What does finnish sound like to non speak

Well i want to know how it sounds like.

note: im not good att finish becous i don't live in finland but im still finnish if u want to know. im not good att english to.

some finnish words

blod = veri

hand = k�ssi

hello! = terve!

 

 

Edited by rapala

Thanks, you're giving us too much credit. I think it's a hard and coarse language. I'll give a sample for those not familiar with Finnish:

Hyv�� p�iv��! Asun Helsingiss�, Suomen p��kaupungissa. Suomi on mets�inen maa, ja tunnettu lukuisista j�rvist��n. Suomen kansallisel�in on karhu, jonka muita nimi� ovat muiden muassa: mesik�mmen, mets�n kuningas, ohto, ja kontio. Suomen kansalliskukka on kielo, joka on myrkyllinen mutta kaunis. Suomen lipun on suunnitellut Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Suomen tunnetuimpi� taitelijoita. Suomen kansallislaulun on sanoittanut J.L.Runeberg. Laulun keskisi� aiheita ovat suomalaisten rauhallisuus ja Suomen luonto. Suomalaiset ovat my�s tunnettuja saunasta, joka on my�s melkeinp� vakiovarusteena jopa kaupunkien asunnoissa.

Good day! I live in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Finland is woody country, and known from it's many lakes. The national animal of Finland is the bear, which has other names, for example: honeypaw, the king of the forest, ohto and kontio. The national flag of Finland is the Lily of the valley, which is poisonous but beautiful. The flag of Finland has been designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, one of Finland's most known artists. The Finnish national anthem lyrics have been wrtieen by J.L.Runeberg. The underlying themes are the calmness of Finns and Finnish nature. Finns are also known of the sauna, which is almost a necessity even in the city buildings.

Every letter is pronounced as written, and p, t and k are not aspirated.

Thank you and goodbye.


Edited by Kuu-ukko

My older sister is no linguistics expert, she had a finnish roomate when she was at university and said that it sounded chinese when she was on the phone to finland.  I have actually only heard it a couple of times and not for years so I don't know.

Edited by Zagros

There are a lot of -issa and -assa! It seems like Finland = Suomen. No relation between two words. Do you know where the words "Finn" or "Finland" come from?

Thanks for the information

This goes off topic now.

To my Turkish ears,finnish sounds a bit cute childish,you know like loolli tooivvvii llooollvviii like this

For me finnish sounds like the language of the aboriginal people of Hawai,
especially the words with many difthongs like ou etc.

Originally posted by Cywr I posted a link to a Finnish movie in the Arts & literature forum. So if you want to know what it sounds like, you know where to look (its with English subtitles).

Yeah that movie sucks cuz those who made it were propably geeks.

BTW i want more replys!!!

Edited by rapala

Finnish sounds hard, stiff and rough compared to swedish and s�mi, although finnish is closely related to the s�mi languages. Just look at the examples:

North S�mi:   Finnish:   English:

Dearva-Terve-Hello

Beaivi-P�iv��-Day, Sun 

Guolli-Kala-Fish

Meahcci-Mets�-Forest

J�vri-J�rvi-Lake

Ch�lbmi-Silm�-Eye

 

D�lu-Talo-House

 

Giella-Kieli-Language

 

Rudat-Rahat-Money

 

Dolla-Tuli-Fire

Edited by Mangudai