Finnish Language question

Pirkka · Post by **Pirkka** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 3:10 pm

One for our Finnish-speaking comrades:

I have tried and completely failed to workout what the correct plural of 'Unknown Soldier' (Tuotematon Sotilas) is, despite consulting three different Teach Yourself Finnish books.
Could one of our Finnish comrades oblige me with it?

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:13 pm

Unknown soldiers - Tuntemattomat sotilaat.

Tricky!

Willi

Pirkka · Post by **Pirkka** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:23 pm

Top man, Willi! That was one of the three answers I came up with, but it seems I was a 'T' short in the first word.
Forgive me for saying, but you have an incredibly hard language!

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:38 pm

That´s why there are only some 5 million speakers in the world...

Franz repper · Post by **Franz repper** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:21 am

I lived here 18 months and all I can do is swear
Olen asunut täällä 18 kuukautta ja osaan ainoastaan kirota.
that was same in Finnish Perkele!!

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:16 pm

That´s a very useful word Franz.
But do try "saatana" too.

Mayakovsky · Post by **Mayakovsky** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:41 pm

My favourite Finnish word has got to be takatukka.

Both amusing and wrong, wrong, wrong in every possible way!

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:59 pm

I totally agree with you!
But where, where on earth did you learn that word???

Mayakovsky · Post by **Mayakovsky** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:39 pm

Ah - Finnish girl I once knew told me the word. A Swedish girl I also 'once knew'

said they call it a hockeyfrilla.

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:47 pm

Takatukka is very popular in Tampere, where Franz from our troop lives(not that he has one!)...imagine takatukka emerging from under the brim of a helmet...shivers!

Pirkka · Post by **Pirkka** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:56 pm

For any non-Scandanavians out there, a hockeyfrilla appears to be their name for the noble mullet, hairstyle of the Gods and German footballers in the '80s.
Reading the context of the message, it may have a second meaning, however.

Moderate Mod Rob

Mayakovsky · Post by **Mayakovsky** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:16 am

Ho ho ho ho Hockeyfrilla!

Willi Heydrich · Post by **Willi Heydrich** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:36 am

That really sums it up!

Pirkka · Post by **Pirkka** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:02 am

Sorry folks, nasty little spambot deleted there. One of these days someone is going to find the little t@#t who generates these things and kill him in some horrible but inventive way, possibly involving choreography.
Thank you.

Franz repper · Post by **Franz repper** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:27 am

No Moi ei ongelmaa.MissÄ on Hoyrymakkarani ?

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