Thread: Scandinavian language in your country?

[quote=Anonymous]BLOODY ST

Well, finnish is of course a scandinavian language, because its a scandinavian country, but it's not from the same language group.
I speak both Swedish and some finnish - and my teacher in finnish says that, regardless the big differences in swedish and finnish, swedes are the one's, generally, which have it most easy to learn finnish, because;
1. Finland has quite a number of words that are common and loanwords from sweden because Finland has been Swedish for most of it's lifetime (over 600 years)
2. Pronunciation for swedes is simple because all the letters and sounds in Swedish are also in finnish, exept for "a with one dot over it". So for swedes you just have to skip letters and sounds - like the many "sh, ch" sounds in swedish, which dont exist at all in finnish
And of course when ever countries have got a big influence on eachother, one get's more familliar with oneanother's languages aswell...

I noticed in my last message that it may be interpreted as if there is only one letter from swedish that don't exist in finnsh - there are more, like b,g, and so on...

Originally Posted by Zhenya

Well, finnish is of course a scandinavian language, because its a scandinavian country, but it's not from the same language group.

Bollocks, my old china. Finnish is not a Scandinavian language - it's an Ugro-Finnic language. And Finland is not even a Scandinavian country - it's a Nordic country alright, but Scandinavian it isn't. This question has been discussed at Scandinavian forums and discussion groups ad nausea yet many people still make this stupid mistake. Du paastaar at du taler svensk, men du ved ikke hvad forskellen mellem skandinaviske og nordiske laender er...

hehe ok, nu ska vi inte bli upprorda Det finns dock fortfarande manniskor som raknar Finland till Skandinavien, troligen eftersom F. har varit svenskt sa lange...men oavsett, sa stammer ju iaf det andra jag skrev

What forum was that - got any link?

Originally Posted by Zhenya

hehe ok, nu ska vi inte bli upprorda Det finns dock fortfarande manniskor som raknar Finland till Skandinavien

ja vissssssst (er det hvad man siger paa svensk?) men de kommer ikke fra Skandinavien, de som paastaar det. Nogen deler af Finland er praeget af den svenske sprog, svenske kultur, men i det hele taget er Finland et helt andet land - nordisk ja, men ikke skandinavisk. Det er normalt bare udlandninger der tror at Finland tilhoerer til Skandinavien. Paa dansk (jeg ogsaa tror paa svensk og norsk) findes der forskel mellem 'nordisk' og 'skandinavisk'. Laes her: http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Scandinavia

How interresting is that site Vending Machine, What is your name? Wow you can speka good Danish hehe.
I'm Ignacio, do you spek spanish? Im obssessed witht eh Norwegian language, and i also like swedish and danish. Explain more about this eqivalent to the Stoed in Norwegian please. .. .

Thanks
Ignacio

yes but you know since most people speak swedish - with a lovely accent, in the capitol Helsinki - Helsingfors, that's what counts, hehe...

Originally Posted by Zhenya

yes but you know since most people speak swedish - with a lovely accent, in the capitol Helsinki - Helsingfors, that's what counts, hehe...

Many people speak passable Russian in the capital of Kazakhstan - does it make Kazakhstan a Slavic country? Besides, I wouldn't say that most people in Helsinki speak Swedish - most will have been taught it at school and some do speak it quite well but the majority speak it quite haltingly or not at all. Many can speak some very basic Swedish but won't. Now, Turku or, say, Porvoo is indeed a different story...

yes of course, it was somewhat a joke...

Still almost 300 000 Finns, speak swedish. Here is a good link http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finnswedes.html

You from Norway Vending?

Originally Posted by Zhenya

Still almost 300 000 Finns, speak swedish. Here is a good link http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finnswedes.html

You from Norway Vending?

Jag

Nej det

Det tycks, Kamion, att det

[quote=Kamion]Jag

Da vej der jab nem!

What does that mean?

Originally Posted by Zhenya

Da vej der jab nem!

What does that mean?

Ved du ikke? Det er dansk-russisk for "la os drikke". Paa russisk staver man det давай дерябнем, men paa dansk skriver man da vej der jab nem.

Jag lyckades aldrig kryptera det till ryska!

Da vaj Da vaj!

[quote=VendingMachine][quote=Kamion]Jag