ariScotle Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Need help English speaker seeks proper pronunciation of the word "Suomi" someone break it down phonetically for me? Would be greatly appreciated. (been listening to Not My Cup of Tea comp all night, and finally just have to know) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCrow Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Su as in soon o as in hot mi as in me If it has roots in Japanese language........ Edit: Ah it's a Finnish word, I'm incorrect. Someone else can hopefully actually help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You pronounce it the way you spell it, suo-mi Suo = Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCrow Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Try here maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariScotle Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 You pronounce it the way you spell it, suo-mi Suo = Swamp So basically like Swami? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytones Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Oozie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Heh, Finnish is pronounced exactly as it's written... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphiton Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Soo-o-mee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariScotle Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 thanks all I feel educated now see ya PsyON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 sue-o-me or soo-o-mee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Swampminä Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Heh, Finnish is pronounced exactly as it's written... That's not sufficient for pronunciation. For those of us who don't know Finnish, the "o" can be pronounced "oh" or "ah", like "coat" or "cot". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytimeofmylife Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 As long as it's suomi, how do you guys pronounce "Yöjalka"? Is the J like in Jerry, and the A like in Amber or is it like Jodeln just whit an ö and an A ....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormion Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 As long as it's suomi, how do you guys pronounce "Yöjalka"? Is the J like in Jerry, and the A like in Amber or is it like Jodeln just whit an ö and an A ....? I don't know is it's correct, but I pronounce it as Yo-ya-lka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padmapani Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 As long as it's suomi, how do you guys pronounce "Yöjalka"? i'd pronounce it yöyalka with the "ö" being this vowel and "a" being this one, but i think this one would be correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmot Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Finnish "y" is strictly a vowel, practically like German "ü". Finnish "ö" is the same as German ö. Swedish, other Nordic languages and Estonian use similar vowels. (This is not a coincidence, because Finnish written language was derived from German and neighbouring languages in the 16th century.) Both of these vowels can be tricky for foreigners, because they don't exist at all in many European languages. Also, Finnish frontal y, ä and ö are completely separate from their back vowel counterparts u, a and o. Mixing them up will make entirely different words (or usually gibberish). Therefore "skipping the dots" is far worse than forgetting an accent in other languages, for example. It's changing from a vowel to another, plain and simple. Also, the German alternate spellings ue, ae and oe are never used. This is quite important, because Finnish is vowel heavy. All eight of them are always pronounced clearly and distinctly - never skipped, shortened or altered. That was the hard part. "Yö" means night, and consists of two potentially difficult vowels. "Jalka" (foot) is easier. You can start much like in "young" for the "ja" part, and the remaining letters are generally like in most civilised (Latin-based) languages. In fact, most Finnish letters apart from those extra front vowels can be pronounced like in Latin. As for the meaning of "nightfoot"...it's actually a sort of pun (like many Finnish psy artist names). The basic, nominative case is rarely used. "Yöjalassa" or "yöjalalla" (being in/on nightfoot) is an old phrase, which means sneaking in the night for romantic intents. Is there still something you need to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 ...Dolmot said it all, I'm baffled and glad you did such an effort for such a deep and insightful post for the topic starter. Even being a 'fun', didn't know about the meaning of Yöjalka before heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlieNed Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Suomi is a former part of Russian Empire , say thanks to the jewish fuckers who made it go that terreble way in 1917 when Finland became an independent land lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psytimeofmylife Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Is there still something you need to know? Hey thanks! What an interesting fact-of-the-day post :clapping: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rino Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Suomi is a former part of Russian Empire , say thanks to the jewish fuckers who made it go that terreble way in 1917 when Finland became an independent land lolQuote of the year. Almost good enough to make it enter rino's infamous "my signature is irreplacable" competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawfly Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Suomi is a former part of Russian Empire , say thanks to the jewish fuckers who made it go that terreble way in 1917 when Finland became an independent land lol We were a part of Sweden too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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