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re: Learn Finnish or Welsh?
Posted on 12/3/20 at 12:14 pm to Old Money
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 12:50 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
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