Monday, November 21, 2011

Things are getting Finnished

I'm currently studying in the reading room, a facility open to students 24/7. Thought I'd share something I learned in Finnish...

Tämä lääke on pahaa = This medicine is bad.

The root word of pahaa is paha. The partitive case is used because lääke (medicine) is an uncountable noun.

(Note: Our professor said that the medicine may be good in that it is effective, but with a bad taste.)

Finnish can seem overwhelming and complicated, but it's fun to learn.

Also, I keep accidentally adding an extra n to finish.

Two songs:

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