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minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoAnd then there’s Finnish, where (according to Icelandic comedian Arí Eldjárn) “I love you” sounds more like “get me the money or else”
minus-squareTonava@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThe Finnish word for love is indeed “rakkaus” (I love you = (minä) rakastan sinua), for anyone wondering. With a hard r and two hard k’s I doubt many non-natives would guess it means love
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoNow let a German pronounce it.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoJust like all PIE-speakers, they absolutely butcher Finnish pronunciation. It’s much easier to learn to pass of as a native English speaker than it ever would to pass off as a native Finnish speaker. German is very melodic, sing-songy, and fair, compared to Finnish.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThat’s funny, because that’s how I would describe spoken Finnish. I guess it’s all in the eye of beholder.
And then there’s Finnish, where (according to Icelandic comedian Arí Eldjárn) “I love you” sounds more like “get me the money or else”
The Finnish word for love is indeed “rakkaus” (I love you = (minä) rakastan sinua), for anyone wondering. With a hard r and two hard k’s I doubt many non-natives would guess it means love
Now let a German pronounce it.
Just like all PIE-speakers, they absolutely butcher Finnish pronunciation.
It’s much easier to learn to pass of as a native English speaker than it ever would to pass off as a native Finnish speaker.
German is very melodic, sing-songy, and fair, compared to Finnish.
That’s funny, because that’s how I would describe spoken Finnish. I guess it’s all in the eye of beholder.