Juni Ori, on Apr 29 2008, 01:30 PM, said:
Those who are interested, if any, here's a lot of stuff and links.
Nice collection of links, though, thanks.
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Juni's Finnish lessons (split from the language thread by popular request)
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 03:59 PM
Heh, at first I thought it was just a shameless Nightwish plug.
Nice collection of links, though, thanks.
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 04:01 PM
Hehe, admitted, it might had been. But seriously, I stumbled upon it and thought immediately you.
...70 years... LOL
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 12:08 PM
Hehe, just realized that word "alaskaan" has (at least) two meanings, depending on is it written with capital or not. It means either "to Alaska" or "not even down". 
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Stupid dogs make me think stupid things...
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Your neck looks very... tasty!
Posted 04 June 2008 - 12:13 PM
Strange how the same word has such different meanings. 
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 01:56 PM
Well, that's because Finnish is a cool language. Once I've finished this wretched dissertation, I will make a serious effort to learn it...
Once I've finished this wretched dissertation, I will make a serious effort to learn it...
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 04:03 PM
As always, feel free to ask if you have problems or are unsure about something. I bet Pot can help too, if I'm not around. Or Ari.
Immediate edit: There are a lot of similar examples, like...
noita - (of) those or witch (that first one is pretty darn hard to translate, to me at least...)
kuusi - six or spruce
...brainfart... okay, there are a lot of them! Trust me. I can add some later if I come up with them.
Immediate edit: There are a lot of similar examples, like...
noita - (of) those or witch (that first one is pretty darn hard to translate, to me at least...)
kuusi - six or spruce
...brainfart... okay, there are a lot of them! Trust me.
I can add some later if I come up with them.
...70 years... LOL
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Posted 24 June 2008 - 12:52 PM
This weeks translation assignement to Fennophiles:
"Keski-ikä keskiajalla oli aika korkea ikä."
"Keski-ikä keskiajalla oli aika korkea ikä."
...70 years... LOL
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Posted 24 June 2008 - 12:57 PM
Translation: Be nice to hobbits everywhere? 
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Posted 24 June 2008 - 01:01 PM
Not quite...
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Posted 24 June 2008 - 01:49 PM
Umm....
Keski-ika - middle age
aika - sometime
ika - age
I think... Not sure what the other words are
Keski-ika - middle age
aika - sometime
ika - age
I think... Not sure what the other words are
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Posted 24 June 2008 - 02:28 PM
You probably won't find that meaning of "aika" in dictionaries. It does also mean "time", but in spoken language it's used the same way as "melko".
What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk?
