- me
- he
- no
- on
- sun
- tee
- tie
- into
- home
- some
- oven
- pore
- pure
- sure
- made
- side
- alas
- lava
- vain
- teen
- join
- vein
- villa
- helmet
Then read them in Finnish, because they're normal Finnish words, too!
- me - we
- he - they
- no - well
- on - is
- sun - your, yours
- tee - tea
- tie - a road, a street
- into - enthusiasm
- home - mold
- some - social media
- oven - door's (genitive of ovi)
- pore - a bubble, fizz
- pure - bite (imperative of purra)
- sure - mourn (imperative of surra)
- made - a burbot
- side - a bandage, gauze, sanitary pad
- alas - (to) down
- lava - stage, platform
- vain - only
- teen - I do, I make (also the genitive of tee)
- join - I drunk (past tense of juoda in 1st person singular)
- vein - I took (past tense of viedä in 1st person singular)
- villa - wool
- helmet - pearls
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Well, there's that stupid poem, which works (for a given value of "works") in Finnish and is also a collection of English words...
ReplyDeleteMikä runo? ☺
DeleteOne poem I know of is the following (it dates from the '50s and I believe was written as a parody of T. S. Eliot and other "modernists" – I think the author used the pseudonym "T. S. Eliö"):
DeleteSun on helmet
sun on villas.
Talon join.
Ah, sure Hamlet.
Miss lie into sun?
Miss on ties?
Maiden pimento tie.
Vale helmet vain sullen vein.
Vau, kiitos. Silmiin sattuu. Pitääpä poimia tuosta lisää sanoja listaan.
ReplyDelete"Tee" ei näytä myöskään olevan vielä listalla :)
DeleteJust saw this one: some
ReplyDeleteJos tänä päivänä aikoo menestyä politiikassa, on pakko olla somessa.
Nyt on! :)
ReplyDeleteHow about lava?
ReplyDeleteOr alas?
ReplyDeleteTotta! Kiitos! :)
DeleteAlso teen! I don't know what the rules of this game are, but if names count: Ellen, Eli and Tale. If puhekieli counts: rupee
ReplyDeleteHad a quick look at the dictionary and found these: aura, hame. Also vale which was already mentioned in the poem above. :)
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