*While you might buy wallpaper in Finland (“Tapeeti”), in Estonian, Tapeti means “killed” in the past tense, passive voice.*
Come on, “Tapeeti” and “Tapeti” sounds pretty different.
“Istu mu kõrvale” (sit near me – est.) would be the funnier example. “Joo” (drink – est.) is also an excellent example.
As a person who moved from Estonia, the interest towards the Finnish language and its proper learning is nearly non-existent. In someone’s document, that interest might exist, but not in the schools or a practice.
Could any Estonian in here comment, what is the general attitude towards Finland and Finnish language amongst Estonians these days?
I’ve always personally felt that Estonians are our brothers beyond the gulf and I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that so many of them can speak Finnish. I have never had enough interest to study the language (although I might’ve if it was actually taught in Finnish schools).
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I wish it would be easier to study estonian in Finland, too.
I really hope Estonian becomes more learned language in Finland too, it would be cool for our languages to naturally grow closer together again. It could enrichen both languages and allow both a better survival in world which is increasingly dominated by fewer large languages.
Also pitty Duolingo does not have Estonian yet
Please Estonia, learn from our mistakes. No mandatory languages in schools except for English and your own local language. We are still dealing with the poor choice of mandatory swedish
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Might be time to add another to the Finnish school system. Finnish, Swedish, English and Estonian /s
It does make sense considering the proximity to each other. Wouldn’t you already have a common language in English?
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*While you might buy wallpaper in Finland (“Tapeeti”), in Estonian, Tapeti means “killed” in the past tense, passive voice.*
Come on, “Tapeeti” and “Tapeti” sounds pretty different.
“Istu mu kõrvale” (sit near me – est.) would be the funnier example. “Joo” (drink – est.) is also an excellent example.
As a person who moved from Estonia, the interest towards the Finnish language and its proper learning is nearly non-existent. In someone’s document, that interest might exist, but not in the schools or a practice.
Could any Estonian in here comment, what is the general attitude towards Finland and Finnish language amongst Estonians these days?
I’ve always personally felt that Estonians are our brothers beyond the gulf and I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that so many of them can speak Finnish. I have never had enough interest to study the language (although I might’ve if it was actually taught in Finnish schools).
Balto-Finnic Empire
I wish it would be easier to study estonian in Finland, too.
I really hope Estonian becomes more learned language in Finland too, it would be cool for our languages to naturally grow closer together again. It could enrichen both languages and allow both a better survival in world which is increasingly dominated by fewer large languages.
Also pitty Duolingo does not have Estonian yet
Please Estonia, learn from our mistakes. No mandatory languages in schools except for English and your own local language. We are still dealing with the poor choice of mandatory swedish