Re: Continued by another author
anonymous
April 5 2009, 19:55:15 UTC
They arrived to a building with a tall bell tower. The tower was still under construction, but the first floor could very well be used.
Why is he taking me there? Finland wondered. Buildings like this one had been started to build all over since Sweden's arrival, and they had one thing in common; the strange cross symbol. Finland hadn't paid much attention to them up until now. They entered the quiet hallway and as their footsteps echoed from the walls of the large hall, went further inside. Few candles in their chandeliers lit the place dimly in addition to the sunlight coming trough narrow, but very tall windows. The place was serene and it's silence calmed Finland down for a while, until his eyes met that strange cross again. It was larger than those he had seen before, made from dark, varnished wood, hung on the wall behind an altar. Finland took a better look at the cross and saw that on it, there was a figure of a man.
"Sätta sig." Sweden told Finland to sit, taking a seat himself.
Getting a bit nervous now, his eyes still glued at the strange man on the cross, Finland sat besides Sweden. Finally he tore his eyes from it, and looked at Sweden. The other was now holding a book, with the same cross symbol ornating the cover. "Vad är det?" Finland asked with his still very clumsy Swedish.
"Det är en Bibel." Sweden told him, opening the Bible and searching trough the pages. "Det är Guds ord."
"Gud? Ukko, eller Mielikki, eller..." If this "Bible" was the word of God, which god did Sweden mean? Finland had many gods and goddesses too.
"Nej." Sweden almost pierced Finland with his poignant eyes, or at least that's how Finland felt. "Der är bara en Gud."
Only one God? Finland didn't quite believe Sweden. The Baltic brothers too, they had had many gods and goddesses last time Finland had visited them, also Norway had this Thor, and he was really cool, like Finland's Ukko, the supreme god. How could there suddenly be only one?
Sweden helped Finland read the Bible till late evening, teaching him what he believed was the holy word that would save Finland from the Devil. Sweden believed this was his most important task at Finland's place yet, he wouldn't allow Devil to have control over him no longer. He would do his best to save Finland.
"...och so-..." Sweden's sentence was cut short when Finland's head suddenly slumped against his strong shoulder. The fair-haired young man was fast asleep. Sweden let his eyes wander on his pale face, his slightly parted lips, snowy eyelashes lining his closed yes... Sweden felt really warm all of a sudden, watching this tender, yet really strong boy. Sweden closed the Bible and put it aside, and then leaned closer, very carefully, very slowly, towards the boy. His touch on that soft skin was light as a falling snowflake when he gently stroked Finland's cheek. Then, careful to not to make a sound, he took his silvery cross necklace from under his shirt where it had been hidden, removed it from his own neck and put it around Finland's neck instead. It would belong to him now. Sweden only then found that he had been smiling when his face went back to expressionless as Finland made a motion. He seemed to be waking up. Sweden quickly backed off from Finland, taking some distance while still holding him up so he wouldn't topple over.
"Uhh..?" Finland's voice was sleepy, he slowly opened his eyes. "Minä... Erm, jag..." He quickly remembered to switch to Swedish, "Jag..." but he couldn't find the correct words to tell Sweden he hadn't intended to fall asleep in the middle of a lecture.
"Det är okej." Sweden stared in front of him, not really looking at anything, just stared and pretended that nothing had just happened. His heart was pounding.
Finland rubbed his eyes a bit, yawned and asked if they could go home already. "Ska vi gå hemma?"
Re: Continued by another author
anonymous
April 5 2009, 20:21:44 UTC
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Meanwhile, standing on a foresty hill overlooking the field the church was built on, stood a sizeable man in long coat and creamy scarf.
"Bóže moj..." Russia had became too late, Sweden had already took little Finland under his wing, teaching him what ever rubbish he wanted. Oh well, it was only a matter of time when Finland would become his. Everyone would become, in time. Russia smiled at this sweet thought, and turned away, for he would return.
