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Learn Finnish Käärijä-style
I know some of you like him. Let me know if you have any questions!
#finnish#langblr#langblog#language#learning#finland#beginner finnish#suomen kieli#finnish language#suomi#käärijä#käärijä cha cha cha#grammar#vocabulary
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Finnish friends, I've got a question.
Is the word kieli (language) exactly the same as the word kieli (string) as in Viulunkieli? Do I just understand which is which from context?
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☆ studyblr introduction ☆
hey hey there! i'm Bee, and i'm new to studyblr & langblr so an introduction seems like the best idea!
☆ about me
I'm Bee, a twenty-two spanish former media & video student who also speaks English and French and is trying to learn her fourth language on her own this time! I lived in Finland for three months with an erasmus program and been in love with the country since. Would love to live there in the future! That's one of the main reasons I started learning Finnish :)
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I'm in love with anything that has to do with art: books, writting, cinema & tv shows, art history etc etc. Also languages and travel! Special mention to my biggest likes: Dead Poets Society, the marauders and If We Were Villains. Also my latest obssesion: making photo albums!
☆ why this blog
I have been active on here for couple of years on my main @beeisnothere where i mainly post (repost) dark academia, dead poets society and just pretty stuff in general (feel free to follow me there too!) but I've always been interested in this side of tumblr, and since I wanna keep myself accountable and motivate myself to study I just thought, why not? so here i am :)
pls feel free to message me, tag me or interact at all, i'd love to talk <3
#languageblr#studyblr#langblog#language learning#learning languages#studyspo#langspo#study blog#learning finnish#langblr#studying#study motivation#beginner finnish#finnish language
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Finnish vocabulary game / Sanapeli suomeksi (beginner friendly)
In English below!
Haluaisitko opetella suomen sanastoa hauskasti pelaamalla? Järjestän huomenna skirbbl.io-pelitilaisuuden, jossa pääsee harjoittelemaan suomen sanoja piirtäen ja arvaten. Huomisen tilaisuuden sanastona ovat eläimet!
Mikä on skribbl.io?
Skribbl.io on nettipeli, jossa jokainen vuorollaan valitsee sanan piirrettäväksi, jota muut arvaavat. Peli toimii tietokoneella, tabletilla ja puhelimella selaimessa. Peliin ei tarvitse tunnuksia ja peliä voi pelata millä vain nimimerkillä. Linkki huomiseen peliin jaetaan huomenna, mutta peliä voi käytä kokeilemassa tietysti etukäteen.
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Do you want to learn Finnish vocabulary through a fun game? I will organize tomorrow a skribbl.io game, where you get to learn Finnish words by drawing and guessing them. We will use a small set of words, and tomorrow's topic will be animals, so the game is also beginner friendly!
What is skribbl.io?
Skribbl.io is a browser game, in which everyone takes turns to pick a word to draw that others will try to guess. The game works on desktops, tablets and smartphones. You do not need to reggister to play, and you can play with a nickname of your choice. Link to the upcoming game is shared tomorrow, but you can check out the game beforehand:
#finland#finnish#learn#learning finnish#skribbl.io#aloittelijalle#peli#tapahtuma#suomi#suomen opiskelu#language learning#studying finnish#event#for beginners#beginners#suomeksi#in english
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special kind of ow: finding out about a book because the author has died 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
#writing this down because i cant remember my kindle logins:#katarina west - absolute truth for beginners#i wish i knew abt it when i could've reached out although i probably was too young#like if i read it now and its really good i will feel pretty sad djkdksldös#but i do want to read it omfg i wasnt expecting a gay book like this to exist#also its hashtag inspirational to see a finnish author publish in english
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ive reached the renewed urge to learn an eastern european language stage of post eurovision
#back in 2018 I was learning Hungarian for a couple months after esc#Finnish has been on the list too but it’s sooo confusing for me#I’ve done a little bit of Ukrainian#I’ve actually got a decent amount of beginner russian too#and so on#eurovision#europe’s vision 2023
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Finnish for beginners lesson 12 Regular day|Tavallinen päivä |芬兰语初级 A1第1...
