Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6845 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 137 of 270 21 September 2008 at 6:23am | IP Logged |
sei wrote:
Hencke wrote:
Niin, tänään on siis se merkkipäivä. Kaksi vuotta tuli just täyteen. |
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What I could come up with is, "Two years just came full"? That doesn't make sense to me... So if someone could explain this point to me, I'd appreciate. |
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Congratulations on your effort ! You got pretty close on the literal meaning, except in this construction the verb "tulla" does not translate as "come". The meaning is more along the lines of "become" or even "reach".
It means that this thread just turned two - "just reached the point of two full years of age" if you will. You can think of the combination "tulla täyteen" as "reach fulfillment", or as reaching some kind of limit.
Also note that the word "just", handy as it is, and meaning approx. the same thing as "just" in English, is very colloquial and wouldn't do at all in formal language.
Edited by Hencke on 21 September 2008 at 6:33am
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sei Diglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5892 days ago 178 posts - 191 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese
| Message 138 of 270 21 September 2008 at 5:54pm | IP Logged |
Hmmm, I see I am going to have troubles interpreting the language. ^^ Even with your explanation, I wouldn't have taken it like that. I think I'd still be confused at what just made 2 years of "age".
I really appreciate the explanation though. ^^ And sorry for the English in this thread.
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Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6845 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 139 of 270 22 September 2008 at 8:34am | IP Logged |
sei wrote:
Hmmm, I see I am going to have troubles interpreting the language. ^^ Even with your explanation, I wouldn't have taken it like that. I think I'd still be confused at what just made 2 years of "age". |
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"Just reached 2 years of age" might be more obvious. But don't worry too much about it. Some idiomatic expressions like this will seem strange at first, but they are the exceptions. And these difficulties will gradually shrink in size and disappear, as you get used to the particulars of the language.
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And sorry for the English in this thread. |
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No worries. It's OK to use English if you really need it to have a point explained properly. Mutta suomeksi voi myös kysyä ! :o)
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Natts Diglot Newbie Finland Joined 5866 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English Studies: Swedish
| Message 140 of 270 30 September 2008 at 11:10am | IP Logged |
Yksi suomalainen lisää ilmottautuu o/
Täytyy vaan sanoa, että minusta on aika hassua että joku haluaa oppia suomea, minusta se on aika ruma kieli :o Siis tökkivän ruma. Ei kauniin soljuva kuten joku ranska :<
Mutta saas nähä miten potkin tällä forella käyntiin, kun joskus on sormet vähän solmussa kirjoittaessa xD Sanokaa heti jos tulee joku bugi, on viime päivinä alkanu tuntumaan että en enää suomeakaan osaa :s
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Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6845 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 141 of 270 01 October 2008 at 1:59pm | IP Logged |
Natts wrote:
Täytyy vaan sanoa, että minusta on aika hassua että joku haluaa oppia suomea, minusta se on aika ruma kieli :o Siis tökkivän ruma. Ei kauniin soljuva kuten joku ranska :< |
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Heh, no makunsa kullakin. Omasta kielestään on joskus vaikea olla mitään mieltä kun sen tuntee niin hyvin että on vaikea kuvitella miltä se kuulostaa muille.
Minusta suomi kuulostaa kyllä kivalta mutta sen varsinainen viehätys ei ole siinä, vaan sen erikoisessa rakenteessa ja uskomattoman tehokkaassa ilmaisuvoimassa.
Tervetuloa mukaan vaan !
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bela_lugosi Hexaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 6405 days ago 272 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English, Finnish*, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Estonian, Sámi, Latin
| Message 142 of 270 17 October 2008 at 6:05pm | IP Logged |
Ranskahan on pahimmillaan tà yttà rà kimistà ! :p Ei pahalla...
Mun mielestà suomi on aika peruskieli, ei erityisen kaunis eikà erityisen ruma. Eniten siinà à rsyttà và t ehkà joidenkin "nerojen" keksimà t uudissanat (esim. mikà helvetin "Suokki"? Se on Suomenlinna, prkl. Ja mikà on "moon"? Mà ainakin sanon reilusti 'mà oon'. Ja sillà sipuli.) ja murteen kà yttò normaalin puhekielen seassa pà à kaupunkiseudulla on erittà in à rsyttà và uusi ilmiò. Miksi kukaan tà ysjà rkinen tahtoo tehdà sellaista?
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6548 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 143 of 270 22 October 2008 at 2:32pm | IP Logged |
Minusta ranska on kai maailman rumin kieli :D kun taas suomi on kaunein *_*
Ja erilaiset murteet ovat mun mielestä kivoja:))) kai siksi että venäjällä on niitä aika vähän, eikä niihin yleensä suhtauduta hyvin :/
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Leopejo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6060 days ago 675 posts - 724 votes Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English Studies: French, Russian
| Message 144 of 270 22 October 2008 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
Minusta ranska on kai maailman rumin kieli :D kun taas suomi on kaunein *_*
Ja erilaiset murteet ovat mun mielestä kivoja:))) kai siksi että venäjällä on niitä aika vähän, eikä niihin yleensä suhtauduta hyvin :/ |
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Itse pidän ranskan kielestä - tällä hetkellä kuuntelen ranskankielistä laulua. Itse en sitä puhu enkä aio opiskella, en ainakaan vielä, mutta silti rakastan sitä. Keväällä aioin aloittaa venäjän L-R:n, käyttäen Pikku Prinssiä ja ranskalais-venäjänkielistä tekstiä. Sen sijaan... kuuntelin ranskankielistä Petit Princeä!
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