Get to know Finland Summer 2016 Sanna Rämö

Wednesday Who are we? What kind of course Get to know Finland is? What kind of language Finnish is? (+ Survival Finnish) Finnish history (and art)

Introducing oneself Moi! Mun nimi on Sanna.Hi! My name is Sanna. Mikä sun nimi on? What’s your name? Get to know to people around you: -What do they study? -Where do they come from? -Is this their first time in Finland ? …

Where are you from?

Course info At in ASci Lounge Wed 8.6. Finnish language and history City tour Mon Culture and communication Wed Finnish film Mon Finnish way of life Wed Finnish society

Working methods Material on MyCourses: mycourses.aalto.fi –Enrollment key: Get98know Pre-tasks Lessons: lectures, discussions and group work Homework Written assignment (cross-cultural journal) A small presentation Pass / fail Max. one absence (in that case a visit to a museum is compulsory!)

FINNISH LANGUAGE

What’s the right answer? 1.Finnish language is related to a) Swedish b) Estonian c) Russian. 2.The official languages in Finland are a) Finnish and English b) Finnish and Sami c) Finnish and Swedish 3.Finnish language has a) 6 b) 10 c) 15 noun cases (e.g. genetive in English). 4.Finnish verbs a) Have no future form b) Have no imperfect form c) Have no present form. 5.Finnish words a) Are divided to masculin and feminin forms b) Are divided to Masculin feminin and neutral forms c) Have no gender. 6.First novel in Finnish language was published in a) 1520 b) 1690 c) How many people in the world speak Finnish? a) 5 million b) 10 million c) 15 million 8.True or false: Finnish is the most difficult language in the world?

Four language families in Europe Indo-European Finno-Ugrian (Uralic) Turkic (Altaic) Basque

Language classification 1 Synthetic languages Analytic languages Talo Talossa Talossani Talossanikin Kirjoitettuasi Juoksenneltaisiinko? Talo Talossa Talossani Talossanikin Kirjoitettuasi Juoksenneltaisiinko? A house In a house In my house in my house, too After you had written Should we run around a little bit? A house In a house In my house in my house, too After you had written Should we run around a little bit?

Language classification 2 Agglutinating languages Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, Japanese Ones that add very regular prefixes and suffixes to main words: työ—työtön work---unemployed Agglutinating languages Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, Japanese Ones that add very regular prefixes and suffixes to main words: työ—työtön work---unemployed Inflexional languages English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian Languages that use prepositions(in, out), articles (the, a) and also vary words: Sing, sang, sung Inflexional languages English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian Languages that use prepositions(in, out), articles (the, a) and also vary words: Sing, sang, sung

Sanasto Vocabulary Finnish origin vocabulary – Puhelin – Tietokone – Sähkö Forming new words 1.Endings Kirja=> kirjastoBook=> library Sana=> sanastoWord=> vocabulary 2.Compound words Sanakirja”word book” Tietosanakirja”knowledge word book” Tietokone”knowledge machine”

What are these words in English? Banaani Tomaatti Siideri Posti Taksi Pankki Teatteri Koulu Tiimi Iisi Ignoorata

Do you know any words in Finnish?

For language self study A taste of Finnish ( Oneness city Digital dialects

Survival Finnish Moi! Mikä sun nimi on? Hi! What’s your name? Mun nimi on… My name is… Hauska tutustua! Nice to meet you! Kiitos samoin! (Nice to meet) you too!

Finnish history

Finnish art: Kalevala

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Aino-taru (1891)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Sampo Sammon taonta (1893) Forging of Sampo Sammon ryöstö (1905) Robbery of Sampo

Helsinki päivä – Helsinki day