Also to me happens with some of my Finnish friends... I think they do a poor service to their own culture when they say things like «learn X language instead, it's more useful» (answering in English to my conversation attempts in Finnish). Never heard a single Catalan saying anything close to that. Every language is important, because every language carries a unique vision of the world.
I'm still a beginner after two years home study, but what I find curious is how the word order follows English so closely. What is most difficult is the fact that the words do not resemble any other European language, apart from borrowed words. Then the case endings....! When I worked in a rural part near Kuopio back in the 90s, almost nobody in the little village spoke English and I had to learn a few phrases in Finnish for the post office, the café, the service station and the supermarket. In the cities and hotels, yes, they spoke English, but the few efforts I made to speak Finnish were always well-received with smiles!
There are many reasons for learning that beautiful language. It's cool to understand my finnish friends better and it's even cooler to have a secret language no one outside of Finland can speak. And there are more... ;)
The joke I thought of after going to Finland several times (and living with my friends out in the country- I was no tourist!) was that Finnish language was so difficult, even the natives don't like to speak that much! Because Finns are so quiet, etc. LOL
That's great you can study! That's ok, it actually can take awhile to master the R sound. Even Finnish children struggle with this letter for years (& they're native) so don't be too hard on yourself 🙏
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Also to me happens with some of my Finnish friends... I think they do a poor service to their own culture when they say things like «learn X language instead, it's more useful» (answering in English to my conversation attempts in Finnish). Never heard a single Catalan saying anything close to that. Every language is important, because every language carries a unique vision of the world.
You have a great perspective on this & I agree! Thanks for sharing 🙌
I'm still a beginner after two years home study, but what I find curious is how the word order follows English so closely. What is most difficult is the fact that the words do not resemble any other European language, apart from borrowed words. Then the case endings....! When I worked in a rural part near Kuopio back in the 90s, almost nobody in the little village spoke English and I had to learn a few phrases in Finnish for the post office, the café, the service station and the supermarket. In the cities and hotels, yes, they spoke English, but the few efforts I made to speak Finnish were always well-received with smiles!
The case endings make it very hard, true! 😱
Even my Finnish friends question why I'm learning the language lol They think it's useless to learn but it's such a pretty language imo
Haha this is very common! So glad you like the language, you can learn it for sure 💪
There are many reasons for learning that beautiful language. It's cool to understand my finnish friends better and it's even cooler to have a secret language no one outside of Finland can speak. And there are more... ;)
These are great reasons! Thanks for sharing 😊
The joke I thought of after going to Finland several times (and living with my friends out in the country- I was no tourist!) was that Finnish language was so difficult, even the natives don't like to speak that much! Because Finns are so quiet, etc. LOL
Haha this is really funny! 😂
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Ole hyvä! 😊
A few years ago.. I tried to learn the danish language.. But it was too difficult.. And I runaway.. And today I still keep running🏃♂️
Haha, well maybe it's time to run back towards the language 😉
Finnish is a difficult language for Europeans. Slavic speakers won't be scared by the harmony of vowels, a bunch of cases, endings and suffixes, etc.
Nice! Thanks for sharing 👏
Moi,that answer my question to the comment I added on a previous video.Which to learn,spoken or written. Kiitos Varpu
So awesome to hear! Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but thanks for watching :)
I've been learning Finnish for about 3 weeks now. But I'm worried that I can't roll my R's. Despite following many RUclips videos :(
That's great you can study! That's ok, it actually can take awhile to master the R sound. Even Finnish children struggle with this letter for years (& they're native) so don't be too hard on yourself 🙏
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