On 6th December Finland is celebrating independance day. On this day in 1917 Finland was declared an independant state and no part of the Russian empire anymore.
As the day is a public holiday I finally had some time for my Finnish books. In the last days I even visited Lauttasaari library to check if they maybe have some secret there that helps me understand Finnish overnight. Well, they didn’t – but they had a section of German books (which left me a bit suprised, but apparently there are really some more Germans around here!) and I actually left with some kid’s books that are quite helpful as they have both pictures and then the english description as well as the finnish word for every day items.
Now I just need to memorize all the words… (And I already start hating all the words with tons of “yy” & “ää” as I seem to never remember those. Whoever invented the word “pysähtyä” is on top of my “most hated people” list, as it took me 3 days to just remember this single word…)
And it’s a bit strange for me to hear about people who live in this country for years but still have difficulties with the language. Ok, you definitely can get by with English – but it’s nevertheless a pain if you have to work your way around the supermarket with a dictionary all the time.
A German in Finland - 