#youtube#finnish for beginners finnish language learning#regular day verbs in finnish#tavallinen päivä
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Hello! Do you happen to know any good resources for learning Finnish? As basic as possible, I literally started on Duolingo half an hour ago:) I know, I know, I'm a poser for learning Finnish *after* Käärijä, but the language sounds soooo interesting (although I've heard the grammar is quite difficult...). Thank you in advance and also love your blog:)))))
Hi!! So very very ecstatic that you've decided to learn Finnish! No reason to feel ashamed that you'd only start after Käärijä... believe me, in Finland people are just altogether very taken if a foreigner wants to learn Finnish, no matter the reason. (And all reasons for learning a language are good!) (And we're SO SO PROUD of Käärijä, he's done a monumental job of bringing our language to the public eye more than ANYONE ELSE BEFORE so, yup! He's a VERY good reason to start learning Finnish!!)
I'm not sure if I'm the right person to point you towards any resources... But I tried finding some for you! I've checked out the Duolingo course and it's a good place to begin! Here's also a drive folder that has some Finnish language books as PDFs.
Also here's a page for beginner's Finnish from our national news media Yle (it's like our version of BBC).
Here is a "picture book" kind of a page for learning names for objects, good to start with!
Here's an online course for beginners! This has grammar too, and links for further reading and studying.
Finnish is also notorious for having it's written language differ drastically from how people actually speak. We don't have accents per se, but dialects instead, which don't just affect the way we pronounce words (=accents, as in English) but the way we form them. So for example, the written Finnish "I am" is "minä olen", but in spoken Finnish it can become e.g. "mä oon", "mää oon", "mie oon", depending on where you live (and there might be some more variations as well but these are the most common ones.) Many foreigners find themselves in a spot where they can read and understand written Finnish pretty well, then the moment a Finnish person opens their mouth it's a bloodbath. But don't let it deter you! And Finnish people are more than happy to switch to written Finnish if you don't understand them. I found this website for learning the basics for spoken Finnish!
A good place is also good ole Youtube! Just type in "Finnish for beginners" and you're set to go!
Finnish is a difficult language to learn because of the grammar and lack of prepositions if your language has them... but look at it this way, I struggle with them in any language that uses them cos I haven't grown up using them. I still occasionally mess up with in/on or for/to (it's even worse with French and Swedish). Doesn't stop me from writing 100k fics in English apparently!
Welcome to learning Finnish! Remember that the most important thing is to learn the swear words, you'll go far with those. Just drop in a perkele and it's always the right thing to say haha.
Jokes aside, I'm very happy to hear this! Finnish is a very beautiful language and a very inventive one as well, which allows for more word play and creativity with the language than, say, English for example. And while Finnish is difficult, you'll find that once you've learnt the rules, there are no exceptions to them or the kind of hassle with the grammar as there is to English or French. I've known exchange students who've learnt near perfect Finnish in less than a year!
If anyone knows and wants to add more good resources here, go ahead!
#suomi#finland#finnish#eurovision#käärijä#i was so glad to receive this ask!!#i hope you have a good time learning finnish#welcome to the party it's crazy <3#also check out spotify lists of finnish songs! you might find some artists you like#bless you nonnie!!#anonymous#answered
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How to read Finnish like right now
This is not a complete "how to be instantly perfect at Finnish" post or anything but this will get you far. (I hope you see something...)
You guys liked the other posts I made in this style so I hope this one will help you as well! I know many of you are new learners still so I'm trying to make posts for all levels.
#finnish#langblr#langblog#language#learning#beginner finnish#suomen kieli#finnish learning#finnish language#finnish langblr#beginner
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Begginer Finnish words found in Käärijä songs
I'm not sure if this will be useful to anybody besides myself, but hey ho it's a bit of fun. (If you're planning on reblogging this post, please click here to make sure you've got the latest version, as I will probably edit it multiple times and add more songs. This is version 1.6).
This list includes some songs I like with an index of the very basic Finnish words you could listen out for if you're learning the language.
I've included both 1) basic words learned in Duolingo unit 1-5, and 2) other prominent words and phrases from the song which are fairly easy to learn.
