Language talk (offshoot of: earthbound label)

[Dr.Agon]

arseen, olet ihana (translation supplied by a friend)

This is correct Finnish

olet upeimmat henkilö koko maailmassa! (translation by google translate)

This however has translation error.
In Finnish one you and many you are different. Same as in Swedish and Spanish.

Upeimmat is for many you. Olette upeimmat henkilöt maailmassa.
Correct form is upein. Olet upein henkilö maailmassa.

Thank you any way, but I don't know am I the prettiest person in the world. ( or most wonderful or most magnificent).

BACK ON THE HIGH PEDESTAL!

good god what have i begun?!

glad the Finnish supplied by my friend, (who is married to a Finn) was correct, the one i asked google translate to translate was supposed to read;

"you are the most amazing person in the whole world!"

im happy that you liked it anyway!

[Arseen]

the one i asked google translate to translate was supposed to read; "you are the most amazing person in the whole world!"

Yeah I understood it, the thing is that Finnish separates "you" in to single form and plural form.

Single you: Sinä ->  verb ends with T
Plural you: Te -> verb ends TTE

Plural form can be used also for single person as an (old) polite form of addressing person of higher statute. (I think German uses this too).
But even then te is used for you instead of sinä. = can't mix the forms.

I think German and Spanish also separate the end for all 6 forms of persons (I, you, he/she, we, you, they) so it's not necessary to use I, you, he/she, we, you, they as you can tell it from the ending oif the verb.

[Arseen]

perche parlano in altra lingua se tutti qui parla inglese? 

Porque hablan en otro idioma si todos hablamos ingles? 

i will lough with all your answer lol

Solo per le risate

Solo por las risas


If you try to tell "Just for fun"

Solo per divertimento (Italian) 

Solo por diversion (Spanish) 

Exact form I was trying to say was: Just for the laughts.

[Arseen]

flaggstångsknoppsputspoleringsmedel

EPÄJÄRJESTELMÄLLISTYTTÄMÄTTÖMYYDELLÄNSÄKÖHÄNKÄÄN.

And that is non-combination word unlike yours.
In Finnish you can do endless combination words.

Is that for real a word?  

Yes, but I don't think it can be really used in a sentence, nor can it be easily translated.

FINNISH:

epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäköhänkään =48 letters

Translation goes something like this:
[Asking while expressing double (serious) doubt] so not even with his/her most disorganization causing way

Or replace disorganization with methodicalness breaking
 
Not spot on, but can't get it any better.

BTW: Base word is järjestelmällisyys (methodicalness) (or järjestelmä (system) or järjestys (order) depending how much you want to backtrack) rest are pre- and postfixes.  
BTW2: nearly impossible to use in sentence.
BTW3: Probably too many pre- and postfixes to be accepted in GBWR, it used to be there though in bit shorter form-
BTW4: Sweden had in GBWR combination word of 120+ letters, but Finnish could probably beat that.  

[e_brugal]

 

in spanish the longest word is "anticonstitucionalmente"= 23 letters

in Italian the longest is "psiconeuroendocrinoimmunologia" = 28 letters

lol

[ShoothimNow]

I am so confused!

[Plainsongs]

Here I was, just looking for an Earthbound label, and I come here and all I can see is just VOWELS VOWELS EVERYWHERE!!!
And people assume that because I'm Swedish I should be able to somewhat understand Finnish.... 

[e_brugal]

Here I was, just looking for an Earthbound label, and I come here and all I can see is just VOWELS VOWELS EVERYWHERE!!!
And people assume that because I'm Swedish I should be able to somewhat understand Finnish.... 

On page 1 is the Earthbound label, we where having a little fun in other languages

[Arseen]

And people assume that because I'm Swedish I should be able to somewhat understand Finnish.... 

It's actually the other way around: Swedes assume that all Finns speak swedish as Finland bilingual country officially.

Jag talar inte så mycket svensk, men jag förstår det.

[Plainsongs]

And people assume that because I'm Swedish I should be able to somewhat understand Finnish.... 

It's actually the other way around: Swedes assume that all Finns speak swedish as Finland bilingual country officially.

Jag talar inte så mycket svenska, men jag förstår det.

Let's just settle on the fact that people think that all Scandies understand each other

Jag talar ingen finska alls, bara svärord och mamma

[Arseen]

And people assume that because I'm Swedish I should be able to somewhat understand Finnish.... 

It's actually the other way around: Swedes assume that all Finns speak swedish as Finland bilingual country officially.

Jag talar inte så mycket svenska, men jag förstår det.

Let's just settle on the fact that people think that all Scandies understand each other

Jag talar ingen finska alls, bara svärord och mamma

Okej.

But don't we understand?
I think pretty much all of Scandic youth speaks English pretty well nowadays.

[sheep2001]

i used to work for a Swedish company - had to go to Stockholm every month for management meetings.  Other than "hej, hej" the only Swedish I learnt was this:
Jag önskar att jag var en pingvin, glida på magen hela dagen.

I used it as an icebreaker, opening a presentation about myself, and what my teams did in the UK.  In front of senior management from US, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.  The Swedes thought it was great - nobody else knew why they were laughing.  

[kaysow]

that is pretty random, i laughed at it =)

people assume i speak finnish cuz my surname suggests it, but they refused to let me learn it as a third language so i'm limited to kiitos & ollos hyvää, kippis, yxi kaxi kolme nälje visi kusi seitseman kadeksan kymminen, maito, saatana perkele voi vittu & ei saa peitää.

[Plainsongs]

Okej.

But don't we understand?
I think pretty much all of Scandic youth speaks English pretty well nowadays.

And THAT, is awesome!

i used to work for a Swedish company - had to go to Stockholm every month for management meetings.  Other than "hej, hej" the only Swedish I learnt was this:
Jag önskar att jag var en pingvin, glida på magen hela dagen.

I used it as an icebreaker, opening a presentation about myself, and what my teams did in the UK.  In front of senior management from US, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.  The Swedes thought it was great - nobody else knew why they were laughing. 

That is so funny, I'm betting they loved it! Was the company game-related, or?



I love how the site has been growing to involve so many people from so many places, when I first started coming here I didn't even bother getting an account, because I figured that the site didn't have as a goal to become as internationally involving as it is today. Love it!

[Arseen]

that is pretty random, i laughed at it =)

people assume i speak finnish cuz my surname suggests it, but they refused to let me learn it as a third language so i'm limited to kiitos & ollos hyvää, kippis, yxi kaxi kolme nälje visi kusi seitseman kadeksan kymminen, maito, saatana perkele voi vittu & ei saa peitää.

Greens are correct, Reds are wrong for reason or another.
Funny how swear words and words more or less relating to drinking were correct.

And yes I too assumed yopu were speaking Finnish when I approved you.
If I knew you were Swedish, I don't know would I have approved...