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Dayum the Finns sure use a lot of really long words. I’ve heard that Finnish is very difficult to learn, the grammar is so complicated. It has 15 different forms of a noun depending on the particular context.


22 posted on 01/29/2009 7:09:37 AM PST by Texan Tory
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I tried it once, but didn’t finnish...


28 posted on 01/29/2009 7:11:32 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (WHAT? Where did my tag line go? (ACORN))
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To: Texan Tory
Dayum the Finns sure use a lot of really long words. I’ve heard that Finnish is very difficult to learn, the grammar is so complicated. It has 15 different forms of a noun depending on the particular context.

I think you exaggerate. Take this sentence for example, directly translated it says "No cats": Alla ovat Ympäristöministeriön viimeisimmät viralliset vuokrasopimus mallit.

Unfortunately, you miss the beauty of the spoken language and the wonderful onomatopoeia as the word for cat sounds just like a cat spitting up a hairball.

35 posted on 01/29/2009 7:22:51 AM PST by CommerceComet
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