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Hank W.
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by Hank W. » Sat Sep 06, 2003 10:52 am
moon oikias
soot vääräs
soon kans vääräs
moomma oikias
tootta vääräs
noon aivan mettäs!
[How the Ostrobothnians conjugate the 'be' verb
I am right
you are wrong
he is also wrong
we are right
you are wrong
they are totally lost!]
Just as a note this joke shows how the dialect condences the 'minä olen'. In Helsinki it is already 'mä oon' and thus m'oon isn't *that* difficult. Needless to say the difference between written "book Finnish" and colloquial dialects is great.
So even if you've passed 4-5 Finnish courses and end up somewhere you don't understand half, don't worry. Some dialects are impossible for Finns to mutually understand too
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
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Samppa
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by Samppa » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:02 pm
Emmä tie = Minä en tiedä (or En minä tiedä)
Onks Kimi tääl? = Onko Kimi täällä?
Kiitti = Kiitos
Mis sä oot? = Missä sinä olet?
Ollaa(n) = Olemme
Se = Hän
etc...
GRRRR!!!
