Do Finns mind ulkomaalaista puhua huono suomea?

weijie · Post by **weijie** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:47 pm

I actually missed a lots of chance speaking Finnish, I always worried slow reacted suomea would bother Finns. I only speak lots of suomea to my Finnish teacher, because I know she will be significantly tolerant since I am her students.
I am wondering what is the attutitue of Finns when they find that foreigners trys hard to speak and learn their language, will they/you be tolerant our bad suomea?

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:32 pm

Depends. If you make ears bleed or not. You just need to try and keep speaking.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:34 pm

Remember that if you want to speak finnish then you dont understand english

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:40 pm

For some switching to English maybe rather automatic, so you have to be little persistent.

Otherwise I don't think there is problem if you know enough that understanding and being understood will not cause too much frustration.

Oombongo · Post by **Oombongo** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:25 am

just be careful when you ask for plastic bag from ladies on counter

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:12 am

weijie wrote:I am wondering what is the attutitue of Finns when they find that foreigners trys hard to speak and learn their language, will they/you be tolerant our bad suomea?

I'd say that most Finns like and respect you if you try to learn and use Finnish. But there is time and place for learning and when you start to build queue behind you...

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