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Translations:
Finnish: Otso: Bear (it is said to be "bear's true name", and it's not commonly used in modern Finnish, it's more a poetic way to say bear. More common way to say bear is "karhu") Sahti: (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahti ) Pidätkö siitä?: Do you like it? Odota: Wait Mitä nyt?: What now? Karhunpeijaiset: Bear's celebration (you certainly don't hear this in modern Finnish, peijaiset is not commonly used when talking about parties etc.) Perhana!: (Finnish swearword, "milder" version of the famous Perkele) Emuu & Hongatar: (Emuus were said to be the ancestors, "mothers" of certain animal species, Hongatar was the emuu of all bears. Emuus were prayed to grant their children as prey when going to hunt, or asked to restrain their children in case they caused trouble.) Ole kiltti: Please (literally it means "be nice/kind") Ukko, Mielikki: (these were gods in paganic Finland. Ukko was the god of thunder and was the supreme god, Mielikki was the goddess of forest) Minä: Me
Swedish: Du har mycket att lära sig: You have much to learn Nej: No Det är en klasslös språka: That is a classless language (classless, bad, low etc.) (This was one of those hard sentences for me to form so it might be slightly incorrect translation) Vad i hela friden?: What the -(something, I think "what the heck" is close enough) Jag är: I am Tyst: (be) quiet Kom: Come Men den skalle: But the skull Stoppa!: Stop! (quite obvious) Sätta sig: Sit Det är en Bibel, Det är Guds ord: It is Bible, it is the word of God. Gud: God (d'uh) Eller: or och so-...: and so-... Jag: Me Det är okej: It is okay Ska vi gå hemma?: Shall we go home?
Author!Anon of the first fill.
anonymous
April 6 2009, 06:55:37 UTC
Oh my goodness... Thank you so much for continuing this. *___* I loved how you included the languages, for the first time it didn't feel awkward including Finnish in the midst of English. And the mentions of the paganic traditions were just perfect. *swoons over you*
Re: Author!Anon of the first fill.
anonymous
April 6 2009, 08:47:23 UTC
Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you liked it, hehe, I'm such a nerd for old religions like that so it was fun to write! But your fic was the original inspiration for this so it's all thanks to you, Author!Anon of the first fill :)
Re: Continued by another author
anonymous
April 6 2009, 15:45:27 UTC
If you want to post this elsewhere, I could help you with the Swedish bits. The grammar is a bit weird and it's kind of distracting for a Swede to read it. ^_^;
Re: Continued by another author
anonymous
April 6 2009, 16:04:59 UTC
How nice! Could you post the corrected sentences? I'd be happy to fix them in the original piece on my drive, although it's late to fix them in here, I'm afraid...
Re: Continued by another author
anonymous
April 12 2009, 15:49:51 UTC
Du har mycket att lära dig Men skallen Stopp! Sätt dig Ska vi gå hem?
Now this one: Det är en klasslös språka ...is difficult. You can't use "klasslös" like that in swedish, since it refers more to classes of people, like... workers, nobility, clergymen and stuff like that. It would be more correct to say something lacks class, so try: Det språket saknar klass. Tho honestly, Sweden wouldn't say that, since they actually spoke Finnish (along with German, French, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian) in Stockholm at least until the 1600s. Swedish was just one of many languages in Sweden until the whole world became really nationalistic in the 1850s.
Why is he taking me there? Finland wondered. Buildings like this one had been started to build all over since Sweden's arrival, and they had one thing in common; the strange cross symbol. Finland hadn't paid much attention to them up until now. They entered the quiet hallway and as their footsteps echoed from the walls of the large hall, went further inside. Few candles in their chandeliers lit the place dimly in addition to the sunlight coming trough narrow, but very tall windows. The place was serene and it's silence calmed Finland down for a while, until his eyes met that strange cross again. It was larger than those he had seen before, made from dark, varnished wood, hung on the wall behind an altar. Finland took a better look at the cross and saw that on it, there was a figure of a man.
"Sätta sig." Sweden told Finland to sit, taking a seat himself.
Getting a bit nervous now, his eyes still glued at the strange man on the cross, Finland sat besides Sweden. Finally he tore his eyes from it, and looked at Sweden. The other was now holding a book, with the same cross symbol ornating the cover. "Vad är det?" Finland asked with his still very clumsy Swedish.
"Det är en Bibel." Sweden told him, opening the Bible and searching trough the pages. "Det är Guds ord."
"Gud? Ukko, eller Mielikki, eller..." If this "Bible" was the word of God, which god did Sweden mean? Finland had many gods and goddesses too.
"Nej." Sweden almost pierced Finland with his poignant eyes, or at least that's how Finland felt. "Der är bara en Gud."
Only one God? Finland didn't quite believe Sweden. The Baltic brothers too, they had had many gods and goddesses last time Finland had visited them, also Norway had this Thor, and he was really cool, like Finland's Ukko, the supreme god. How could there suddenly be only one?
