#learning finnish

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languagesandshootingstars:

Kansainvälinen naistenpäivä - International Women’s Day
Hyvää naistenpäivää! - Happy Women’s Day!
Maaliskuun kahdeksas - March 8th
Nainen- woman
Tyttö - girl; daughter
Tytär - daughter
Sisko- sister
Tyttöystävä - girlfriend
Vaimo- wife
Äiti- mother
Täti - aunt
Isoäiti - grandmother
Ystävä, kaveri - friend
Työkaveri - colleague 
Kukka - flower
Kukkakimppu- bouquet
Ruusu- rose
Mimosa - mimosa
Lahja - gift, present
Suklaa - chocolate
Oikeus - right
Koulutus - education
Työ - work
Äänestäminen - voting
Syrjintä- discrimination
Tasa-arvo - equality
Rauha - peace
Juhlia - to celebrate

What words or sentences did you learn first when you started to learn Finnish? I have few friends who all said the same: the first words and sentences they learned were

Minä rakastan sinua (I love you), Haista vittu (Fuck you) and Noniin(Can mean basically anything and everything depending on the pronouncing and intonation)

So: What were the first words you learned in Finnish?

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