Yliopisto-vowel harmony

AliB · Post by **AliB** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:24 am

*arrgh* -am currently on section two of that Teach Yourself Finnish book (only got it on tuesday) and am TOTALLLY confussled, the word yliopisto, it has both types of vowels in! is that just an exception to the general rule, like the thousands that do that in french?
Am determined not to give up on this though, even if i make a public idiot of myself on online forums

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Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:33 am

AliB wrote:*arrgh* -am currently on section two of that Teach Yourself Finnish book (only got it on tuesday) and am TOTALLLY confussled, the word yliopisto, it has both types of vowels in! is that just an exception to the general rule, like the thousands that do that in french?
Am determined not to give up on this though, even if i make a public idiot of myself on online forums

It's a compound word, (yli-opisto) Vowel harmony only has to be true for the component parts of a compound work. There are also borrowed non-compound words such as Olympia that are disharminous.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:21 am

.... but as for the endings they can fluctuate. So, word with conflicting vowel combinations can have either front or back vowels in its endings.

mookoo · Post by **mookoo** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:13 am

<--- contemplating whether she really wants to move to Finland

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:20 am

mookoo wrote:

Nainen palaa. Hän tuli muttei jää.

PeterF · Post by **PeterF** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:28 am

Hank W. wrote:
mookoo wrote:
Nainen palaa. Hän tuli muttei jää.

does that not depend on whether she wants to be..

yksi nainen or yksinäinen nainen

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:00 pm

yksi nainen or yksinäinen ....

mookoo · Post by **mookoo** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:03 am

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