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Originally Posted by Kouki
Finnish looks and sounds like a lot of fun to speak, but also looks kind of complicated to learn. If I weren't so lazy, I'd love to try.
I did study a little bit of Norwegian and Danish, along with Swedish and German, but never got far. I'm also aware that even though Finland is considered Nordic/Scandinavia, Finnish is closer to Estonian, is it not?
Where I currently live, I remember most kids in my school knew Tagalog, since over half the population is Filipino, but the only word I ever learned from anyone was "baklah(sp?)" which is an insult, and "adobo" which is just a food name.
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Yep, Finnish is more related to Estonian, and Norwegian and Danish are almost the same (whereas Swesish is like their distant cousin), and Icelandic is I remember ancient Norwegian since Iceland is the only remaining country that use the old Scandinavian surname where your surname depends on your gender and your father's name (e.g. Karl Magnusson = Karl, son of Magnus; Johanna Kristjonsdottir = Johanna, daughter of Kristjon). :)
And I'm Filipino lol. Bakla means gay, that can be offensive. Bading is a more acceptable term for male homosexuals. Adobo is indeed a food name, and it's mah favourite 8D
And I remember that German also usually puts their verbs at the end of the sentence unless the sentence is simple like "Ich liebe dich" (I love you) or "Ich wurde eissen jetzt" (I will eat now).