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Pursuivant
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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by Pursuivant » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:22 am

I'd say "ikimuistoisia hetkiä", as kaunis has the violins and sunset instead of duelling banjoes... also I actually liked Kalmisto's original "kun yhdessä kolusimme Amerikkaa". Thats a bit "road-trip crew memories" style.
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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by AldenG » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:27 am

I agree on the ikimuistoisia hetkiä, forever-memorable moments.

And I'd never have done 4 edits on my previous post if I'd noticed it already had a successor. At least not for the kinds of little tweaks I was doing.
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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by AldenG » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:30 am

So in sum, that gets you to:


Suuret kiitokset kaikesta ystävyydestä, avusta ja tuesta kun olimme yhdessä Amerikassa. Minulla oli ikimuistoisia hetkiä kanssanne.
As he persisted, I was obliged to tootle him gently at first and then, seeing no improvement, to trumpet him vigorously with my horn.

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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by micheldf » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:28 am

thank you all!
well as a not native speaker you have a very good knowledge of the words and their meanings...and a good critic :)

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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by Upphew » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:06 am

I was going to ask yesterday how old are you and how much love you shared, and by love I was going to imply same that Pursuivant said. Love is much more loaded word in Finnish, especially with the older people. Teens, might be different... nowadays even quite hetero males seem to be loving and kissing each other...
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Re: sentence for my finnish friends :) help

Post by micheldf » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:30 am

yes i know what you mean...i am 22 yo and i know the importance of this word...the problem is that, even tho i love english, sometimes it has not enough words, for example I LOVE YOU is too general, u can use it with a friend, with your mom and with your wife...maybe affection expresses better what i mean, but affection is not used so often in english..


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