Suomi-Finnish

[Rinali]

Moi! (means 'hello' in slang!)

yksi, kaksi, kolme (one, two, three)

En varsinaisesti ole ikinä pitänyt koko maasta...mutta joopa joo

[mr_shadow]

Ok, i wanna learn. Hit me

You could start with the basic "hello", "my name is" and "i am", cuz thats the first thing you learn in every language :P

Which reminds me...i should post a list of swedish adjectives you can put after "jag är", otherwise the hrase is kinda useless....

[batanga]

Ok, i wanna learn. Hit me

You could start with the basic "hello", "my name is" and "i am", cuz thats the first thing you learn in every language :P

Which reminds me...i should post a list of swedish adjectives you can put after "jag är", otherwise the hrase is kinda useless....

Hello - "Hei" (casual), "Päivää" (more formal), "Moi" (casual)

My name is - "Minun nimeni on" or just "nimeni on"

I am - "minä olen" or just "olen"


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Finland is all good but the language sucks monkey's balls:tem

[Aredhel]

I like finland because of HIM and Nightwish otherwise its just colder and smaller than sweden... :P
oh... i'm 3/4 finnish so I know how to speak the language =D

[Rinali]

Do not take these seriously!!

English-Finnish translations


Can`t stand no longer - Ei seiso ilman lonkeroa
I`m just asking - Olen vain persekuningas
Can You hear me - Kannussa sinä, täällä minä
Undressed custom model - Tullin alastonmalli
Manicure - Raha parantaa
I have been there - Minulla on papu siellä
God only knows - Jumalan ainoa nenä
To be or not to be? - Ampiaiselle vai ei?
Escort service - Escort-huolto
We are the champions - Olemme herkkusieniä
Do You feel allright? - Tunnetko kaikki oikealta?
Bye bye baby, baby good bye - Osta osta vauva, vauva hyvä ostos
My baby left me - Vauvani vasemmalla
I fell in love - Kompastuin rakkaaseen
Just in case - Vain salkussa
Hard disc operation - Rankka tiskausoperaatio
I will never give up - En koskaan oksenna
Oh dear - Voi peura
I saw my Honey today - Sahaan hunajaani tänään
I`m going to make you mine - Menen tekemään sinulle kaivoksen
May God be with you - Toukokuun hyvä mehiläinen kanssasi
Finnish people - Lopeta ihmiset
Phone seller - Soita sellerille
Good products - Jumala ankkojen puolella
Let`s have a party - Perustetaan puolue
Holiday with son - Harley Davidson
Watch out! - Vahdi ulkona!
I know his story well - Tiedän historiallisen kaivon
Press space bar to continue - Lehdistö avaruusbaariin jatkoille.
Hungry like a wolf! - Unkarilaiset pitävät susista
By the way - Osta tie
How many Windows - Koira meni ikkunasta
How many plums - Koira meni uimaan
How many boys - Koira meni pois
I'll be back - Aion olla selkä
Give me a break - Anna jarru
I see - Silmämeri
Bye bye - Osta piiras
Carpet factory - autolemmikkitehdas
Sex festival - kuusijuhla
Before skin -esinahka
Before play - esileikki
As you wish - persettä sä haluat
You can count on me - voit laskea päälleni
Passports, please - jättäkää urheilu väliin, olkaa hyvä!
Liverpool - maksa-allas
No panic - No panitko



Humor in Finnish

puhekielessä

"suomeksi"

bakteeri hitiö
benchmarking valioanalyysi
deodorantti raikaste
digiboxi tv-sovitin
energiakvantti

tarmoerkale

globalisaatio maapalloistuminen
hands-free laite

kädet vapaana laite

mentori työkummi
popkorni

paukkumaissi

ruumis kalmo
sello haarasoipio
työvoimapooli työvoima-allas
virtuaaliportaali

lumeveräjä

wc eriö

[mr_shadow]

Hows the scentance construction in finnish? do the words come in the same order as in swedish, or do you speak "backwards" like the japanese do? "Television i am watching", lol

[batanga]

Hows the scentance construction in finnish? do the words come in the same order as in swedish, or do you speak "backwards" like the japanese do? "Television i am watching", lol

Minä(I) katson(watch) televisiota(tv) = I watch TV.

So, it´s not backwards like that. Although you can answer to Q "what are you doing?" backwards. IE:

Mitä(what) olet tekemässä(are you doing)?

Telkkaria(television//slang word) kattelen(I´m watching//slang word).

But, I think that´s only in casual speech/slang.


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I don´t remember how they construct sentences in swedish, though.

[mr_shadow]

I don´t remember how they construct sentences in swedish, though.

Jag (i) tittar (looking) på (at) tv

[mr_shadow]

How simmilar is Finnish to Russian then? Since the two contries are right next to eachother, id expect SOME simmilarity

[batanga]

I don´t know russian at all, but I think there isn´t much similarity between the two.

Finnish is Uralic and russia Indo-European. That´s all I can remember and I have no idea if that even matters...

