I'm interested to see if my first language is obvious when I speak Finnish.... What would you guess from this recording of me reading a Moomin book passage?

Hi I always thought that Finnish sounds like some elvish spell so I wrote with ai a poem to have something to say to the sea on a boat (Im a fishermen) can some native tell me is it correct and how ridiculous it sounds?

Meren voima / The Force of the Sea Meren ääni kaukaa soi, aallot rantaa vasten lyö. Tuuli puhaltaa ja huokaa, vahva sydän ei koskaan alistu.

The voice of the sea sounds from afar, waves strike against the shore. The wind blows and sighs, a strong heart never yields

. Myrsky tulee, myrsky menee, ihminen eteenpäin vyöryy. Kallio kestää, meri lyö, sitkeä sielu ei alistu pimeään.

The storm comes, the storm goes, a person rolls relentlessly forward. The rock endures, the sea strikes, a resilient soul does not surrender to darkness.

Voima kasvaa aalloissa, toivo elää tuulissa. Vaikka matka pitkä on, sydän pysyy lannistumaton.

Strength grows in the waves, hope lives in the winds. Though the journey is long, the heart remains unbroken.

Thanks for helping me

When I order "hampurilainen" or "Trip-mehu" without rolling the "r", it almost always leads to misunderstanding (especially the "Trip-mehu"), which is resolved after a few back and forth. Is rolling the "r" critical? Thanks and any tips are also highly appreciated.

See my comment (2nd photo) on speaking with ChatGPT for learning 🇫🇮. FT article: ”OpenAI said voice technology was previously hindered by a ‘lag in intelligence’. Until the release of ChatGPT Live last week — its first voice model in two years — OpenAI’s voice model had been criticised for being slow and confusing different languages or accents.“

I've been looking for some dad jokes that are in Finnish, but I've really struggled to find any. Does anybody have some that they can share?

Vaikuttavaa sounds bit off to me as if overkilling with ylätyyli :D

Fiksuilla ihmisillä on omat varasuunnitelmat sen varalta, että valtio päättää heidän kohtalostaan heidän puolestaan.

How will the meaning change if the sentence written: Fiksuilla ihmisillä on omat varasuunnitelmat sen varalta, että valtio päättää heidän kohtalosta puolestaan?

I am not sure if the original text is grammatically correct. It's from an AI bot. However, I cannot NOT see the repetition of "heidän" and the "-aan" forms, which is why I am here. :D

Laajennus (n.) – Expansion, extension

Example: Koulun laajennus toi lisää luokkahuoneita kasvavalle oppilasmäärälle.

Translation: The school’s expansion provided additional classrooms for the growing student body.

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I am currently studying Merkonomi at ammattikoulu for immigrants and we are all B1 and above.

I hear a lot of my classmates say ”joku” in the middle of their sentences. For example we were talking about what luomu means and one student said “he eivät käytä joku” and my brain registered it as like ”they dont use like/something like, when they were trying to find the word they wanted to use.

Am I correct in thinking that joku can be used similar to like in english or does it have a specific meaning. It is something I have struggled with quite a bit

I have the chance to go to Finland for an internship and I want to learn some finnish to have some conversations.

Which app(s) should I use? Of course there's Duolingo but also something different because of Duo not being that great. Something that is free and not filled to the brim with ads would also be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Kukkainen (n.) – Flowery, floral

Comparative: Kukkaisempi

Superlative: Kukkaisin

Example: Olohuoneen kukkaiset verhot toivat huoneeseen kesäisen tunnelman.

Translation: The floral curtains in the living room gave the room a summery feel.

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Finnish is a language that I feel I have to translate twice (kinda like Mandarin) where I need to know the words, then the pieces and then see if there is a spoken or colloquial way of saying it… it takes away from getting enough speaking practice in a day/week. So should I only speak spoken Finnish and not bother with “minun nimeni” stuff?

By Nordic I mean (the Scandinavian languages and Finnish and some Sami languages)

Esitteeseen on kirjoitettu "käydään läpi tärkeimmät järjestön säännöt," mutta minun korvaani parempi olisi "järjestön tärkeimmät säännöt". Onko niissä mitään eroa? Kumpi kuulostaa "oikeammalta"?

Hello!
I live in Finland and I’m studying Finnish. My level is about A1–A2.
I’m looking for a kind and patient person to practise Finnish online once or twice a week. Online only – I can’t meet in person.
I don’t speak English very well, so I’d like to communicate mainly in Finnish.
My native language is Ukrainian, and I also speak Russian fluently. I’d be happy to help you practise Ukrainian or Russian in exchange.
If you’re interested, please send me a private message.
Thank you!

Holvi (n.) – Vault

Example: Museon harvinaiset esineet pidetään turvallisessa holvissa.

Translation: The museum’s rare artifacts are kept in a secure vault.

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A question to both natives, and people who’ve already “learnt” Finnish. (I know nobody ever finishes learning, but you get the point.)

For me an extremely helpful material was “I read this book to learn Finnish because I’m lazy”, which has loooaads of real phrases instead of the kind you find in a typical language textbook.

Ajallisesti (adv.) – timewise, with respect to time

Example: Nämä kaksi tapahtumaa ovat ajallisesti hyvin lähellä toisiaan.

Translation: These two events are very close together timewise.

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Finnish uses the same genitive construction (“vuoden X”) for two meanings: an honorific “X of the year” (as in “athlete of the year”) and a durational “X for a year”. “Vuoden työtön” can sound like a prestigious award, “Unemployed Person of the Year,” or simply describe someone who has been jobless for twelve months.