Hi!
My co-worker has quit his job to travel to Finland and start a life there. He's been studying Finnish for some time. I'm trying to find a cool good-bye gift for him and I've been thinking of getting him a joke book in Finnish language as he is notorious for telling bad/old jokes shamelessly every chance he gets. My problem is I have a hard time searching for books in Finnish as I do not speak it one bit.
Can you guys recommend me something that I can order in paper (not electronic format)? The more jokes the book has, the better
Thanks!
Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
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Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
Where do you live? Most Finnish bookstores don't deliver abroad.
When you find a suitable store, search for "vitsi", "vitsit", "vitsikirja", etc. Doesn't matter which one you pick, I'm sure all of the jokes are equally bad. Source: I read a lot of joke books as a kid.
When you find a suitable store, search for "vitsi", "vitsit", "vitsikirja", etc. Doesn't matter which one you pick, I'm sure all of the jokes are equally bad. Source: I read a lot of joke books as a kid.
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Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
http://fingerpori.org
Fingerpori is great but it might be above his current language level (the author likes to play on words). Maybe something to strive for
Fingerpori is great but it might be above his current language level (the author likes to play on words). Maybe something to strive for
Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
There's a few good ones in english:betelgeuse wrote:http://fingerpori.org
Fingerpori is great but it might be above his current language level (the author likes to play on words). Maybe something to strive for
http://www.expat-finland.com/living_in_ ... rpori.html
I''ve even seen the first one in a brazilian site, so it may be more popular than we think!
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Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
I've got a Meganaurut at home - you might be able to pick one up on Ebay. It's 1,000 pages of pretty weak one-liners (~800 pages of which are aimed at the Swedes), but I reckon it will do the job perfectly
Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
That would be
Voisitko suositella minulle hyvää vitsikirjaa
Tips in bitcoin please.
Jazqas
Voisitko suositella minulle hyvää vitsikirjaa
Tips in bitcoin please.
Jazqas
Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
Your best gift for him is sending him to a mental hospital for checkup. Why would anyone want come here?olaszakos wrote:Hi!
My co-worker has quit his job to travel to Finland and start a life there. He's been studying Finnish for some time. I'm trying to find a cool good-bye gift for him and I've been thinking of getting him a joke book in Finnish language as he is notorious for telling bad/old jokes shamelessly every chance he gets. My problem is I have a hard time searching for books in Finnish as I do not speak it one bit.
Can you guys recommend me something that I can order in paper (not electronic format)? The more jokes the book has, the better
Thanks!
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Re: Can you recommend me a good joke book in Finnish?
Oooh... I've got just the thing for you:
Vitsit in English - Finnish Joke Book
Gummerus
"How was your trip to England? Did you have any problems with the language?"
-"I didn't, but the people there did."
And the rest of them are similarly good/bad. So they're all Finnish jokes each with a translation... I don't know how to come by it though. I happen to have one on my shelf for various reasons.
Vitsit in English - Finnish Joke Book
Gummerus
"How was your trip to England? Did you have any problems with the language?"
-"I didn't, but the people there did."
And the rest of them are similarly good/bad. So they're all Finnish jokes each with a translation... I don't know how to come by it though. I happen to have one on my shelf for various reasons.