https://languages.codidact.com/categories/36/tags/4439.rssNew Posts Tagged 'Finnish' - Languages & LinguisticsLanguages & Linguistics - Codidact2023-11-21T08:18:56Zhttps://languages.codidact.com/posts/290261Two reads of "murremestari"tommihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/534072023-11-21T08:18:06Z2023-11-21T08:18:56Z<p>In this quiz on Yle's website I met the nice word "murremestari": <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20058169">https://yle.fi/a/74-20058169</a></p>
<p>Obviously this means one who masters dialects, b...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/283340What causes people to write compound words as distinct words?tommihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/534072021-08-12T08:29:28Z2023-02-15T12:03:16Z<p>In many Germanic and Finno-ugric languages there are many compound words. One does not write "yhdys sana", but rather "yhdyssana". Learning to write these correctly is notoriously hard for peopl...https://languages.codidact.com/posts/279686Why past tense in imaginative play in Finnish?tommihttps://languages.codidact.com/users/534072020-12-02T08:35:04Z2021-03-12T17:48:59Z<p>When playing house with a child, they say things like "Nyt se meni nukkumaan." when they mean that I should have the toy I am playing with go to bed. Similar use of the simple past / i...