Mick oppii suomea - Mick learns Finnish

[baskerville]

Én is magyarul tanulok. Sok sikert!

[mick33]

Én is magyarul tanulok. Sok sikert!

Nagyon köszönöm!

[mick33]

Cześć! I've been continuing with Finnish, though it still doesn't seem like I'm making a lot of progress yet. Well....maybe I am ., I understand a few more random words when I listen to spoken Finnish though these are usually basic words like "koska", "että" "vain" and "hetken". In English these words would be because, that, only and moment. Sometimes I wonder how long it will be before I understand complete sentences, but I already know that listening comprehension takes a while and I just need to stop worrying, keep listening and be patient.

Why am I worried about understanding spoken Finnish anyway ? After all, I would be thrilled if I could understand spoken Polish other than simple greetings and a few recognizable words that are similar to words in other Indo-European languages spoken in Europe. I've been watching Krzysztof Gonciarz's daily vlogs though I'm almost totally lost without the subtitles, which are usually available in both English and Polish !


Dobranoc
Mick

[mick33]

Dobry wieczór! I've been busy visiting relatives since my last post, and I don't have much to write here, except to announce that I'm now learning Finnish and Polish. For Finnish I decided to learn more colloquial language, especially greetings because I read some blog post that began by using "moikka!" as a greeting when I thought that it meant "bye". I've also been learning more verbs, starting with "muistaa" (to remember).

I mentioned last time that I can't really understand spoken Polish at all. That's still true, although I am listening to more Polish (mostly songs and YouTube videos)and once a while I hear a "jak" or "się". I think "jak" means how, but it can also be used as a conjunction with multiple meanings and uses. I think "się" is usually a pronoun that be used for a few different purposes but, according to wiktionary it can also be a particle again with many meanings and uses. I think I understand now why some language learners warn against trying to translate everything when stating to learn a new language. Another thing I tried to do was learn how to use verbs of motion in Polish such as iść, chodzić, pójść etc but I got confused and frustrated by too much linguistics jargon I don't understand and maybe some contradictory information as well. So then I decided to watch a YouTube video where a teenage boy talks to a friend who is wearing a Gucci shopping bag over his head. I understood almost nothing that they were talking about (so the video link is no longer here), or why his friend has a shopping bag on his head, but at least it made me laugh and stop worrying about Polish grammar points I'm not actually ready to learn yet.

Do zobaczenia
Mick

Edited a couple times because I first typed this at 1 a.m. when I should have been asleep.

[mick33]

For Finnish I decided to learn more colloquial language, especially greetings because I read some blog post that began by using "moikka!" as a greeting when I thought that it meant "bye". I've also been learning more verbs, starting with "muistaa" (to remember).

Moro! I hope that the title for this post "Mick oppii suomea" is right, but I'm not completely sure. This uncertainty seems like a good theme to use to revive my log, since in my last post I wondered whether "moikka" can be used as a greeting (I now know it can be a way to say "hello!" or "bye") . I have been continuing to learn bit more puhekieli (spoken language) along with "kirjakieli" (book language) just so I can have some idea of how people actually speak and write. I don't follow either form of Finnish at all well yet, although "kirjakieli" seems to be at once more grammatically complex but slightly easier for me to understand .

I've already wrote that I learned the verb "muistaa", so I should add "unohtaa" (to forget). As soon as I find the most recent list of Finnish verbs (and other words) that I wrote down, I'll post some of them here. I also want to write in detail about colloquial Finnish, such as what endings get left off, and things like "me ollaan" (we are).

heihei
Mick

[cjareck]

I think "jak" means how, but it can also be used as a conjunction with multiple meanings and uses.

You're right. This is a basic meaning. Any other that I can think of is a Soviet airplane series Yak

I think "się" is usually a pronoun that be used for a few different purposes but, according to wiktionary it can also be a particle again with many meanings and uses.

"Się" is a relative pronoun. It states that the verb is reflexive. Not all the time it can be translated that way:

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Umył się -> He washed himself

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Stało się -> It happened