Auto jää - terve, hauskaa, "on aina niin mukavaa", hei, ei, ja, on, se, auto, ystävää, nyt, ilmainen, "tääl on me", "voi pojat".
Cha cha cha - ja, paljon, kaksin, niinku, ei, jo, en, nyt, mies, hei, "mä oon tulossa", "nyt lähden tanssimaan", maailmaa.
Fantastista - en, ei, ja, se, on, niin, poika, paljon, mutta, olen, mies, mitä, "se on uhka", paniikki, "hyvii hommii", "mitä vittu", "ku aloin tekee tätä".
Hirttää kiinni - se, ei, ja, on, paljon, usein, mutta, missä, mummo, kasvaa, ai, niinku, kyllä, istuu, vanha, nyt, "ai mun pää", "ei usein mee", "en millää", vitamiini, kofeiini.
Klo23 - ja, ei, se, on, aina, hei, kyllä, mutta, "turpa kiinni", niinku, mitä, glögi, paniikki, "taksit on jo pihalla".
Mic Mac - mutta, hei, ja, pieni, ei, mummo, pulla, albumin, Pokemon-kortit.
Paidaton riehuja - ei, en, nyt, niin, seisois, mitä, "artisti maksaa", "paidan pois", vittu, "sillä siihen sanon en".
Viulunkieli - ja, on, se, kahvia, nyt, valmis, "mä oon valmis", niinku, viulunkieli, kiree, kaksin.
#käärijä#käärijä lyrics#learning finnish#finnish language#beginner finnish#suomi#cw swearing#fantastista#hirttää kiinni#klo23#paidaton riehuja#viulunkieli#mic mac#auto jää#cha cha cha
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Being able to speak fluently two languages (and slightly 3rd) is a big thing globally but in Finland it is pretty weak.
We have a presidential election next year and the candidates were asked about their language skills.
Candidate 1: Fluent Finnish and English. OK Swedish. Can read Arabic, Japanese and German.
Candidate 2: Fluent Finnish, English, Russian and Ukrainian. Very good Swedish, German and Croatian. OK Polish, French and Dutch.
Candidate 3: Fluent Finnish, Swedish, English, French, German. Very good with Italian.
Candidate 4: Fluent Finnish, Swedish and French. OK German.
Candidate 5: Fluent Finnish and Swedish. Good French and Russian.
Candidate 6: Fluent Finnish, Swedish, English and German.
Candidate 7: Fluent Finnish and Swedish. OK German and French. Beginner level Spanish and Italian.
Candidate 8: Fluent Finnish, Swedish and English.
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A brief introduction
Hello! 👋🏻
I'm not new to tumblr or langblr (you may know me as nordic-language-love), but I've decided to make a new blog for a whole host of reasons. And it's only courteous to have an introduction post when ones makes a new blog, isn't it?
👩🏻 You can call me Victoria
🎂 I'm in my 30s
🇯🇵 Originally I'm from the UK, but I currently live in Japan (Tohoku) where I teach English
🇳🇴 Learning Norwegian and Japanese. Japanese is currently my main focus for obvious reasons, but Norwegian will always be my fave <3
🗣 Other languages I'm interested in: Finnish, Icelandic, Spanish, Irish, Korean, Ukrainian, Tswana, Cornish and French
💬 Big linguistics fan too (etymology my beloved)
📚 I'm an aspiring bookworm. My favourite genres are fantasy and sci-fi (with a lil YA sprinkled in there). Find my 2024 TBR here.
📝 I also write! Getting something published someday would be nice, but I'm more focused on just having fun. I write primarily fantasy.
🩰 I practice yoga (intermediate level) and ballet (total beginner)
🧠 I'm neurodivergent. I have no official diagnosis yet but I have been referred for an assessment. I'm 99% sure I have ADHD (probably combined, possibly just inattentive) and autism's been suggested as well.
✉️ I'm shit at replying to messages. If I never get back to you please don't take it personally!
More about this blog
This blog is gonna be a bit of a mix of all my hobbies and interests because I can't be bothered to run like 5 different sideblogs anymore. However, my main interests that I'll be posting about are languages and reading.
