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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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 Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: Anyone speak Finnish? |
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I think there was someone from Finland on this board. If you help me translate this, I'd really appreciate it.  My Finnish is minimal. Only know phrases like kuinka paljon.
Kerro minulle asteikolla 1-10:
1. Kuinka paljon ajattelet minua p�ivitt�in?
2. Kuinka paljon surisit jos katoaisin?
3. Kuinka hyvin muistat puhlinnumeroni?
4. Kuinka mustasukkainen olet minusta muille?
5. Kuinka t�rke� olen sinulle?
L�ket� vastauksesi henkil�lle, jolta sait t�m�n viestin ja v�lit� viesti kaikille yst�villesi.
Also, does anybody know any better English-Finnish online dictionary than this? Word endings are painful. It makes it extra hard to look up words.
http://www.ilmainensanakirja.fi/ |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone speak Finnish? |
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| doggyji wrote: |
Kerro minulle asteikolla 1-10:
1. Kuinka paljon ajattelet minua p�ivitt�in?
2. Kuinka paljon surisit jos katoaisin?
3. Kuinka hyvin muistat puhelinnumeroni?
4. Kuinka mustasukkainen olet minusta muille?
5. Kuinka t�rke� olen sinulle?
L�het� vastauksesi henkil�lle, jolta sait t�m�n viestin ja v�lit� viesti kaikille yst�villesi. |
Tell me on the scale from 1 to 10:
1. How much do you think of me daily?
2. How much would you miss* me if I disappeared? (*miss=ik�v�id�, surra=grieve)
3. How well do you remember my phone number?
4. How jealous are you of me?
5. How important I am to you?
Send your response to the person from who you received this message. And also to your friends.
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Hope it helps! Umm, do you consider this as a spam, or did you get it from some nice Finnish lady?  Good luck if you did! Sorry but I can't help with that dictionary thing, though.
(Pst! I'm coming to Seoul at the end of the month. My GF (in Seoul) has a pretty decent Finnish Grammar book (which I bought for her) that you could probably copy if you wanted to...)
Last edited by SeoulFinn on Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:37 am; edited 1 time in total |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Back in high school, I had a Finnish girlfriend (she was an exchange student). The following year, I visited her and her family in west central Finland for a few weeks. I still hear from her now and again (it's been about twenty-five years since we last saw each other).
I learned some Finnish, but have forgotten most of it, except for the basic pleasantries.
Beautiful country and people. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Holy crap!!
Mith doesn't speak Finnish? |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| flotsam wrote: |
Holy crap!!
Mith doesn't speak Finnish? |
No, just some Estonian.
Kuinka paljon = kui palju, sinulle = sulle, etc.
I do like Star Wreck: in the Pirkinning though. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:52 am Post subject: Re: Anyone speak Finnish? |
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| SeoulFinn wrote: |
| doggyji wrote: |
Kerro minulle asteikolla 1-10:
1. Kuinka paljon ajattelet minua p�ivitt�in?
2. Kuinka paljon surisit jos katoaisin?
3. Kuinka hyvin muistat puhelinnumeroni?
4. Kuinka mustasukkainen olet minusta muille?
5. Kuinka t�rke� olen sinulle?
L�het� vastauksesi henkil�lle, jolta sait t�m�n viestin ja v�lit� viesti kaikille yst�villesi. |
Tell me on the scale from 1 to 10:
1. How much do you think of me daily?
2. How much would you miss* me if I disappeared? (*miss=ik�v�id�, surra=grieve)
3. How well do you remember my phone number?
4. How jealous are you of me?
5. How important I am to you?
Send your response to the person from who you received this message. And also to your friends.
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Hope it helps! Umm, do you consider this as a spam, or did you get it from some nice Finnish lady? Good luck if you did! Sorry but I can't help with that dictionary thing, though.
(Pst! I'm coming to Seoul at the end of the month. My GF (in Seoul) has a pretty decent Finnish Grammar book (which I bought for her) that you could probably copy if you wanted to...) |
Thank you so much. I think I got 80% right with my dictionary. It was a bit of work. She spams me every now and then.  Oh, btw, thank you for the offer but I'm living in Canada.  |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| I would have liked to learn some but, regrettably, the Finnishing School in my hometown closed up years ago. |
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