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English 71 38.38%
French 13 7.03%
Spanish 15 8.11%
Russian 10 5.41%
German 14 7.57%
Portuguese 5 2.70%
Chinese (mandarin, cantonese..) 2 1.08%
Japanese 1 0.54%
Korean 1 0.54%
Arabic 7 3.78%
Polish 3 1.62%
Italian 1 0.54%
Japanese 0 0%
Deutsch 1 0.54%
Swedish 8 4.32%
Finnish 1 0.54%
Norwegian 2 1.08%
Vietnamese 2 1.08%
Tagalog 1 0.54%
Other language 27 14.59%
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Old 05-03-2013, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Thought yours was Finnish, the language of hyaakäääa (what is the difference between a and ä?)
Ä is similar to the E in "men". A is like the A in harbour.
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Old 05-03-2013, 07:21 AM
 
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ENGLISH. because i only know English
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Old 05-03-2013, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Thought yours was Finnish, the language of hyaakäääa (what is the difference between a and ä?)
I'm a Swedish speaking Finn. The letter Ä is usually pronounced as the A in 'have' or 'that'. The letter A is pronounced as in the English words 'far', 'heart', 'harbour'.

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Ä is similar to the E in "men". A is like the A in harbour.
Only in some words. Quite few actually. Swedish have more Ä-sounds that are pronounced as E.
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Old 05-03-2013, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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I spoke Dutch until I was four. Haven't spoken a word of it since. It is now English all the way.
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Old 05-03-2013, 08:32 AM
 
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I'm a Swedish speaking Finn. The letter Ä is usually pronounced as the A in 'have' or 'that'. The letter A is pronounced as in the English words 'far', 'heart', 'harbour'.



Only in some words. Quite few actually. Swedish have more Ä-sounds that are pronounced as E.
Ah interesting. I'm trying to imagine how to properly pronounce Finnish words that have a and ä written together in multiples like samanmääräisyyden (Finnish looks scary hard!) Are from you from the Åland Islands or western Finland?
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Old 05-03-2013, 08:39 AM
 
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Ah interesting. I'm trying to imagine how to properly pronounce Finnish words that have a and ä written together in multiples like samanmääräisyyden (Finnish looks scary hard!) Are from you from the Åland Islands or western Finland?
Southern Finland, Helsinki. In that word the letters A and Ä is pronounced as I wrote earlier. And it is scary hard! Ä as in 'have', A as in 'far' is a good general guideline. Finnish only has that one pronounciation of the letter A.
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Old 05-03-2013, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Thought yours was Finnish, the language of hyaakäääa (what is the difference between a and ä?)
I would have thought so too.

So Ariete you are part of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland? (I did know they existed BTW. )
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Old 05-03-2013, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Sweden
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Swedish.


I think air is the perfect word to explain the letter ä.
But then there is å and ö too.
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Old 05-03-2013, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Finland
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I would have thought so too.

So Ariete you are part of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland? (I did know they existed BTW. )
Yes I am. I'm not usually making a big fuss about it, as I don't have a especially strong Finland Swedish identity. Not that I would be embarrased about it either.
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Old 05-04-2013, 09:17 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Yes I am. I'm not usually making a big fuss about it, as I don't have a especially strong Finland Swedish identity. Not that I would be embarrased about it either.
I've always been fascinated by the continued existence of this minority (for so long), but that's a whole other topic...
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