Posted on 09/08/2021 7:45:12 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Cool site with video news clips in slow and simple Finnish. Closed captioning too. Something like VOA's Special English TV.
To BRL and other Freepers learning Finnish.
Study hard. Master these languages and make friends. Communists are global, so the right needs to be linked up as well to trade notes and concentrate efforts against the globalist conspiracy.
Meanwhile, never stop delving deeper into English. In this degenerate era of lame education & literature, we all have gaps in our English, no matter how much we may believe otherwise. And opposehigh rising terminal (HRT) (uptalk), infantile "verbing", and other attacks on our language.
Anyways, check out the link. Please do not share with leftists.
Good choice. Other than jazz, I haven’t listened to contemporary US music in many years. Record companies here put out so much degenerate junk since all the label mergers and acquisitions in the late 90’s.
And wear them on the outside.........................
A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: “One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian”. The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: “One Finn is better than one hundred Russians.”
Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again silence.
The calm Finnish voice calls out again: “One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!”
The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought.... Then silence.
Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander,
“Don’t send any more men......it’s a trap. There are two of them.”
Why can’t a Finnish man go swimming?
Because Helsinki.
I guess they stopped in 2019.
But it could have been more accessible, and even more useful, than the news in Finnish.
Or not. You can still find samples on line and the announcer's Finnish accent makes the Latin even harder to follow than it would ordinarily be.
I remember back in my Shortwave days, they used to do broadcasts in Esperanto.
Is Esperanto even still a thing today?
How did you get around to discovering Finnish culture? In my case, I learned a bunch of non-Euro languages and then decided it’s time to learn some European language besides English. Started with Russian, which is a cool one, but I never felt a connection to it. Finnish caught my ear and heart in a way Russian never did, so I switched to Finnish. Also I’m a fan of cold climate.
So glad. If I had enough money I would start a fund to issue big award checks to Americans who study any language other than Spanish.
Well...how hard is Finnish to learn? I’m getting older...will it be good brain exercise...or frustrating?
I have never actually heard Esperanto spoken except in the Red Dwarf “Kryten” episode.
I’ve watched a number of foreign films using the English subtitles, and after a bit I can understand a word or a phrase or two without using the translation. With Finnish? ... No way! Not a word of it sounds like anything I’ve ever heard ... but it is fascinating.
It’s my frustration with French, can read it, can even speak it, but if a person talks fast, can’t understand a word, all the words just kind of run into each other. How come they never talk like in the listening exercises, LOL!
Well, I speak very little French other than how to say “good morning” in the southern portion of the country: “Bonjour, y’all.”
It’s like those French have a different word for everything.
Grammar is outrageously hard compared to most other languages. I think it is often regarded as the most difficult language in the world that way. On the other hand, the writing system is straightforward and easy. And there is no gendering of words.
I’m getting older...will it be good brain exercise...or frustrating?
If you take your time and don't mind doing a lot of review, it could be the best thing! On the other hand I think other Nordic languages like Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic are not only easier, but they are Germanic whereas Finnish is part of a whole other language family not even Indo-European. I personally find the departure from Indo-European easier because completely unfamiliar words are easier for me to handle than words that are like twisted versions of English. Most people however find the contrary is true.
I think the main thing is, begin listening to it, and if your heart takes to it, and your mind gets set on learning it, your brain will expand to accommodate.
It is a cool one. Surprisingly good music too. Especially considering the fact Finland has a population of only 5 and a half million, it's a cultural powerhouse.
Thank you....we have Finnish diaries we’d like to translate so it has piqued my interest...I’ll check out Duolingo? and see if I can handle it.
I had a pen pal from Finland in the 1970’s. I became fascinated with the country then. Also, I grew up in Michigan and was aware of the Finnish influence in Northern Michigan. As a kid, I read about The Finnish fight with the Russians in 1939 and I really admired them. So it has kind of been my adopted country in my soul for a long time. As I am nearly retired and I want to learn a language, Finnish is the obvious choice for me. I have never taken language learning seriously , so I cannot comment on how hard it is other than what I read about it being difficult. But, with youtube and google translate and a lot of opportunity to learn from native speakers over the internet, It is easier to learn a language ( a 1st world language) today than any other time in history. It still takes an enormous commitment.
Google translate is an very good translating tool. You can try to type some of the stuff in there and see what you get out. It helps if you have some foundational knowledge in conjunction with google translate, but you will likely get the general idea of what the letters are talking about from it.
Dual lingo is a good start. I liken it to getting you into the swimming pool but not really teaching you how to swim very well. But getting in the pool is a big deal
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