[Noex]

I don´t know russian at all, but I think there isn´t much similarity between the two.

Finnish is Uralic and russia Indo-European. That´s all I can remember and I have no idea if that even matters...

well that means that those to launges aren´t from the same well they aren´t relatet to eachother, they aren´t from teh same launge family from the start if you get me. (currently reading about the launges familys etc etc) :laugh

[batanga]

Ah, yes. I got it now, thanks.

[mr_shadow]

Ah, ok. I knew already that they dont SOUND simmilar, but neither does swedish and german (who are kinda simmilar) so i thougt id check

[chauronity]

The finnish people are lame. :amuse
*sarcasm*

[batanga]

The finnish people are lame. :amuse
*sarcasm*
:tem
Indeed they are.

And finnish as a language sucks. We don´t have a single cool word in our dictionary:sad

[mr_shadow]

We don´t have a single cool word in our dictionary

Oh, thats not true. At least "perkele" is used sometimes by swedes becouse it sounds more powerful than our curse-words.

Id like to add that i think swedish has the largest inventory of curses of any language ive tryed

[M00se]

Finnish damn hard language :P i prefer swedish becous its fun to talk swedish in a croud of pure finnish :) since you have to learn swedish in schools here but some people just dont pay attention :)

noh kaverit montako suomalaist täält löytyy :P

well ,how many finnish people can we find here :P


ps.yup finnish language sucks -___- its cold here its wet

[doc_thomas]

Moi! (means 'hello' in slang!)

yksi, kaksi, kolme (one, two, three)

En varsinaisesti ole ikinä pitänyt koko maasta...mutta joopa joo

please! you haveta teach me how to curse in finnish.
like shit, fuck, asshole etc.

[M00se]

Paska=shit

Persreikä=asshole (comes from 2 words Perse =ass Reikä=Hole)
Fuck = this one gets complex becous alot of finnish people use alot of words the get the same meaning as Fuck

example :Haista vittu = smell your pussy (well i use this one more like Fuck you then smell your pussy :P)

there are alot of swear words but the most common one you can use with a combination of any swear word is Vittu = pussy :)

you can say haista vittu (we leared this one already :P) vitun homo = pussy gay (or fucking gay) vittu is a magical word witch can be combined with many words :)


Perkele = Damnit (best choice of word for a teenager in finland combined with vittu it becomes a series of random nonsence and cursing :D)

example:haista vittu perkele saatana vittu vittu perkele ...etc :P this is what i hear from teenagers ^^


Saatana = Satan / the Devil / Evil . you can use this word with perkele so it becomes God damnit (altho this isnt the real word for god damnit but we will get to that in a minut) this word cant really be combined with many swear words to become a great insult mostly just vittu saatana or perkele :)


Jumalauta= combined of 2 words Jumala (god) Auta (help) this is the real word for god damnit altho this word has never truly bin ment to be a swear word but the times have changed and now the meaning of the word has changed aswell. The real word was more of a prayer to god , god help me = jumala auta minua.


Runkku / Runkkarit = Wanker ,Wankers. Once again another word to be combined with vittu :D if combined it becomes fucking wanker .


any more word you wanna know :D

[batanga]

LMAO, great one, moose. It´s all accurate, too.

[Yoshi]

I've decided to learn some Finnish, and I've found this place has some nice phrases spoken to make it easier. http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Finnish/FSFinnish.htm

[cygnus]

how do the umlaots and other accents (as in the double dots and any other symbols) work in Finnish. My dad told me they aren't the same as German, which is just pretty much adds an e after the vowel.....

Oh and Finnish is the most isolated language in the world. I think Hungarian had some similarities and so did one other country and its completely different to all of the others....

[mr_shadow]

Oh and Finnish is the most isolated language in the world. I think Hungarian had some similarities and so did one other country and its completely different to all of the others....

Right and wrong. The language of the Sami* is supposedly related to finnish. However, the Sami dont have their own country, so people forget to count them.

*= The "natives" in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway and Finland. The swedes originate from Germany and Danmark, and came into the country from the south. The Sami originate from Russia and Finland, and came into the country from the north. Think of them as the scandinavian equivalent of indians

[Sid]

Sami is a general name for a group of the Uralic languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. Very often Sami is erroneously referred as one language for all Sami people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_languages

Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family (which also includes Hungarian)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uralic_languages

[batanga]

how do the umlaots and other accents (as in the double dots and any other symbols) work in Finnish. My dad told me they aren't the same as German, which is just pretty much adds an e after the vowel.....
Double dots and other symbols... we only have double dots on top of a and o.

Ä and Ö, they work just like you said, almost. Although they have their own pronouncation and stuff, I don´t really know this technical stuff :notrust





Lolololol

My name is Sami :P Don´t know how to talk it, though.

[Fozy]

Hello all, and I'm from Finland :D I think Finland people say: Haista paska. Than haista vittu. Paska = Shit.

[Fozy]

And sorry bad english :D