Finnish
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
:
finés
- Since we're talking about Finnish, I have to tell you my favorite Finnish word, which is this.
So I would be in Finland if it wasn't for having to learn Finnish, which it's very hard as a language to learn.
- So I would be in Finland if it wasn't for having to learn Finnish, which it's very hard as a language to learn.
- And, and they learn, they end up learning, you know, Hindu, Finnish, English, Korean, whatever it is, whatever's in the area, they will learn that language.
Examples
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In deference to Johanna and Tuomas, the Holmstroms spoke Finnish rather than their usual Swedish.
Fiction book (1992) -
She is fluent in Finnish, which helps her connect with her relatives in Finland.
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But they say her Finnish is very good.
Fiction book (1996) -
I thought perhaps I heard some Finnish.
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Soon he'll have us all speaking Russian instead of Finnish.
Fiction book (1992) -
It might interest you to know I studied Finnish in high school.
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I've spent the past three years learning Finnish!
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I looked up to see my grandmother bearing down on us, grinning broadly and speaking Finnish.
Fiction book (1991) -
From early on, Aino Krohn wrote poetry and fiction and translated stories into Finnish.
Academic text (1999) -
During my visit to Finland, I learned some basic Finnish phrases to communicate with the locals.
Synonyms
The Finnish language spoken by most people in Finland
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Finnish for the language comes from the name Finn (the people of Finland) plus the ending -ish, just like in English. So Finnish literally means the 'language of the Finns', which is why it names the language spoken in Finland.