For example a single word "kauppa" which means shop has 2253 different forms :O.
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~fkarlsso/genkau2.html
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~fkarlsso/genkau2.html
You want to learn Finnish?
Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/You want to learn Finnish? That's a lot of kauppa, shame I don't know what it all means.
Finnish aside though, I think many people here though need to learn the meaning of 'Finish', especially the form 'Finish project'.
Finnish aside though, I think many people here though need to learn the meaning of 'Finish', especially the form 'Finish project'.
lol@Enay
Well how many words, or word pairs in English have the word "Shop", with the meaning "Shop"
ie. Shopkeeper, ShopWorker, ShopBought, Buchers(Shop), etc (And dont forget we could use store instead of shop)
ie StoreKeeper, StoreWorker, StoreBought, Buchers(Store), etc
ie. Shopkeeper, ShopWorker, ShopBought, Buchers(Shop), etc (And dont forget we could use store instead of shop)
ie StoreKeeper, StoreWorker, StoreBought, Buchers(Store), etc
Don't forget the all important variation, that is Shoplifting.
Hey, we like to be bit strange! :)
While I was learning german at school the teacher said to us in the first lesson that "it's a beautiful language, very structured and straightforward... but there are some expections to the general grammar rules.." - and boy, they were SOME. Like thousands. So is it easier to learn those or learn a system that's working like a... ummm... something, like finnish?
More finnishfun:
Longest Finnish Word
The longest acceptable Finnish word is
lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas
(according to theFinnish edition of Guinness Bokk of Records) which has 61 characters and translates approximately to technical warrant officer trainee specialized in aircraft jet engines. This word has actually been in use in the Finnish Air Force.
here is another long one...
KOLMIVAIHEVAIHTOVIRTAKILOWATTITUNTIMITTARI
and another...
EPAJARJESTELMALLISTYTTAMATTOMYYDELLENSAKAANKO?
Some Finnish Tongue Twisters
Vesihiisikö se sihisi hississä.
Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata penkilla pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu.
Appilan pappilan apupapin paksuposkipiski pisti poskeensa paksun papupurkin.
Kokoo kokoon koko kokko! Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko.
Alavilla mailla hallan vaaraa
The Finnish language holds the world record for the longest palindrome (a word that can be read the same bothways), The word
"saippuakivikauppias"
(translating "soap stone salesman") has a few variations. The most commonly know (shorter) version is "saippuakauppias" (translating simply "soap salesman") while the more ambitious (longer) version is "saippuakalasalakauppias" (translating "black market soap fish salesman"). It is, however, unknown whether soap fish actually exists or if there is a black market for it anywhere.
While I was learning german at school the teacher said to us in the first lesson that "it's a beautiful language, very structured and straightforward... but there are some expections to the general grammar rules.." - and boy, they were SOME. Like thousands. So is it easier to learn those or learn a system that's working like a... ummm... something, like finnish?
More finnishfun:
Longest Finnish Word
The longest acceptable Finnish word is
lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas
(according to theFinnish edition of Guinness Bokk of Records) which has 61 characters and translates approximately to technical warrant officer trainee specialized in aircraft jet engines. This word has actually been in use in the Finnish Air Force.
here is another long one...
KOLMIVAIHEVAIHTOVIRTAKILOWATTITUNTIMITTARI
and another...
EPAJARJESTELMALLISTYTTAMATTOMYYDELLENSAKAANKO?
Some Finnish Tongue Twisters
Vesihiisikö se sihisi hississä.
Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata penkilla pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu.
Appilan pappilan apupapin paksuposkipiski pisti poskeensa paksun papupurkin.
Kokoo kokoon koko kokko! Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko.
Alavilla mailla hallan vaaraa
The Finnish language holds the world record for the longest palindrome (a word that can be read the same bothways), The word
"saippuakivikauppias"
(translating "soap stone salesman") has a few variations. The most commonly know (shorter) version is "saippuakauppias" (translating simply "soap salesman") while the more ambitious (longer) version is "saippuakalasalakauppias" (translating "black market soap fish salesman"). It is, however, unknown whether soap fish actually exists or if there is a black market for it anywhere.
Great. So now you foreigners know why we expect you to learn English instead of us learning your 2253 forms-per-word languages XD
@ Enay, thats included in the etc bit