I’ve been married to my Finnish husband for 7 years and have yet to learn his native language. Why? Did you see the list above?! That sh*t is crazy!
If I had my husband read all those words I wouldn’t hear a difference in any of them. The double vowels and consonants fall on deaf ears. It sounds like I’m practicing my Lamaze breathing when I recite the vowel sounds, and my mouth makes weird shapes when I pronounce the words.
But the time has come. We’re making our third trek to Finland soon, and I desperately want to learn key words and phrases.
Before we leave my goal is to learn some basic Finnish as well as teach my daughter key phrases or words.
Off to make some flash cards and warm up my mouth. Pretty sure I look like the picture below when speaking Finnish.
The Finn and I 