I have a fitblr for my diet and fitness shenanigans! You can follow me on @flyingfitandsugarfree
I go through phases of posting original content, but I mostly post about my own journey and whatever random thoughts pop into my head
I try to post language learning logs once a week, where I kinda summarise what I've been working on and what progress I've made
Because I live in Japan, I sometimes like to post about my life there and how it differs from life in the UK
I don't really do aesthetic posts. Most of what I post is wordy and boring lmao
If you feel like being my friend, give me a follow! I'd love to get to know you :)
My 2024 Goals
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Kovis ('tough guy') by Käärijä | fin -> eng trans.
Kovis is a word with a mocking undertone, Finns usually use this word while talking about people like immature teenage boys who act tougher than they actually are. The whole song is about dealing with someone who's a difficult and immature person to be around. I decided to translate some bits very literally and add context to some of the words and expressions he uses, mostly because a more liberal english translation alone probably wouldn't fully convey how much he's mocking the person and their juvenile behavior.
[VERSE]
Voi hyvä tavaton mietin missä sun käytöstavat on hä
-> My goodness, I’m wondering where your manners are, huh
Sä kohtelet muita ku *avanto* niin kylmästi et oon sanaton
-> You treat others so coldly it’s like *ice swimming*, it leaves me speechless *(avanto = the actual hole in the ice, but English doesn’t have a word for something that specific. He's basically saying the person is about as pleasant as a swim in ice cold water – when you swim in an avanto the coldness usually shocks your body and it's difficult to talk because of it)
Tekis mieli vetää sua lettii mut en oo sellane
-> I feel like smacking you but I’m not like that
Oot olevinas mikä lie bossman tääl, mut *sun nokka on keltane*
-> You act like you’re some kind of a bossman here, but *your beak is yellow* *(he’s saying the person is a 'keltanokka' = a beginner/‘junior', someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing)
Se on pelkkää puppuu ja legendaa ku sulla aukee suu
-> When you open your mouth, it's all nonsense and lies
Sun kylien kovan jätkän maine on valheilla maustettuu
-> Your tough guy reputation has been seasoned with lies
Teet niin hiton tyhmii juttui että mietin onks sun *pää puut*
-> You do things so damn stupid that it makes me wonder if your *head is made of wood* *(puupää = someone who’s dumb, the word's more humorous than offensive despite the meaning)
Ja muut miettii hätäpoistumisteitä kun sä tuut
-> And when you come around, the others think about emergency exits
[BRIDGE]
Ei näin, ei missään nimes näin
-> Not like this, absolutely not like this *(a better, less literal translation would be something like "don't act like this, absolutely do not act like this")
Sul on *finkut pystys* heti kun sä tuut
-> *Your fingers are up* as soon as you arrive *(I think he means they've got a bad attitude, like they've got their middle fingers up all the time)
Ei näin, ei missään nimes näin
-> Not like this, absolutely not like this
Polemiikkii syntyy heti kun sä tuut
-> A controversy/quarrel occurs as soon as you arrive
[CHORUS]
Jäbä hei ei tollasel asenteella tääl päin tehdä kavereita
-> Dude, you don't make friends 'round here with an attitude like that
Ei olla enää *yläasteella* senkin kovis
-> We're not in *junior high* anymore, you tough guy *(the Finnish school system is a bit complex, but 'yläaste' is for people between the ages of 13 and 15 before they start high school at 16. It's hell, it's horror, teens that age are terrible so absolutely no one enjoys yläaste. TL;DR he's saying the person still acts like a childish teenager)
Ei tollasel asenteella tääl päin saa ku avareita
-> Here an attitude like that will only get you bitch slapped
