Pari päivää sitten there was an article about snow. Let's continue on that theme, shall we! We have a somehat funny saying (a socalled tongue twister) in Finnish: "Luojan luoma lumenluoja Luojan luoman lumen luo". Certainly a good sentence for someone who has trouble pronouncing the strong Finnish r, that is for sure! But what is actually going on in that sentence?! It simply means that "A shoveler of snow, created by the Creator, shovels the snow created by the Creator." Doesn't sound anywhere near that fancy in English, does it?
Here are a few more Finnish tongue twisters (which often contain some variations).
sanasto = sõnastik = vocabulary
hassu = naljakas = funny
jollekulle, jollekin = kellegi = for someone
kuulostaa = kõlada = to sound
lause = lause = sentence
lumenluoja = lumekühveldaja = shoveler of snow
lumi = lumi = snow
luoda (minä luon) = luua (mina loon) = to create
luoda lunta = lund külveldada = to shovel snow
Luoja = looja = the Creator
luoja = külveldaja = shoveler
luoma = created (by)
pari päivää sitten = mõni päev tagasi = a couple of days ago
yksinkertaisesti = lihtsalt = simply
ääntää = hääldada = to pronounce
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