Finnish syllables/stressing

[deutschtard]

Alright, so one of my Finnish friends has challenged me to learn the longest compound word in Finnish:

"lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas"

it translates into "plane Gas turbine motor junior mechanic Non-commissioned officer in training." :D I think I know how to pronounce PARTS of it based on how to pronounce the

Comments

Native speaker here :)

[feverladynippon]

In long compound words I usually stress each part as I would if they were individual words. But in case of ridiculously long words that no one actually uses in real life and are more of a joke, I probably would stress the beginning and then just say the rest really fast without stressing anything in particular. (Also, I'm from Eastern Finland, and I've been told I have a Eastern way of stressing words, I don't know if that affects.)

Re: Native speaker here :)

[deutschtard]

The guy who's trying to get me to say it is from Lahti, but I don't know enough about Finnish to know what difference that makes. Although he's trying to get me to try to learn Finnish with a Savo dialect. I think Finnish on its own is hard enough!! xD;

[zedinc]

Well, the syllables are:

len-to-ko-ne-suih-ku-tur-bii-ni-moot-to-ri-a-pu-me-kaa-nik-ko-a-li-up-see-ri-op-pi-las

Not really sure what to say about the stress. I'd have a very brief pause between the words divided like lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottori-apumekaanikko-aliupseerioppilas. I've never thought about stress that much as a native since it's certainly not as important as with other languages.

[deutschtard]

hey cool! I was actually close when I split it up myself!

This word is almost as long as that huuuuuuuuuge German word, Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft "Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services" XD

[dewdropsonrosa]

That's a hell of a name to try and fit on a sign!

[zedinc]

Oh, and Mikropuhe is fine but it sure doesn't sound very authentic if you think of the intonation, the end gets way too low. Mikropuhe also doesn't pause like a person would while saying the words.