tässä elämä on

A hiccup to the tree fiber Another to the hagberry A third to the birch A fourth to the headland A fifth to the withy-band A sixth to the honeysuckle A seventh to the spear-hole An eighth to the stump Ninth over the fence Tenth right to the fence And the hiccup’s beheaded.

An old Finnish spell against hiccups, to be said in one breath in order to work.

Like any language, Finnish has a lot of loan words. A lot of them of them came from our neighbour countries Sweden and Russia, and more recently a lot of new words are coming from English. Here are some taken from Russian:

okay look i’m from england and like, whatever colour, favour, that’s my right but

1. Hogwarts House?

2: Patronus?

3: Butterbeer, fire whisky, or pumpkin juice

4: Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade?

5: Favorite shop?

6: Your quidditch team?

7: Top five ships?

8: Otp?

9: Notp?

10: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, or Durmstrang?

11: Your wand?

12: Owl, cat, or toad?

13: Character you most identify with?

14: Character you hate for no good reason?

15: Character you would bring back to life?

16: Character you just want to be happy?

17: What does amortentia smell like to you?

18: Favorite Hogwarts class?

19: Least favorite Hogwarts class?

20: Favorite professor?

21: Centaurs, mermaids, or ghosts?

22: Chocolate frogs or Bertie Bott’s?

23: Zonko’s or Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes?

25: The Leaky Cauldron or The Three Broomsticks?

26: Lowkey ships?

27: Favorite Marauder?

28: The Knight Bus or broomstick travel?

29: Unicorns or Thestrals

30: Your go to spell?

31: Quidditch position or spectator?

32: Favorite friendship?

33: Animagus?

34: Wizarding World job?

35: Your broomstick type?

36: Dream Yule Ball date?

37: Gobstones or Wizard Chess?

38: Crookshanks or Pigwidgeon?

39: Potions expert or charms expert?

40: Favorite common room?

41: The Quibbler or The Daily Prophet?

42: Favorite of the Golden Trio?

43: Fantastic Beasts or The Cursed Child?

44: Invisibility cloak, elder wand, or resurrection stone?

45: Favorite minor character?

46: Harris or Gambon?

47: Would you apparate?

48: Favorite book?

49: Favorite movie?

Reading French: a lot of words look like English, fairly straightforward, no casualties yet

Reading German: …where’s the verb gone? because i on sunday with my friend shopping went…

German tenses: wow look at these tenses that are easy to distinguish between

French tenses: is that the future, conditional, or imperfect???

German spelling: not massively difficult

French spelling: HAHAHAHA

German pronunication: things are said how they’re spelt, better master CH and R though

French pronunication: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Listening to German: as long as Hochdeutsch is spoken, all is good

Listening to French: what did i do to deserve this

Speaking German: did i send my verb to the end??? did i even say the verb??? oops i said k instead of ch

Speaking French: honestly why did i learn ALL these endings

French prepositions: not brilliant, not the end of the world

German prepositions: oh just kill me now

Telling people you’re learning French: “But it’s so easy and boring!”

Telling people you’re learning German: “But it sounds so violent!”

French grammar: WHY

In Finland we do not have a “Valentine’s Day” so to say, here the 14th of February is a day dedicated to friends, which I think is nicer than having to stress over not having a special someone. Let’s celebrate platonic love!