Sweden helped Finland read the Bible till late evening, teaching him what he believed was the holy word that would save Finland from the Devil. Sweden believed this was his most important task at Finland's place yet, he wouldn't allow Devil to have control over him no longer. He would do his best to save Finland.
"...och so-..." Sweden's sentence was cut short when Finland's head suddenly slumped against his strong shoulder. The fair-haired young man was fast asleep. Sweden let his eyes wander on his pale face, his slightly parted lips, snowy eyelashes lining his closed yes... Sweden felt really warm all of a sudden, watching this tender, yet really strong boy. Sweden closed the Bible and put it aside, and then leaned closer, very carefully, very slowly, towards the boy. His touch on that soft skin was light as a falling snowflake when he gently stroked Finland's cheek. Then, careful to not to make a sound, he took his silvery cross necklace from under his shirt where it had been hidden, removed it from his own neck and put it around Finland's neck instead. It would belong to him now. Sweden only then found that he had been smiling when his face went back to expressionless as Finland made a motion. He seemed to be waking up. Sweden quickly backed off from Finland, taking some distance while still holding him up so he wouldn't topple over.
"Uhh..?" Finland's voice was sleepy, he slowly opened his eyes. "Minä... Erm, jag..." He quickly remembered to switch to Swedish, "Jag..." but he couldn't find the correct words to tell Sweden he hadn't intended to fall asleep in the middle of a lecture.
"Det är okej." Sweden stared in front of him, not really looking at anything, just stared and pretended that nothing had just happened. His heart was pounding.
Finland rubbed his eyes a bit, yawned and asked if they could go home already. "Ska vi gå hemma?"
Sweden nodded stiffly.
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Meanwhile, standing on a foresty hill overlooking the field the church was built on, stood a sizeable man in long coat and creamy scarf.
"Bóže moj..." Russia had became too late, Sweden had already took little Finland under his wing, teaching him what ever rubbish he wanted. Oh well, it was only a matter of time when Finland would become his. Everyone would become, in time. Russia smiled at this sweet thought, and turned away, for he would return.
***
Translations:
Finnish:
Otso: Bear (it is said to be "bear's true name", and it's not commonly used in modern Finnish, it's more a poetic way to say bear. More common way to say bear is "karhu")
Sahti: (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahti )
Pidätkö siitä?: Do you like it?
Odota: Wait
Mitä nyt?: What now?
Karhunpeijaiset: Bear's celebration (you certainly don't hear this in modern Finnish, peijaiset is not commonly used when talking about parties etc.)
Perhana!: (Finnish swearword, "milder" version of the famous Perkele)
Emuu & Hongatar: (Emuus were said to be the ancestors, "mothers" of certain animal species, Hongatar was the emuu of all bears. Emuus were prayed to grant their children as prey when going to hunt, or asked to restrain their children in case they caused trouble.)
Ole kiltti: Please (literally it means "be nice/kind")
Ukko, Mielikki: (these were gods in paganic Finland. Ukko was the god of thunder and was the supreme god, Mielikki was the goddess of forest)
Minä: Me
Swedish:
Du har mycket att lära sig: You have much to learn
Nej: No
Det är en klasslös språka: That is a classless language (classless, bad, low etc.) (This was one of those hard sentences for me to form so it might be slightly incorrect translation)
Vad i hela friden?: What the -(something, I think "what the heck" is close enough)
Jag är: I am
Tyst: (be) quiet
Kom: Come
Men den skalle: But the skull
Stoppa!: Stop! (quite obvious)
Sätta sig: Sit
Det är en Bibel, Det är Guds ord: It is Bible, it is the word of God.
Gud: God (d'uh)
Eller: or
och so-...: and so-...
Jag: Me
Det är okej: It is okay
Ska vi gå hemma?: Shall we go home?
Russian:
Bóže moj: Oh my God (I think...)
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Borg borg borg ;)
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Men skallen
Stopp!
Sätt dig
Ska vi gå hem?
Now this one:
Det är en klasslös språka
...is difficult. You can't use "klasslös" like that in swedish, since it refers more to classes of people, like... workers, nobility, clergymen and stuff like that. It would be more correct to say something lacks class, so try:
Det språket saknar klass.
Tho honestly, Sweden wouldn't say that, since they actually spoke Finnish (along with German, French, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian) in Stockholm at least until the 1600s. Swedish was just one of many languages in Sweden until the whole world became really nationalistic in the 1850s.
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