The Finnish Language

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  @Langfocus · 6 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @veuxtuetremonami · 9 years ago

  i met a linguist in finland. he was Romanian and knew 14 languages perfectly (it was impressive, he spoke with no accent) including very challenging ones. he told me that after he finally succeeded in learning Finnish (after many years actually living in helsinki) he realized it was its biggest success. &quot;After you learn Finnish, you have the right to see yourself as the king of the world&quot; he said

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  @daphneedescends · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m greek and I want to share a funny story with my finnish friends:<br>The old greek flag is the same as finnish flag, EXCEPT, the cross is white and the rest is blue.<br>When we were around 5 to 7 y.o. in school, in national holiday days (2 times per year) the teachers would give us flags with only the lineart of the flag, for us to colour. <br>Me and some other kids, always messed the colours up and practically drew the finnish flag. The teachers would explain that this is not the right way, but never excluded us from the feast. So every kid would hold its flag for the school feast, only about 1/4-1/3 of them were practically finnish ones.<br>The finnish flag might be the first flag I &nbsp;knew apart from greek for that reason.

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  @hh-ei2nq · 5 years ago

  English: &quot;I wonder if I should run around aimlessly&quot;<br>Finnish: &quot;Juoksentelisinkohan&quot;

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• FL

  @FLS96 · 5 years ago

  This man knows things about my language that I don&apos;t.

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• AS

  @aspexpl · 10 years ago

  Fact : about 70 people in Finland don&apos;t belong to a metal band.

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  @esonoimporta1750 · 5 years ago

  Learning Finnish is no joke. I learn Finnish and now am at intermediate level and learning a different language can really open your mind. You literally have to change your way of thinking and approach to the language.

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  @olofholm8612 · 5 years ago

  Finnish is so logical, so consistent - and beautiful. And the spelling is without exception; you spell as it sounds.

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  @TheKentaurion · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m a swedish speaking Finn and I just adore the beautiful way to construct new words in Finnish. Not to mention Finnish poetry. Absolutely beautiful.🥰

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  @Pyovali · 10 years ago

  -Kokko, kokoo kokkoo koko kokko.<br>-Koko kokkoko?<br>-Koko kokko.<br>Finnish is pure poetry.

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  @FireKraftStudios · 6 years ago

  Everybody gangsta until the grammar cases show up

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  @sallakolehmainen4535 · 9 years ago

  In spoken, casual Finnish we often use &quot;se&quot;, the Finnish equivalent of &quot;it&quot;, instead of &quot;hän&quot;.

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