[Mission 101] I'm at it again

[deana_in_texas]

I finished my previous attempt at mission101 back in August with very little fanfare. I didn't even make a post about it. I learned quite a bit about myself during the experience and decided I would give it another go. Originally I wanted to start on December 1, but I had some trouble finishing up my list. I spent a lot of time on it today and I'm pretty

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[doriana186]

I'm a native Finnish speaker, don't hesitate to contact me if you want to practice your Finnish! :)

Good luck with your list!

[deana_in_texas]

Thanks for the offer :) I have one native Finn on my friends list now, but she uses a LOT of slang and shortened forms when she writes in Finnish (which isn't often). At the moment, most of what I can say is limited to this:

Olen Deana. Asun Dallasissa, mutta olen Mainesta. Minulla on kaksi musta kissat ja yksi koira. Opiskellen tietokone insinööri yliopistossa.

Um, probably some more if I really think about it. But pretty basic stuff - though I enjoy trying to figure out the meaning of stuff using my handy-dandy dictionary, as long as it's not too complex.

[maldeluxx]

You could also contact me, if you want but anyway, here's a little help on this example (hope you don't mind a little correction):

"Olen", you can also use "(minun) nimeni on" perhaps? And:
"kaksi mustaa kissaa"
"opiskelen tietokoneinsinööriksi"

But it's just little bits, the whole thing is still very understandable for me :)
I'm not the very best in grammar oftentimes, but I can try to help whenever you need (hopefully I won't be too busy this year!)

[deana_in_texas]

I don't mind correction at all, in fact I appreciate it. That's the best way to learn, really. The only one I guess I don't understand is the endings "aa" for "mustaa kissaa". I thought plural ended in t, like kissat. Is this just a weird exception, or does it have to do with the sentence I used, since I said "minulla"?

I mean, if I said "Nämä ovat kissat" would that be correct?

[maldeluxx]

Not really, that should be "nämä ovat kissoja". It's a bit tricky XD *hugs*

The plural is right, it's just that in this kind of sentence (the owning) the -aa is needed (if it was just one cat, it would definitely be "minulla on musta kissa" or "kissa joka on musta" *lol*). I'm not sure what part of the grammar dictates it, but this one is the one we use up here :)
It can be "kaksi mustaa kissaa" even without the other things. If one would want the "kissat" one, then it would be "mustat kissat", but not fit in this sentence. I don't really know the whys.

There's some stuff about Finnish grammar in Wikipedia and such (they have cool stuff on Finland otherwise too, like the food culture), if you haven't checked already :)

[deana_in_texas]

Ok, I think I've got it this time.

Kaksi mustat kissat opiskellevat suomea.

(Not that cats really study Finnish, but it works as an example) The cats must be the subject to use the "t" ending. I think.

Finnish is not an easy language, but it's very interesting, especially for a grammar nut like me. I'll get the hang of it eventually :)

[maldeluxx]

It should be "kaksi mustaa kissaa opiskelee suomea" to make sense (to be 'mustat kissat' it'd had to be 'kahdet' - though I'm not sure if the last two words would sound good to include then... 'opiskelevat' has one L). But really, you get very close with these and it's still easy to understand :)

Yup, it's a challenge, but at least only three new letters *lol* *hugs*