Viking Humor

Click for a bigger picture

Häger the Horrible (check that fantastic link!) is head of a viking household somewhere in Scandinavia long ago. This beloved comic character goes in Finnish newspapers by the name Harald Hirmuinen, and in Estonian by Hagar Hirmus. The strip in Postimees tells about the daughter Honi asking her mother Helga whether she ever thinks about the carefree and happy days before she got married. The answer sounds pretty modern - or maybe not!

sanasto = sõnastik = vocabulary
ajatella = mõelda = to think
avioliitto = abielu = marriage
ennen naimisiinmenoa = enne abiellumist = before (you/she) got married
Harald Hirmuinen = Hagar Hirmus = Häger the Horrible
huoleton = muretu = carefree
lentää = lennata = to fly
linnut = linnud = birds
onnellinen = õnnelik = happy
äiti = ema = mother

Rear problems

Let's try a joke in Estonian! A husband and wife situation. The wife is asking whether her rear would look smaller if she put her hair up in a bun. There are four võimalikud vastusevariandid in the thought balloon. What would you answer, and would you fare any better - since each answer anda mõista, et on suur tagumik. Perhaps the problem is in the question... For more similar anecdotes and jokes, go to igav.ee

sanasto = sõnastik = vocabulary
ajatuskupla = mõttemull = thought balloon
Annan ymmärtää, että on suuri takamus = Annan mõista, et on suur tagumik = I'm implying that she has a big rear
antaa ymmärtää, vihjailla = mõista anda = to imply
ehkä, voi olla = võib-olla = perhaps
ei aavistustakaan = pole aimugi = I have no idea
en tiedä = pole aimugi = I don't know (at all)
hiukset = juuksed = hair
iso, suuri = suur = big, large
jos = kui = if
kysymys = küsimus = question
mahdollinen = võimalik = possible
nuttura =krunn = bun, topknot
näyttää = paista = to look, seem, appear
pakarat = tuharad, istmik = buttocks
pärjätä paremmin = to fare better
takamus,  takapuoli = tagumik = behind (of a person), backside, rear
vastaus = vastus = answer, reply
vastausvaihtoehto = vastusevariant = answer choice
vähemmän; pienempi = väiksem = less; smaller

Comic relief

Aku Ankka - Piilupart Donald

Walt Disney characters are known around the world. In the vocabulary below you can check by what names some of them are known in Finland and Estonia, and also the terms for different functions in this form of art. Comics are fun to read, and often appealing to the eye. Whether you read them in a koomiksiraamat or watch the cartoon series or piirretty elokuva in the movies,  the traditional style of drawing and animating seems sometimes quite  superior to  today's quick-pace computer animation. Still, the characters remain the same, and they are not just for the kids - it is good and healthy for anyone to maintain some of that childlike mind that is required to get the most out of them!

sanasto = sõnastik = vocabulary
Aku Ankka =  Piilupart Donald = Donald Duck
ankka = part = duck
Hannu Hanhi = Hans Hani = Gladstone Gander
Hessu Hopo = Kupi = Goofy
hiiri = hiir = mouse
Iines Ankka = Daisy Part = Daisy Duck
Iso paha susi = Suur susi = Big Bad Wolf
Karhukopla = Penipoisid = Beagle Boys
kääpiö = kääbus = dwarf
lapsenmieli = lapsemeel = childlike mind
Lumikki ja seitsemän kääpiötä = Lumivalgeke ja seitse pöialpoissi = Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Mikki Hiiri = Miki Hiir = Mickey Mouse
Minni Hiiri = Minni Hiir = Minnie Mouse
Mortti ja Vertti = Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse
Pelle Peloton = Leidur Leo = Gyro Gearloose
Pikku Hukka = Väike Hundu = Lil Bad Wolf
piirrossarja, animaatiosarja = animafilm = animated cartoon
piirretty elokuva = animafilm, multifilm = animated film
piirretyt = multikad = cartoons 
pilapiirros = karikatuur = caricature
pilapiirtäjä = karikaturist, pilapiltnik = caricaturist 
Roope Ankka, Roope-setä = Onu Robert = Scrooge McDuck, Uncle Scrooge
sarjakuvahahmot = koomiksitegelased = comics characters
sarjakuvalehti = koomiksiraamat = comic book, comics
sarjakuvapiirtäjä = karikaturist = cartoonist
sarjakuvat = koomiksid = comics
strippi = comic strip
taidemuoto = form of art
tietokoneanimaatio = arvutianimatsioon = computer animation
Tiku ja Taku = Tiku ja Taku = Chip n' Dale 
Tupu, Hupu ja Lupu = Hups, Tups ja Lups = Huey, Dewey and Louie