Rolling the Finnish [r] is tricky for many language learners, and also for Finnish kids. Many kids end up
visiting a speech therapist if they don't learn the [r] by themselves before they are six years old. The [r] is often replaced by [l] which might cause some confusion and giggling.
How many of these words do you know?
- hiiri / hiili
- karkki / kalkki
- karju / kalju
- marja / malja
- murkku / mulkku
- muuri / muuli
- ori / oli
- purkka / pulkka
- rakastua / lakastua
- rokki / lokki
- suora / suola
- varas / valas
Here are the translations:
- hiiri / hiili - a mouse / charcoal
- karkki / kalkki - a candy / calcium, lime
- karju / kalju - a boar, a hog / bald
- marja / malja - a berry / a bowl
- murkku / mulkku - an ant (spoken language for muurahainen) / a dick
- muuri / muuli - a stonewall / a mule
- ori / oli - a stallion / (he) was
- purkka / pulkka - a chewing gum / a sled
- rakastua / lakastua - to fall in love / to wither, to fade
- rokki / lokki - rock music / a seagull
- suora / suola - straight / salt
- varas / valas - a thief / a whale
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