Thursday, January 20, 2011

Languages related to Finnish

Yes, it is true, Finnish is not related to any other European languages except Hungarian and Estonian. Finnish has something called the "partitive" case, which I just learned today in class. Actually, I should say that I was introduced to it today in class.

Here is a helpful map indicating which languages are in the same family as Finnish:



Today I learned how to say "There are four mice." - Kuvassa on neljä hiirtä. That's enough about Finnish for today.

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