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1. The Finns aren’t “in a very bad mood”… they are like “a bear shot in the ass” (Kuin perseeseen ammuttu karhu).

2. The Finns aren’t “broke”… they are “open in the ass” (Persaukinen).

3. The Finns aren’t in a “great hurry”… they “run using a head as a third leg” (Juosta pää kolmantena jalkana).

4. The Finns don’t think someone is “crazy”… they doubt “if one has all the Moomins in the valley” (Olla kaikki muumit laaksossa).

5. The Finns don’t use a “computer”… they have a “knowledge machine” (Tietokone).

6. The Finns don’t “get big-headed”… they have “piss coming up to their head” (Nousta kusi päähän).

7. The Finnish children don’t wait for a Santa Claus on Christmas Eve… they wait for a ‘’Christmas buck” (Joulupukki).

8. The Finns don’t ask “how are you?”… they ask “what are you hearing?” (Mitä sinulle kuuluu?)

9. The Finns don’t call remote places “godforsaken”… they state that a place is “behind God’s back” (Jumalan selän takana).

10. The Finns don’t say women are curvy… they say that women “have something to get a hold on” (Olla jotain, josta pitää kiinni).

11. The Finns don’t say “fuck you”… they tell you to “sniff cunt” (Haista vittu).

12. The Finns don’t have fairytales about “dragons”… they tell stories about “salmon snakes” (Lohikäärme).

13. The Finns don’t say someone looks extremely happy… they say one “smiles like a sun in Naantali” (Hymyillä kuin Naantalin aurinko).

14. The Finns don’t say something “vanished into thin air”… they say it “disappeared like a fart in Sahara” (Kadota kuin pieru Saharaan).

15. The Finns don’t say that “as a result of a rush something was implemented poorly”… they say something was “pissed while running” (Juosten kustu).

16. Angry Finns don’t say they will “kill you” …they offer to “take you behind the sauna” (Viedä saunan taakse).

17. The Finns don’t encourage you (or themselves) to “drink more”… they just say that “a drop won’t kill and you can’t drown in a bucket” (Ei tippa tapa eikä ämpäriin huku).

18. The Finns don’t think something is “very heavy”… they think it “weights like a sin” (Painaa kuin synti).

19. The Finns don’t say that “it’s water under the bridge”… they say “it’s snow of the past winter” (Menneen talven lumia).

Hei! I had an idea of letting my character Unto to show everyday life situations in finnish, but in the way I, as an a native speaker say things. (Meaning spoken language and lil’ bit of words from the dialect I speak.  First one is an easiest way to order that I could think of, because you won’t need to conjugate any words. 

Honestly, I have no idea how a french sausage ended up in Finland (and nearly nowhere else). The Frankfurter is much more popular and nearly impossible to differentiate (wiktionary doesn’t know the difference) without biting into them, but I’ve tried all three, and nakki is definitely the same as knack. 

A few popular captatives and the root noun: kala ‘fish’ -> kalastaa ‘to fish’ sieni ‘mushroom’ -> sienestää ‘to pick mushrooms’ marja ‘berry’ -> marjastaa ‘to pick berries’ saalis ‘prey’ -> saalistaa ‘to hunt (hunter is an animal)’ metsä ‘forest’ -> metsästää ‘to hunt (hunter is human, to hunt for’

FINNISH (SUOMI)

Learning:

Uusi kielemee - Extensive grammar and vocab

Tavataan Taas! - Course for beginners

UUNO - Interactive vocab and grammar

Memrise | Beginner’s Finnish

Tumblogs | finnishwords

YouTube | inFinnish (vocab)

E-books & PDFs:

Teach Yourself Finnish - Link to download PDF

Beginner’s Finnish - Link to download PDF

Finnish: An Essential Grammar - Link to download PDF

Tools:

/r/LearnFinnish - Help, discussions and resource sharing

FinCD - EN<=>FI dictionary

Verbix - Conjugate verbs

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Media:

News | Yle Selko Uutiset (in easy Finnish)

Radio | Yle (group of stations)

TV (Live) | Yle Teema (culture)

ESTONIAN (EESTI)

Learning:

Keeleklikk (via sign up) - Well-formatted, practical interactive course with animations

Memrise | Complete Estonian

YouTube | Little Miss Squirrel (vocab)

Tools:

Nastik - EN<=>ET dictionary

CoolJugator - Conjugate verbs

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Media:

News | ERR, Postimees

Radio | Sky Plus (top 40, pop), Sky Plus Eesti (Estonian songs in both EN & ET)

SAMI (SAAMI)

Oahpa! - In-depth grammar guide (North dialect)

Memrise | Lexin Lule Sami with Audio, Basic Northern Sami 1 & 2, Basic Inari Sami, Basic Pite Sami, Basic Skolt Sami

Giellatekno - EN<=>Ter dictionary

Sami Vocabulary - EN<=>North glossary

Giellatekno - Skolt->EN dictionary

Paradigm generators for Inari, Kildin, Lule, North, Pite, Skolt & South - Congujations, declensions, etc. for words

News | Ávvir (North)

Radio | NRK Sápmi (North, talk, intl. music)

TV (On Demand) | Ođđasat (North, daily news program)

VÕRO

Memrise | Basic Võro

Estinst.ee - Short page on differences between Võro and Estonian

Omniglot - Short page of phrases

Glosbe - EN<=>VRO dictionary

Synaq.org - ET<=>VRO dictionary (usually don’t put non-English tools on, but it’s just past midnight and honestly I’ll take what I can get; you could always pair with Nastik (EN<=>ET) because Glosbe doesn’t have much)

Fly or Die - Online games in Võro

News | Uma Leht

Video | Jäno-Jussi multika (cartoons), UmaPido (music festival songs and clips)

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