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ppelk

I don't like the 'sentence bot' that's flooding the forum with posts. I'd rather read what users post.

ppelk

I just recently wondered about the origin of the Finnish word for 'blinds' - 'sälekaihdin' (for windows).

'Säle' + 'kaihdin'

Basically 'slat-shunner' or 'slat-avoider'.

No idea where that's been pulled from!

ppelk

This thread needs the 1975 Eurovision winner in the original language. The lyrics are a lot better in Dutch than in English.

ppelk

Just bringing this to the attention of all students of Swedish: Pippi Långstump, the original series (1969) can be viewed at SVT, and also with Swedish subtitles. https://www.svtplay.se/video/2520376/pippi-langstrump/pippi-langstrump-sasong-1-avsnitt-1 Watching this is great fun, good exercise, and ...

ppelk

Thinking of finding a job in Finland? 2014 review of Finnish employers asked what language skills do they need in their companies. Top of the list (% of companies): Finnish 97 % English 76 % Swedish 47 % Russian 29 % German 14 % Estonian 5 % Chinese 4 % French 2 % Spanish 2 % Italian 1 % Portugese 1...

ppelk

Every language one learns appears to have a story behind it. Let me try to give a one-liner to all of the ones I do: Finnish - Native English - From schooling, and from living in the US and UK Swedish - From schooling, but also visits and generic motivation to be able to communicate in Scandinavia D...

ppelk

For me, this year's goals revolve around Spanish. I'm between checkpoints 5-6, with 24000xp in Spanish, and will keep churning that forward. I also will soon finish Swedish from Spanish tree, I have only 13 skills remaining. Then possibly keep drilling it a bit more, and start another laddering tree...

ppelk

Hay all Wordle-nuts who study Finnish. You have to try Sanuli:

https://sanuli.fi/

ppelk

As English is clearly becoming the universal language, it is chipping away the need and motivation to study languages. Just a few exhibits: -Business meetings of multinational companies are increasingly carried out in English. -English-language instruction and readings creeping into University curri...

ppelk

In case you are in the UK and are considering a new language to learn.. The British Council has a fairly recent (2017) report on what they believe to be the most important foreign language skills for the UK workforce, given the current business, diplomatic and cultural needs. This wouldn't automatic...

ppelk

Hello everyone! I need some occasional pleasurable Duolingo forum surfing & posting, and from now on I'll do it here!

Big thanks to Duome admin for making this happen. See you all around!

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