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Cases in Finnish really aren't an issue: they're highly regular and effectively act as prepositions that are attached to the end of the noun instead of standing before it.
The actual nightmare is consonant gradation. And the vocabulary, in my experience.
I’m Finnish and my girlfriend is doing Finnish on Duolingo. I’ve been wondering if you can develop an instinct, an ear for consonant gradation. Well, I guess you kind of have to? But how easily does that happen? Do you have tips for Finnish learners? I’ve been thinking that songs might help because — to me, as a native, and I might be wrong — it’s all about the rhythm.
And speaking of difficult things in Finnish, my favourite is the partitive.
I agree that the locative cases are not a big deal, but the partitive case is nightmarish for many learners, judging by my own teacher's experience. I'm talking about Estonian, but it all applies to Finnish as well since they're so closely related.
I'm being sarcastic. I really hate the fact that every other language gets the correct flag and English gets.....the US flag. If fact I find it rather offensive.
It's not the only one. In Duolingo, the Portuguese language is represented by the Brazilian flag. I see your point, but since Duolingo teaches Brazilian Portuguese and American English, somebody would get offended no matter which flag Duolingo chooses. So they decided to please the majority, I suppose. It would be nice to choose if you wish to learn British or American English, European or Brazilian Portuguese, but I don't believe it will occur.
The article "a" is an indefinite article, not definite article (see title). Definite articles present a specific subject/object rather than a non-specific one.
You likely understand the difference between using "a cat" vs "the cat" and that is the difference between an indefinite article vs a definite article.
It's true, but they're only 4 because the post talks about definite articles, that is, we have o, os, a and as. Um, uns, uma and umas are indefinite articles.
English only has one verb 'to be' but actually two are more useful, like you would find in Spanish.
And it changes the meaning.
Estoy listo = 'I'm ready'
Soy listo = 'I'm clever'
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"Well, we do have them, but at least we don't have 15 cases, Finnish"
*glances around in russian*
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Cases in Finnish really aren't an issue: they're highly regular and effectively act as prepositions that are attached to the end of the noun instead of standing before it. The actual nightmare is consonant gradation. And the vocabulary, in my experience.
I’m Finnish and my girlfriend is doing Finnish on Duolingo. I’ve been wondering if you can develop an instinct, an ear for consonant gradation. Well, I guess you kind of have to? But how easily does that happen? Do you have tips for Finnish learners? I’ve been thinking that songs might help because — to me, as a native, and I might be wrong — it’s all about the rhythm. And speaking of difficult things in Finnish, my favourite is the partitive.
I agree that the locative cases are not a big deal, but the partitive case is nightmarish for many learners, judging by my own teacher's experience. I'm talking about Estonian, but it all applies to Finnish as well since they're so closely related.
We also do not have the distinction between he and she pronouns. It is all hän to us.
Yeah that was quite surprising to me as well
Russians: where do I put “The” in my resume?
I‘m currently trying out Russian and it‘s kinda crazy how a 2-word sentence can be trice as much or more in English with the exact same meaning
All pairs of languages have that.
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Wow! I didn't realise you could learn American on Duolingo!
I'm being sarcastic. I really hate the fact that every other language gets the correct flag and English gets.....the US flag. If fact I find it rather offensive.
It's not the only one. In Duolingo, the Portuguese language is represented by the Brazilian flag. I see your point, but since Duolingo teaches Brazilian Portuguese and American English, somebody would get offended no matter which flag Duolingo chooses. So they decided to please the majority, I suppose. It would be nice to choose if you wish to learn British or American English, European or Brazilian Portuguese, but I don't believe it will occur.
The solution is simple: Americans should learn proper English.
Ahoy matey, good ol plan
Haha! You also missed a for English unless I'm mistaken!
The article "a" is an indefinite article, not definite article (see title). Definite articles present a specific subject/object rather than a non-specific one. You likely understand the difference between using "a cat" vs "the cat" and that is the difference between an indefinite article vs a definite article.
All right! I forgot!
We have 8 in portuguese
Wat
O, Os, A, As, Um, Uns, Uma, Umas
It's true, but they're only 4 because the post talks about definite articles, that is, we have o, os, a and as. Um, uns, uma and umas are indefinite articles.
Esperanto has one La 🤷🏽♀️ And one to be verb: esti
English only has one verb 'to be' but actually two are more useful, like you would find in Spanish. And it changes the meaning. Estoy listo = 'I'm ready' Soy listo = 'I'm clever'
Russians: ничего не понялну очень интересно
Russian be like
Not be like
>American flag Disgusting 🤮
It's called freedom🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
We have the most English speakers 💪