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Post by Lionheart on Sept 27, 2009 13:09:06 GMT 2
hrm After my recent holiday to Russia i think i can add a very basic amount of russian The rest should be somewhere way up but i can;t find it Naitve: dutch Fluent: English Near fluent: German Bits n pieces: norwegian, russian, french, spanish
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Ariana
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Post by Ariana on Sept 27, 2009 20:17:05 GMT 2
today i havent time to learn more languages, im learning english... and im studying on the college. 1. native: castillian(spanish from south america) 2. foreign:some english learning at the moment: english would like to learn in the future: Italian , finnish, german,...and some other one. Hugs!
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Post by missspookiness on Oct 13, 2009 16:36:26 GMT 2
Native: Dutch Fluent: English Good: German A few words: Finnish, Swedish Languages I'd like to learn: Finnish, Russian, Danish.
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Post by Savi on Nov 16, 2009 21:59:49 GMT 2
Haha I try to learn some finnish words but all I´ve learned were insults The first words were " Haista Vittu" maaaan that´s not good Nobody will like if I tell them "Terve ...äh HAISTA VITTU!" well okay I learned " Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme" too ( Kaksi sounds like Kacke in german -.- xDDD ><) Why is this language so hard to learn :C
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Post by kuusuru on Nov 16, 2009 22:44:17 GMT 2
well okay I learned " Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme" too Don't expect to ever hear anyone say it like that - you get "yks, kaks, kol, nel" etc. Confused the hell out of me the first time I want to buy something, and they gave me the price like that. Thought they were speaking Swedish
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Post by Bartbär on Nov 16, 2009 22:52:14 GMT 2
Haha, that's the hardest part about Finnish, not just the fact that to us Germanic-language branch speakers have a hard time learning this Finno-ugric language with tons of different variants, but the fact that you don't get to learn any of the colloquial ways of saying anything until you actually get to Finland. It's a little easier to cope with in some languages, but Finnish is one of those ones that is hard enough to learn as it is, and throwing in colloquial expressions and the like just makes it even more so. Sadly too there are very few self-study books for Finnish in English. The ones they do have leave a lot to be desired. Although I've heard the "Finnish for Foreigners" series is pretty good, but I can't afford 100 dollars per textbook plus 30 extra for workbook.
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Post by kuusuru on Nov 16, 2009 23:04:11 GMT 2
Sadly too there are very few self-study books for Finnish in English. The ones they do have leave a lot to be desired. Although I've heard the "Finnish for Foreigners" series is pretty good, but I can't afford 100 dollars per textbook plus 30 extra for workbook. You'll get very far with Karlsson's Grammar and a decent Finnish-English-Finnish dictionary. I also like Agi Risko's recent edition of her book, it's pretty good. And there's the free online "Tavataan Taas" which is excellent for picking up some basics and pronunciation.
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Post by Savi on Nov 16, 2009 23:08:40 GMT 2
well okay I learned " Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme" too Don't expect to ever hear anyone say it like that - you get "yks, kaks, kol, nel" etc. Confused the hell out of me the first time I want to buy something, and they gave me the price like that. Thought they were speaking Swedish I talked to a finnish woman a few days ago and when she started to speak some finnish I was like "...huh?". Finnish sounds soo cute for example bussi for bus or konsertti for concert. I found Artistiforuumi or similar yesterday xD AH and I know kitara and basso muhaha Minulla on nälkä persereikä :/ xD
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Post by kuusuru on Nov 16, 2009 23:17:10 GMT 2
I talked to a finnish woman a few days ago and when she started to speak some finnish I was like "...huh?". Finnish sounds soo cute for example bussi for bus or konsertti for concert. I found Artistiforuumi or similar yesterday xD AH and I know kitara and basso muhaha Minulla on nälkä persereikä :/ xD ;D ;D ;D I'm sure the Finnish woman didn't say that to you!
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Post by Humppaporo on Nov 16, 2009 23:32:10 GMT 2
a very nice Finnish course is www.yle.fi/opinportti/supisuomea/kielioppi/of course it is not perfect, but it is the best thing i found on the internet. You do not really need a text book, there are also grammar overviews and word lists. And... it is free. It is written for immigrating foreigners. Some friends of mine tried it, and liked it.
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Post by Volk on Nov 17, 2009 0:16:29 GMT 2
Hmm, I used to know some words in Finnish (and also Swedish) but I forgot most of it... And I knew an insult that meant something like "the devils cunt", haha! Well, as long as I know the most impotent expression of all: Kippis! I'm happy (I see everyone is writing it, so... My native language is Hebrew, and I also know Russian and English. And as to languages I want to learn... Mostly German and Swedish and Finnish. But I guess it will never happen, unless I actually move to one of this countries...)
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Post by Bartbär on Nov 17, 2009 0:21:07 GMT 2
Wonderful site Humppaporo! I like seeing sites give details on the different verb forms and the like. If I'm not mistaken Finnish has something like 15 or so different forms, where as Germanic languages usually don't go anything past 4-6. Talk about scary! haha Savi: That is what I love about Finnish, even words like "coffee" are made to sound like native Finnish words. That is one of the things I dislike greatly about German, it is sad to see the vast amount of English words in German without being altered. Whenever I used to be able to watch German news every day on our public broadcasting channel, I hated hearing the sudden break from German for the simple use of an English word, it makes it sound so disconnected. Which is sad too because I absolutely Love German, and get sad when I run into an imported word and the only thing new I have to learn is what gender of a noun it is. Finnish on the other hand always flows with such beauty because every new word is altered to fit that transition. I think every language should do the same, but that's just me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 17:35:49 GMT 2
I'd like to learn to speak norwegian, germany, estonia and russia ( well we studyit it some in school but more ).
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Post by Savi on Nov 17, 2009 22:20:15 GMT 2
I talked to a finnish woman a few days ago and when she started to speak some finnish I was like "...huh?". Finnish sounds soo cute for example bussi for bus or konsertti for concert. I found Artistiforuumi or similar yesterday xD AH and I know kitara and basso muhaha Minulla on nälkä persereikä :/ xD ;D ;D ;D I'm sure the Finnish woman didn't say that to you! No of course not! But that´s something I can say
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Post by Bartbär on Nov 19, 2009 5:03:48 GMT 2
I've decided that I'm going to attend the University of Iowa within the next year or so, after I take another semester or two of community college. I originally wanted to transfer out west or east where there are mountains, lakes, and forests, but out of state tuition costs 3-4 times more than in-state, and I don't have the funds to spend a year in a state to be considered a resident just to get that discount. Anyways, it will be quite exciting once I make it there. My secondary language to acquire my German major is going to be Russian, which is quite exciting that they have Russian classes. I think they also have modern greek and even classes on ancient greek, of which I intend on at least sitting in on if I cannot take them for credits. Although I'm still not 100% sure how set my majors will be, I know no matter what I'll be having a heavy dose of language classes, and hopefully I can take my study abroad in Scandinavia or Finland somewhere after my first semester or two there.
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