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To clarify; we were talking about a thread for the finnish language on Name one thing you did today -thread, so here it is. I though I'd extend this a bit so it wouldn't be just about finnish.. So feel free to disguss what ever language you like in here.

Some words and sentences in finnish:

I/ Me = Minä (just to confuse you, I'd say "mie" because of the dialect I speak)
You = Sinä (in my dialect, sie)
Us = Me (in my dialect, myö)

Thank you = Kiitos
Nice to meet you = Hauska tavata
I love you = Minä rakastan sinua
Where's the loo? = Missä on vessa?

I bet you'll get far with those

Minä rakastan on vessa

Out of interest, how is the ii said? I always presumed it was like a 'ee' like how we'd say the name Lisa with an i at the end for saying your name Liisi!

You just said I love is loo You were propably going for Minä rakastan vessaa

That's exactly how you say it, Jezi, like the i in Lisa.

Good Thank You Liisi.

I don't speak finnish = En puhu suomea

I don't understand = En ymmärrä

And one that I've heard too many times:

Please lower your voice = Ole hyvä ja puhu hiljempaa

Blagman, you're just lovely...

blagman! You're absolutely fast learner!

By the way Liisi, just to confuse others:

I = minä = and with other dialects 'miä' or 'mä' or 'mää' or 'meitsi' as well!
You = sinä = and with other dialects 'siä' or 'sä' or 'sää'
She/He = hän = and with carelian dialect 'hää'
We = me = with dialect 'myö'
You = te = with dialect 'työ'
They = he = with dialect 'hyö'

And people loves to learn what's 'blueberrypie' in Finnish at least after they have been eaten it. It's 'mustikkapiirakka' (mustikka = blueberry and pie = piirakka)!

Hello! = hei, moi, terve, morjens, moro, tere
Goodbye = näkemiin, moi, terve, hei, heippa, moikka, morjens, moro, tere
My name is... = Minun nimeni on...

Suddenly I'm happy my dad decided not to speak Finnish with me...

Noooo! It's a lovely, ugly sounding language! The only beautiful sentence I've heard is "Alavilla mailla hallanvaara".

I don't think Finnish is ugly, but it's sooo difficult to learn.

Yep - it's riches if you've born into a family where you can learn at least two languages at the same time!

remember this sentence:
(in Finnish) Heinäsaaren kaunis impi
(in Swedish) Hö-ön skön mö
(in English) Hey-islands beautiful maiden



I know Mia - I was in Sweden last summer and when I came back home it was really hard to begin to speak in Finnish again only after a week. Now I meet my own tutor in Swedish at work, a client with whom I have to speak in Swedish nowadays, because she refuses to speak with me in Finnish no-more because we made silent agreement to speak with each other in Swedish when we meet. Och det är jättetrevligt!

Well compared to french or english, I think it is. I can imagine it must be hard to learn, though.

Well, my dad is a Finnish speaker and my mum is a Swedish speaker, they speak both languages with each other, but only Swedish with me and my brother. They thought we'd learn one language completely instead of two languages badly. They did have a point, because we have both learned Finnish in school/at work/in everyday life.