The problem is when they have mishmashed English and Finnish to make brand new words. Kowsit Lats = Cow Shit Flats, where people put their cows out to pasture.
You’re gonna need an hour or so to teach ‘em the Ä, Ö, and Y letters; and pray they don’t take the hydrofoil over to Tallinn, because then they’re really gonna get confused. “🇫🇮👈🤬👉🇪🇪 What the hell is going on, you two!”
Finnish is super easy to pronounce for Anglos. Just take your time and pronounce every letter.
And put the emphasis on the FIRST vowel.
It’s NO-kia, not No-KIA.
The problem is when they have mishmashed English and Finnish to make brand new words. Kowsit Lats = Cow Shit Flats, where people put their cows out to pasture.
You’re gonna need an hour or so to teach ‘em the Ä, Ö, and Y letters; and pray they don’t take the hydrofoil over to Tallinn, because then they’re really gonna get confused. “🇫🇮👈🤬👉🇪🇪 What the hell is going on, you two!”
Lol the mainland Estonian õ is pretty fatal too.
TIL: Estonia has islands, I guess I had seen them on the map before, it just never registered I guess.
Yeah they’re pretty big.
Ha! I almost mentioned that, too lol