Ei olla enää *yläasteella* senkin kovis
-> We're not in *junior high* anymore, you tough guy
[VERSE]
Oot niinku ne nettipalstojen *sankarit* jotka postaa
-> You're like *those heroes* who post online *(sarcasm, guess he's talking about people who are shitty, rude, and annoying online)
(Vittu mitä pask–) Miks sun pitää olla tollanen kovis
-> (Fuck this sh–) Why do you have to be a tough guy like that
Jonka puheenvuoro on ku *battle freestyle, ota rewind*
-> It's like *a freestyle battle when it's your turn to speak, hit rewind* *(I think he means that the person thinks they're free to say anything they want without caring about how offensive they're being, and that they think every conversation is like a battle they have to somehow 'win'. He's telling the person to hit rewind to rethink their words)
Sillä nää bileet ei oo mitkää mihi tullaan käyttäytyy noin
-> Because this party isn't a place where you can act like that
Sä hiffaat sen ennen pitkää jos tuut näyttäytyy noin
-> You'll eventually get it/notice it if you continue to be like that
Sä et lähde pois vaa *intät* vastaa ja se suututtaa muut
-> You don't leave, you just continue to *bicker/insist* and it makes everyone mad *(inttää = (to) insist, but the tone of that word is belittling/ridiculing/dismissive. If a kid at a grocery store is being whiny, annoying, and continues to insist that they want a lollipop even after their parent has told them 'no', that's the vibe of 'inttää'. If you call someone's arguments or behavior 'inttäminen' you're basically dismissing their words/behavior while calling them a bit childish)
Voit tehä u-käännöksen ens kerral kun sä tuut
-> The next time you come, you can/should do a U-turn
[BRIDGE]
Ei näin, ei missään nimes näin
-> Not like this, absolutely not like this
Sul on *finkut pystys* heti kun sä tuut
-> *Your fingers are up* as soon as you arrive
Ei näin, ei missään nimes näin
-> Not like this, absolutely not like this
Polemiikkii syntyy heti kun sä tuut
-> A controversy/quarrel occurs as soon as you arrive
[CHORUS]
Jäbä hei ei tollasel asenteella tääl päin tehdä kavereita
-> Dude, you don't make friends 'round here with an attitude like that
Ei olla enää *yläasteella* senkin kovis
-> We're not in *junior high* anymore, you tough guy
Ei tollasel asenteella tääl päin saa ku avareita
-> Here an attitude like that will only get you bitch slapped
Ei olla enää yläasteella senkin kovis
-> We're not in junior high anymore, you tough guy
[And then he continues to repeat parts of the chorus before the song ends]
#*throws this to the non-finnish speaking rats living in the käärijä sewer of tumblr* feasteth my children#translated this cause I was bored and I noticed that there's no eng trans available tee hee#lmk if something's weird/confusing/misspelled! <3#edit: noticed so many typos + grammar mistakes + missing words right after posting this gjfghgfh maybe I'll edit this when I have more time#käärijä
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Useful links to Learn Finnish
~ Learning resources ~
# Apps #
Duolingo, a classic, it teaches you vocabulary and basic sentence structure
Drops, a great app to learn vocabulary, and it’s organized by subjects
Clozemaster, makes you fill sentences, slightly advanced
Memrise, good to learn vocabulary, includes textbooks vocabulary too
Mondly, teaches vocabulary and basic sentence structure
WordDive, seems like a comprehensive course (I haven’t tested this one)
# Textbooks #
Suomen Mestari, the book most Finnish classes use, is in Finnish only
Oma Suomi, a book for self-learning English speakers
# Websites #
The Finnish Teacher, easily approachable grammar lessons
Verbix, to find verb conjugations
Sanakirja, very complete dictionary and translator
Urbaani sanakirja, Finnish equivalent to Urban dictionnary
Uusi kielemme, a good vocabulary list divided by themes and levels
Finnish swear words on Wikipedia, essential!
