| # |
Message |
Posted By |
| 75171 |
Finnish verbs
Hey you all out there - I´m a German student and look for people who can help me with my Finnish-learning. Can anybody explain me when the "ä" is pronounced like this and when it´s an "a"?!
It´d be very cool if you gold members could contact me and we can have a little language-exchange! Kiitos!
Nice day for you all, annie
|
Language pair: Finnish; All
|
|
|
| 75215 |
Re:Finnish verbs
Hei!
I couldn't figure out a word in which "ä" would be pronounced like "a"... could you give an example? If I know something (and I'm a native speaker) "ä" is never pronounced like "a".
terveisin Hanna
|
Language pair: Finnish; English
This is a reply to message # 75171
|
|
|
| 75240 |
Re:Finnish verbs
Both letters "a" and "ä" are pronounced in different ways, always. The "ä" resembles the pronunciation of 'a' in the English words 'cat' /kæt/ and 'hat' /hæt/. The "a" is pronounced like 'a' in 'mark' /mark/ or 'art' /art/. Always.
There is no system similar to the umlaut system in German. "A" can't change to "ä". They are different letters. In Finnish every letter is pronounced in one way, only. Letters a and ä can't even appear in the same word (except in compound nouns).
|
Language pair: Finnish; All
This is a reply to message # 75171
|
|
|
| 75298 |
Re:Finnish verbs
Hey you two,
thanks so much for your answers - sorry I had not time to check before! Maybe you can write me an e-mail, too, so I can explain my complicated problem more in detail :)
What I mean is: is there any "rule" when you pronounce the "ä" as this typical "ä" you Finns do (e.g. like in nähdä) or more as an "a" (like in hyvä, minä - maybe my teacher does something wrong there, although she is from Finland! But she pronounces these two things more like an "a" => hyva, mina in pronounciation)
Hard to explain - do you maybe get a little bit what I mean??
Thanks so much! Nice evening to you, Annie
|
Language pair: Finnish; All
This is a reply to message # 75171
|
|
|
| 75378 |
Re:Re:Finnish verbs
Moi!
I think she's just being lazy in her pronounciation, because you should pronounce "ä" in hyvä like "ä", not like "a". Because Finnish can be spoken without opening your mouth and moving your lips very much (which surely won't do in languages like French!!), "ä" might sound like "a". Some Finns even say tiä when they should say tie, or Suami when they sould say Suomi. I myslef find this extremely disturbing ;).
|
Language pair: Finnish; All
This is a reply to message # 75298
|
|
|
| 75379 |
Re:Re:Finnish verbs
Moi!
I think she's just being lazy in her pronounciation, because you should ALWAYS pronounce "ä" like "ä" and "a" like "a". Because Finnish can be spoken without opening your mouth and moving your lips very much (which surely won't do in languages like French!!), "ä" might sound a bit like "a". Some Finns even say tiä when they should say tie, or Suami when they sould say Suomi. I myself find this extremely irritating ;).
Sorry, I'm not a gold member, so I can't write you email :(. But if you have further questions, I'll try to answer them here.
Hyvää pääsiäistä! Have a nice Easter!
Hanna
|
Language pair: Finnish; English
This is a reply to message # 75298
|
|
|
| 75525 |
Re:Re:Re:Finnish verbs
hey hanna,
thanks so much!!! Good to know - so I´ll try to pronounce it now as it´s written!
Too bad we´re not able to email, would be fun!
If there is anything you wanna know about German, let me know!
Thanks and "frohe Ostern" for you, too! Annie
|
Language pair: Finnish; English
This is a reply to message # 75379
|
|
|
