a blurred static in your head when the language and words don't make sense and sound so unfamiliar, to slowly recognizing words here and there, and then eventually realizing you're following the entire conversation and you can understand everything they're saying...

[beelearnsfinnish]

[29.10.24, tuesday]

pretty happy cause i managed to get a good hour and half of studying done after struggling to find the time this past days. I'm still not up to date with my notes, but will hopefully be before my next lesson on Friday.

still have some writing exercises left to do, and definitely have to go over the past tense which i started learning during my last lesson. It's nice cause i feel like it'll make such a difference in how i perceive my progress if i'm able to finally talk in the past, and write about my days, previous experiences etc. Feels like I'm gonna unlock a good chunk of the language.

In other news I've applied to a volunteering program that looks amazing and it's in Helsinki, so fingers crossed cause I really want to get an interview, but don't wanna get my hopes super up.

Also!! It's been fun cause since I came back from Finland my instagram seems to think I'm still there or i'm finnish in some way cause all the reels and recommended content is in finnish now, and I've noticed I'm able to understand way more than I used to. I'm obviously still lacking lots of vocabulary and grammar, but I'm able to understand the general gist of the videos, which i wasn't able to before. Feeling good about that!

anyways, enjoy a photo of one of my walks when I was back in Finland, I love that road, I have so many pictures of those houses 🍂✨

[gemsofgreece]

Tiskata

In Finnish: doing the dishes

In Greek: what the crap