Et le français ?
Et le français ?
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And then there’s Finnish, where (according to Icelandic comedian Arí Eldjárn) “I love you” sounds more like “get me the money or else”
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The Finnish word for love is indeed "rakkaus" (I love you = (minä) rakastan sinua), for anyone wondering. With a hard r and two hard k's I doubt many non-natives would guess it means love
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Now let a German pronounce it.
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Just like all PIE-speakers, they absolutely butcher Finnish pronunciation.
It's much easier to learn to pass of as a native English speaker than it ever would to pass off as a native Finnish speaker.
German is very melodic, sing-songy, and fair, compared to Finnish.
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That's funny, because that's how I would describe spoken Finnish. I guess it's all in the eye of beholder.
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It's every much contextual as well.
You can achieve softness with both languages, if you so choose. Harshness as well.
Finnish in itself is about almost as varied as UK-accents. The very northern dialects do sound sing-songier to me than average German, I do admit that.
However I'm from the southern end of Finland, our dialect is kinda harsh. And some 100km NW it's even shorter and harder.
Here's a video titled "Can you recognise the Finnish accents?" in Finnish, displaying a few of the various dialects.
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