Fun with Finnish (and other languages)

[Jukka Aho]

and porras... I mean, I saw once... on someone's blog... a picture of a sign saying PORRAS in Finnish... what does that mean?

The Google Images search engine will usually help with these kind of questions, especially if you limit your search results only to the “.fi” domain. Try it!

porras = a stair; a single step in a flight of stairs
portaikko = a flight of stairs
porraskäytävä = a stairwell

(Sometimes porras is also used in a more generic sense, for the entire staircase, but that’s a bit silly in my opinion...)

[vn]

especially if you limit your search results only to the “.fi” domain.

I didn't know you could do that!
(Mutta Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotone(?)sta)

[Jukka Aho]

especially if you limit your search results only to the “.fi” domain.

I didn't know you could do that!

Yeah, you can do that with the regular Google searches as well. Just add site:domain (for example, site:fi, or site:co.uk) among the keywords you’re searching for.

(Mutta Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotone(?)sta)

tietokoneista

tieto = knowledge, information
kone = machine
tietokone = “knowledge/information machine”

[vn]

(Mutta Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotone(?)sta)

tietokoneista

tieto = knowledge, information
kone = machine
tietokone = “knowledge/information machine”

Kiitos!
Does this I in tietokoneista means the word is in plural?
Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotoneista - I don't know much about computers ?

[vn]

Oh... I just found out someone whose last name is Porra...
Is that a common name (family name) in Finland?

[Von Metterling]

Finnish / Albanian:

kusi = pee, piss / cooker

Finnish / Italian:

selvä / selva = clear, sober / forest
moro = bye / black haired, Moor

[Jukka Aho]

Does this I in tietokoneista means the word is in plural?

Yes. It’s the usual plural marker.

Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotoneista - I don't know much about computers ?

Exactly.

[vn]

Finnish / Italian:

selvä / selva = clear, sober / forest

haha Same in Portuguese! Selva means "forest, jungle"... haha

[vn]

Does this I in tietokoneista means the word is in plural?

Yes. It’s the usual plural marker.

Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotoneista - I don't know much about computers ?

Exactly.

Kiitos!

[Jukka Aho]

Minä en tiedä paljon tiekotoneista - I don't know much about computers ?

Exactly.

Kiitos! :)

Well, except that it’s tietokone and not tiekotone... :)

[muhaha]

Luin jostain että kreikan sana 'peina' tarkoittaa nälkää. Lausutaan kuten suomen 'piina'.

[Hank W.]

More like "agony"...

In greek there is a good song "paskalittera" for finnish army...
littera= army special tricket to get free transport
paska= sh*t

So, no leave

[sammy]

More like "agony"...

In greek there is a good song "paskalittera" for finnish army...
littera= army special tricket to get free transport
paska= sh*t

So, no leave

No, actually hunger does seem to be πείνα ... agony is αγωνία or μαρτύριο... (based on an on-line dictionary - don't ask me in more detail, it's all Greek to me )

But paskalittera... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgiKSpOdxj8

[sammy]

Tässä toinen suomi-kreikka -esimerkki... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chMDsXnpBnQ

Mono ja kaappi! ("Only love"? -> ski-shoe and cupboard )

Ai joo.. ja vielä "Anna vissi" "Vissi" is colloquial for "varma" (certain) No se on varma = no se on vissi

[Andrew_S]

porras = a stair; a single step in a flight of stairs
portaikko = a flight of stairs
porraskäytävä = a stairwell

(Sometimes porras is also used in a more generic sense, for the entire staircase, but that’s a bit silly in my opinion...)

Am I right in thinking that porras is sometimes used in the sense of entrance? Like porras A and porras B in some large buildings, I seem to remember seeing.