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re: Learn Finnish or Welsh?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:11 pm to OceanMan
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:11 pm to OceanMan
If I go with either, it'd be my fourth language. I'm quite good at Russian and German and have managed to find native speakers to talk to. I've been back and forth with Mandarin, as soon as I make progress I lose interest and back off. Yes it's a bad habit. Neither Welsh or Finnish would be useful in Texas, but they're both truly unique. People here hear that you know something like Finnish or Russian they're like "wow"... if you tell them you speak Spanish, you're just like everyone else. Hope this makes sense.
And thank you very much for taking the time to give me some pointers on this subject. Kiitos! Diolch! Vielen Dank!
And thank you very much for taking the time to give me some pointers on this subject. Kiitos! Diolch! Vielen Dank!
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:11 pm to The Silverback
If you're American when you go into bathroom, what are you when you come out of the bathroom?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:14 pm to Old Money
Norwegian is definitely on my list. I've tried to learn Icelandic but materials were severely limited and it was hard to find native speakers (even on YouTube) to listen to.
What did your Finnish friends say was the most difficult aspect of learning the language?
What did your Finnish friends say was the most difficult aspect of learning the language?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:17 pm to The Silverback
Finland is better than Wales.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:18 pm to eng08
For what its worth, the man with the worlds strongest grip is from Wales
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:18 pm to The Silverback
Definitely Finnish, it’s closer to russian.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:19 pm to The Silverback
quote:
Boring
you're boring
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:19 pm to The Silverback
Been to both. Friends from both, Finland is much better.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:50 pm to The Silverback
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What did your Finnish friends say was the most difficult aspect of learning the language?
It translates over to nothing we know. Grammar isn't hard but you have no reference for words. Some of the words I've picked up on I just have to force myself to associate to something. With a germanic language, often I can read new words and immediately associate them to a word in english. With Finnish it looks like you slammed your head on the keyboard and threw vowels (a's and i's especially) allover.
I'm going to throw some random words out there, try to see which ones you can pick up on. Sound them out and think of the closest english word you can think of.
fisk / kalastaa
brød / leipää
øl / olut
vindu / ikkuna
regn / sade
en mann / mies
hund / koira
jeg liker du / pidän sinusta
Mandag Tirsdag Onsdag Torsdag Fredag Lørdag Søndag / Maanantai Tiistai Keskiviikko Torstai Perjantai Lauantai Sunnuntai
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I've tried to learn Icelandic but materials were severely limited
For Icelandic:
You can find natives here: LINK (keep in mind it's a younger community, probably around college age)
You can text/voice chat with native speakers. there are channels with educational resources in there as well. It is definitely harder to find good material for learning Icelandic
This post was edited on 12/3/20 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:53 pm to The Silverback
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I'm quite good at Russian and German and have managed to find native speakers to talk to.
Russian is sweet. We have a decent amount of Russians in Miami so I get to practice every so often. I know the alphabet but I have yet to dive deep into the language. I know some basic stuff. Definitely want to learn more.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:30 pm to The Silverback
Why would anyone want to learn Welsh? Both my in-laws are from Wales and only my MIL speaks it. It's a fricking wild language.
From what I understand, there has been a resurgence in the Welsh language. More and more younger people are learning the language FWIW.
From what I understand, there has been a resurgence in the Welsh language. More and more younger people are learning the language FWIW.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:37 pm to Old Money
This is gonna be fun. Let’s see how my very limited knowledge of Finnish is. Not googling any of these.
fisk / kalastaa -Fish
brød / leipää -bread
øl / olut -some type of beer. There’s a Finnish drinking song with this word in it
vindu / ikkuna -ah, it was the German that gave this one away. Window or opening or something like that
regn / sade- king or royal or something?
en mann / mies - man?
hund / koira -hound/dog
jeg liker du / pidän sinusta - hmmmm...well, minu rakistan sinua I love you...and the sinu root in sinusta must be a variation of that. Jeg I think is referring to the self in Nordic languages...du is you in German...