# Video & audio lessons #
Finnish Pod, numerous audio and video lessons
Supisuomea-videot by Yle, videos with simple Finnish and subtitles
FSI courses, recordings of conversational Finnish
# Complete beginner resources #
A Taste of Finnish, reading, listening and grammar points
Kielet by Yle, lessons in Finnish with videos
Venla, for vocabulary, structures and grammar
Digital Dialects, games to learn Finnish
~ Listening resources ~
# Podcasts #
Opi Suomea!, a podcast in simple Finnish
Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, a news podcast in easy Finnish
Auta Antti!, a podcast where the host answers listeners questions
# Music & Radio #
Radio Suomi Pop, only Finnish songs & Finnish speakers
Tunein, to access more Finnish radios
#vainsuomihitit, Spotify playlist with all the new Finnish hits
Suomen musiikki, my Finnish spotify playlist
Mirka Karoliina, Disney songs with Finnish subtitles and translations
# Movies & TV shows #
My Finnish movies masterlist (needs to be updated)
Yle Arena, legal streaming of Finnish shows & others with Finnish subtitles
Some American streaming services (Netflix, Disney+ etc) have things dubbed in Finnish (mostly cartoons and kid’s shows), but most of those are only available if you’re in Finland (or use a VPN)
# Youtubers #
Papananaama
KAKSI ÄITIÄ
maiju
~ Reading & Writing resources ~
# Reading #
Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, news articles in easy Finnish
Oppiminen by Yle, various articles in easy Finnish
Free Finnish books, for advanced level
# Writing #
LangCorrect, write diary entries and get corrected by native Finnish speakers
~ Communities ~
# Finnblrs #
Tags on Tumblr: Finnish / Finnish langblr / Finnblr / Finnish language
This is Finnish
Suomen Kieli
Fennophile
Tealingual
Finn in training (mine)
# Others #
LearnFinnish on Reddit
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Cantonese Resources
This will be a list in progress, just whatever I find. Feel free (please help) to recommend any resources that you know of.
Websites:
cantonese.sheik.co.uk
This has characters, vocabulary, pronunciation help, essays, a bunch of different stuff, Beginner to Intermediate. CantoDict is apart of this (add /dictionary/ to the url)
cantoneseclass101.com/cantonese-resources/
Some stuff for grammar, reading and writing, pronunciation, etc. The actual course is Beginner to Advanced, but the free stuff is just beginner. They also have a free Word of the Day email newsletter thingy.
cantonese.ca
Vocab lists!
livelingua.com/courses/cantonese
Audio lessons along with a textbook. It seems free (and claims so). It's only a basic course, and comes with a dictionary as well, although it's hard to see the characters well. They also have tons of other languages (including ones like Igbo and Finnish, so check it out).
cantonese-alliance.github.io/courses.html
Okay this one is super cool. In the proficiency levels tab, they have some curriculums for different levels (with tons of resources). There's also 'Cantonese through films' which has a long list of movies organized by decades. Even more materials, historical, linguistic, and the like. Overall, super interesting.
savecantonese.org/education
Textbooks and resources (most of which are mentioned).
These are just the first few things I've found, but there's alot, so I', making a spreadsheet with everything else on it too. Hope this helps!
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The other day I was speaking with a Finnish friend of mine about how similar spanish and finnish are in that regard.
You can tell from which place someone is just by the way they organize their sentences, by their choice of words and obviously by their accent. Speaking spanish with somebody else without maintaining a neutral "correct" spanish means instantly doxxing yourself to the listener in such specific ways that it's almost hilarious.
And of course you can tell when somebody is not native when they say "emparedado" instead of plainly saying just "sandwich" and the way they give certain words a slightly different intonation.
Some would say that this is just like it is in any other language, but I think I understand exactly what you mean by certain things.
I've taken two different beginners' spanish classes in different schools, and while I absolutely do not speak the language (the most complicated sentence I can form is "I don't speak spanish, I only understand a few words - like a dog would", which is what I'll answer if anyone asks me "really, you speak spanish?") but our teacher explained in one class that she speaks the specific dialect of the region of spain where she learned it (I forget where), and native speakers would laugh at the way she pronounced some specific letter or word (I forget which one).
Honestly the idea that this kind of thing exists in a language spoken on several continents is awesome (imperialist origins aside). Finnish is such a limited language because of the small number of speakers and the small range they live in.
Only really having english for contrast, it really doesn't exist the same way in english. If you're typing out in english, you have to go out of your way to have your local colour shine through with select word choices, and in some languages you genuinely can't speak in a neutral way without it being obvious that you're trying to not give away your background.
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