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| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5743 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes  Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 1 of 7 02 March 2009 at 2:02am | IP Logged | ||
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I am currently trying to learn Finnish. It seems like a nice language from writing and from speaking but I wish
people would give me input on the language before I start learning it. I can accept learning materials in both English and German. Also if someone could help me understand the double lettering thing. Edited by sprachefin on 02 March 2009 at 2:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Masked Avenger Triglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6131 days ago 145 posts - 151 votes Speaks: English, French*, Danish Studies: Finnish, Latin | Message 2 of 7 05 March 2009 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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What do you need to understand about double lettering? Pronounciation or why/when it occurs?
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| sprachefin Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5743 days ago 300 posts - 317 votes Speaks: German*, English, Spanish Studies: French, Turkish, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Persian, Dutch | Message 3 of 7 06 March 2009 at 6:48am | IP Logged | ||
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I am confused on the pronunciation. I cannot find anything on it that explains it. I have looked in multiple places
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| Masked Avenger Triglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6131 days ago 145 posts - 151 votes Speaks: English, French*, Danish Studies: Finnish, Latin | Message 4 of 7 06 March 2009 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does this help?
http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/FinnishForForeig ners/ch1-en/ch1-gr-konsonantit.htm It doesn't show when vowels are lenghened, but that's the easy part, IMHO. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Calvino Diglot Groupie Sweden sammafllod.wordpress Joined 5963 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 5 of 7 08 March 2009 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Isn't it fairly simple? — and those of you who speak Finnish may correct me: double lettering denotes a long sound. So viisi ("five") would be pronounced with the first i long (like in "feel"), the second one short (like in "fill"). Edited by Calvino on 08 March 2009 at 7:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| snovymgodom Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5722 days ago 136 posts - 149 votes Speaks: English*, Russian | Message 6 of 7 01 April 2009 at 3:58am | IP Logged | ||
Not quite. Both i and ii have the sound you hear in English "feel", except the latter is held for twice as long as the former. It is a difference in actual vowel length rather than quality. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Calvino Diglot Groupie Sweden sammafllod.wordpress Joined 5963 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 7 of 7 03 April 2009 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well... the in "feel" is longer than in "fill", right? And the quality isn't all that different, right?
I wouldn't know about "twice", though. I don't think it's generally possible to establish any such specific ratio in languages with a vowel length distinction. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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