When I was little, my grandma would recite various things to us in her mother tongue of Finnish. She is now suffering from pretty bad dementia, and it is hard to get her to connect back to past memories. I would really love to recall one specific saying/story she would recite, and I need your help!
My best phonetic guess is that it started with "vinksi vonksi vinksi vonksi" ... and it had something to do with a dog going in and out of the woods.
Does anyone know what I am talking about? How it is spelled? What the words mean? I really appreciate your help!
Finnish saying/story
Re: Finnish saying/story
Is it this...
Jompsis kompsis, jompsis kompsis,
koira metsään meni.
Susi tuli vastaan!
Sipusapu, sipusapu,
koira kotiin juoksi
?
Jompsis kompsis, jompsis kompsis,
koira metsään meni.
Susi tuli vastaan!
Sipusapu, sipusapu,
koira kotiin juoksi
?
Re: Finnish saying/story
...and I guess a rough translation would be (taking some poetic liberties):
Trudge, tramp, trudge, tramp,
The dog went into the forest,
A wolf appeared!
Tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap,
The dog came running home.
Trudge, tramp, trudge, tramp,
The dog went into the forest,
A wolf appeared!
Tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap,
The dog came running home.
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Re: Finnish saying/story
chrislaa wrote:...and I guess a rough translation would be (taking some poetic liberties):
Trudge, tramp, trudge, tramp,
The dog went into the forest,
A wolf appeared!
Tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap, tip-tap,
The dog came running home.
I think that might be it! Thank you so much! I also discovered I was looking for the words "vinksin vonksin"
Re: Finnish saying/story
Pippi Långstrump song comes to my mind, though I'm not sure how old that song is.annalisamp wrote:! I also discovered I was looking for the words "vinksin vonksin"
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Kaikki on vinksin vonksin
tai ainakin heikun keikun
arvaas oikun eikun
kuka oon joko arvaat sen
Ullan nimi on Ulla
nimi toinen vain on mulla
jos et millään arvaa
sanon suoraan sulle sen
etc.
"Elämme kovia aikoja, ystävä hyvä."
Re: Finnish saying/story
I googled with the words 'vinksin vonksin koira metsään meni', and found the following:
Koira meni metsään
jalat meni vinksin vonksin vinksin vonksin,
koira tuli metsästä
jalat meni sipi sapi sipi sapi
Apparently there are several different version of this dog-tale.
Koira meni metsään
jalat meni vinksin vonksin vinksin vonksin,
koira tuli metsästä
jalat meni sipi sapi sipi sapi
Apparently there are several different version of this dog-tale.