learning finnish

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:10 pm

hey..so it's my 1st post
im in my junior highschool year and im planning to study at UH..english major of course..but still i'd like to know more than moi paiva kiitos..before i actually live in the country
im from Romania and there is no possible way of studying finnish here..except for an elective in university..and i dont think 10 ppl in the country speak finnish..i went to the embassy and they dont have any classes or special programmes...what do u recommend?..suggestions..except for the classical finnish for beginners
thx a lot in advance:)

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meksikosuomen · Post by **meksikosuomen** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:26 am

Check in the "kielikoulu" section in this forum, there are a sticky with links of very good finnish courses on line, apart from this option, i think you have nothing else to do while.

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:30 am

muchas gracias

muy amable de tu parte

korppu · Post by **korppu** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:24 am

Try to drop the the Finnish-Romanian friendship society an email...maybe they can find somebody in the country to teach you, or at least somebody willing to help you via email;

Suomi-Romania seura ry
description:
address: c/o Matti Koskelo, Uurtajantie 6
zip:00430
town: HELSINKI
post box: -
phone: +358 (0)9-5665187, +358 (0)40-7785063
fax: -
email: matti.koskelo@newtech.fi
web: http://-
keywords: romania

http://srs.fw.bz/

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:55 am

thank u soooooo much korppu..somehow i didnt think abt researching this kind of association.
thx a whole lot
i wrote them an email and im gonna wait for the reply..knowing that it's holiday time now there

no hurry anyway

meksikosuomen · Post by **meksikosuomen** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:02 am

mad_ant wrote:muchas gracias muy amable de tu parte

No hay porque. (( so im the only fool who doesn´t speaks 25 different languages in here

))

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:42 am

loool no u r not..i speak french and spanish because they r rly close to romanian...im not that smart as to speak german..and other "freaky" languages...

let's meet for a beer when we both get to finland

meksikosuomen · Post by **meksikosuomen** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:06 am

mad_ant wrote:loool no u r not..i speak french and spanish because they r rly close to romanian...im not that smart as to speak german..and other "freaky" languages...
let's meet for a beer when we both get to finland

Sure,, so we have now a deal.

cheers.

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:33 am

when did u start learning finnish and how much have u progressed?i started abt a year ago by myself..buried in all sorts of grammar books and then i took a long long break out of frustration..now im begining to pull myself together and start all over agian

gon2o · Post by **gon2o** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:40 pm

mad_ant wrote:loool no u r not..i speak french and spanish because they r rly close to romanian...im not that smart as to speak german..and other "freaky" languages...
let's meet for a beer when we both get to finland

German is not that freaky (at least when it is your mothertongue)

OK we have this s...ty articles, therefore we use 11 cases less then Finnish

If you are able to learn Finnish then you are definitly clever enough to learn German too!

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:58 pm

i definetely meant freaky in the good way.. i always end up watching rtl for no particular reason...

if i studied german instead of french im sure i would speak it
in romania we have this thingy we kinda look up to the germans i think it's originated in WWII..german soldiers weren't too much into raping and pillaging like the russians..hence the german afinity

meksikosuomen · Post by **meksikosuomen** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:06 pm

mad_ant wrote:when did u start learning finnish and how much have u progressed?i started abt a year ago by myself..buried in all sorts of grammar books and then i took a long long break out of frustration..now im begining to pull myself together and start all over agian

Well, i cant talk about an specific or a formal date when i did start learning finnish, about my progress, well, im far to be fluent, but, i think i could survive in Finland more or less, however im not as good as to have a chat or something as complex. As you should know, there aren´t finnish courses in my country, all you have is what you can get by on line researching, and that´s exactly what im currently doing. Gon2o, i agree with you, german is not as freaky as for example japanese or even finnish are for me, and even french, of wich its pronunciation really drives me crazy.

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:27 am

yeah im trying to do the same thing..ordering books and study packages...at least i get a touch of the grammar and im sure this will help when i'll eventually be in a place where regular classes are available.
french has that rrrrrrrr - throat sound which can be difficult..but from the grammar point of view it's quite similar to spanish.
personally i sometimes have a problem with spanish from spain and spanish from ermmm argentina..i can unerstand the latter one..but can't help notice that some words..the slang is completely different..interesting how u split 2 groups of ppl at some point in time and then the languages evolve separately

emimi · Post by **emimi** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:50 am

This is what the Finnish embassy in Romania tells in their website:

Finnish language and culture studies in Romania

Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Faculty of Humanities: Finnish language and culture is studied as a second specialty (B language), these studies being co-ordinated by a native Finnish lector.
Every year on average 10 students start their Finnish studies, which include grammar, speaking exercises, literature, culture and history. All these studies are based on a good Nordic library, situated in the same building.
Every year the students have the possibility to attend summer courses on Finnish language and culture and family programs in Finland, organized by CIMO foundation.

Contact
information:
Universitatea Babes Bolyai
Catedra de Filologie maghiara
Strada Horea 31
3400 Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Lector: Ms. Outi Kultalahti
e-mail: omkulta@hotmail.com

At the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Finnish has been studied as an optional (facultative) language since 1997.
As the three years-long program includes only one course per week, these Finnish studies are focused on basic information on Finnish language and culture.
Students can participate to summer courses and family programs in Finland, organized by CIMO foundation.

Contact
information:
Universitatea din Bucuresti
Facultatea de limbi si literaturi straine
Catedra de hungarologie
Str. Edgar Quinet 7
70106 Bucuresti
Romania
Tel: +40-21-312.13.13

Contact them and get one of the students to teach you privately

mad_ant · Post by **mad_ant** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:48 pm

thank u very much for trying to help emimi

the only problem is that i'm in highschool..no university for now..so that's not an available option..hehhe believe me i tried everything in this country:)..almost..

thx again cheers

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