So it’s got to mean “I like you” or something to that effect
Mandag Tirsdag Onsdag Torsdag Fredag Lørdag Søndag / Maanantai Tiistai Keskiviikko Torstai Perjantai Lauantai Sunnuntai -days of the week obviously
fisk / kalastaa -Fish
brød / leipää -bread
øl / olut -some type of beer. There’s a Finnish drinking song with this word in it
vindu / ikkuna -ah, it was the German that gave this one away. Window or opening or something like that
regn / sade- king or royal or something?
en mann / mies - man?
hund / koira -hound/dog
jeg liker du / pidän sinusta - hmmmm...well, minu rakistan sinua I love you...and the sinu root in sinusta must be a variation of that. Jeg I think is referring to the self in Nordic languages...du is you in German...
So it’s got to mean “I like you” or something to that effect
Mandag Tirsdag Onsdag Torsdag Fredag Lørdag Søndag / Maanantai Tiistai Keskiviikko Torstai Perjantai Lauantai Sunnuntai -days of the week obviously
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:43 pm to The Silverback
Neither
Finnish is a muthafricka to start with.
Welsh, naw, not unless I lived in western Wales.
Spanish or Mandarin would be the most practical unless you are in a specific industry or had familial ties to some other language.
Finnish is a muthafricka to start with.
Welsh, naw, not unless I lived in western Wales.
Spanish or Mandarin would be the most practical unless you are in a specific industry or had familial ties to some other language.
quote:Who gives a shite?
what sounds more "cool" to learn?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 1:50 pm to The Silverback
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While native speakers for both are rare, what sounds more "cool" to learn?
I used to travel to Swansea for work. When I would go to the pubs, they would all speak Welsh until the figured out that I wasn't British. It was a really cool language to hear.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:00 pm to The Silverback
Droz: What's your major?
Sanskrit Major: Sanskrit.
Droz: Sanskrit? You are majoring in a 5000 year old dead language?
Sanskrit Major: Yeah.
Droz: [Searches through a pile of theses] Latin, it’s the best I can do.
Droz: Who is next?
Phys. Ed. Major: Phys. Ed.
Droz: Phys. Ed? you're out of my room. Seriously, get out.
YouTube
Sanskrit Major: Sanskrit.
Droz: Sanskrit? You are majoring in a 5000 year old dead language?
Sanskrit Major: Yeah.
Droz: [Searches through a pile of theses] Latin, it’s the best I can do.
Droz: Who is next?
Phys. Ed. Major: Phys. Ed.
Droz: Phys. Ed? you're out of my room. Seriously, get out.
YouTube
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:02 pm to The Silverback
Learn Spanish or Mandarin.
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:21 pm to fr33manator
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fr33manator
Good work! I had to look up some of the Finnish. When I looked up the days of the week I started laughing. I will say, it's interesting to see even small similarities across the three languages with the loan words over the years.
Thursday / Torsdag / Torstai - Thor's day
Crown / Krone / Kruunu
King / Konge / Kuningas
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:24 pm to Old Money
I think I only completely missed the Mark on one.
The regn-sade one. I mistakenly thought it might have a Latin root. Like reign (instead of rain. Duh)
I always loved speaking what little Finnish I could with my grandma and papa.
I really regret that I didn’t take a trip to Finland with them back when I was a teenager. Would have been a memory to see my ancestral homeland.
I would love to go there before I die. We still have family there
The regn-sade one. I mistakenly thought it might have a Latin root. Like reign (instead of rain. Duh)
I always loved speaking what little Finnish I could with my grandma and papa.
I really regret that I didn’t take a trip to Finland with them back when I was a teenager. Would have been a memory to see my ancestral homeland.
I would love to go there before I die. We still have family there
Posted on 12/3/20 at 2:27 pm to The Silverback
I'd go for Finnish. They may have ancient texts that could be really amazing to read. Supposedly had top tier wizard/sorcery stuff. There was apparently great battle between the frisians and finns. So I think I'd go with Finnish based off the amount of interesting history I know about each, which in fairness is about nil for Wales.
I like Duolingo. Seems pretty easy to use and learn with.
I like Duolingo. Seems pretty easy to use and learn with.
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