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In English, Finnish words used with reference to the Finnish culture, but not nativized in English and not used in other contexts: sisu - the Finnish state of mind about strong character and 'grim forbearance,' has been documented in English since at least 1940. kantele - a Finnish zither; motti - a Finnish military tactic
Stadi is a slang word itself, borrowed from the Swedish stad, 'city'. Literally, the name would mean 'slang of the city', but stadi always means just the city of Helsinki in the slang – all other cities are unconditionally referred to by the common Finnish word for 'city' (kaupunki).
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During the Winter War of 1939–1940, the Finnish perseverance in the face of the invasion by the Soviet Union popularized this word in English for a generation. [16] [17] In what may have been the first use of sisu in the English language, on 8 January 1940, Time magazine reported: The Finns have something they call sisu. It is a compound of ...
English loan words in Finnish slang include for example pleikkari 'PlayStation', hodari 'hot dog', and hedari 'headache', 'headshot' or 'headbutt'. Often these loanwords are distinctly identified as slang or jargon , rarely being used in a negative mood or in formal language.
Finnish cases Case Suffix English prep. Example Translation Grammatical Nominative - Talo on helppo sana. House is an easy word. Genitive-n - (-'s) En pidä tämän talon väristä. I don't like this house's colour / the colour of this house. Accusative - or -n - (object, whole) Maalaan talon. Auta maalaamaan talo! I'll paint the house. Help me ...
Swedish is the main language of 5.2% of the population in 2022 [3] (92.4% in the Åland autonomous province), down from 14% at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2012, 44% of Finnish citizens with another registered primary language than Swedish could hold a conversation in this language. [4]
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