Here are some common words that are not what you might think.
Do you know what they mean?
- greippi
- kartta
- novelli
- mappi
- tentti
- viineri
Here are the translations:
- greippi - a grapefruit (A grape is viinirypäle.)
- kartta - a map (A card is kortti.)
- novelli - A short story (A novel is romaani.)
- mappi - A ring binder (A map is kartta.)
- tentti - A university level exam (A tent is teltta.)
- viineri - a Danish pastry (A wiener is nakki, hodari or pippeli.)
Read more about false friends on Jukka Korpela's page.
Read about words that are both Finnish and English.
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My name is Hanna Männikkölahti, and I am a native Finn who gives private lessons via Skype and simplifies books into easy Finnish. Please leave a comment, if you have something to ask about Finnish.
2 comments:
If novelli is a cognate of the English "novella" then I'm not sure I can entirely go along with its classification as a false friend.
Unrelatedly, but somewhat amusingly kartta, mappi, novelli (as well as romaani) and tentti are all cognates of counterparts in my native (germanic) language, which makes me guess that these are all most likely borrowed into Finnish from Swedish
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