So I have been taking Finnish lessons twice a week and I have a very good tutor. She is patient, doesn't flinch as I butcher her native language, and has customized my lessons to fit my way of learning. All that said, I still don't get it. My brain is made of Teflon...nothing sticks to it. Really, I'm quite convinced of it. I can't seem to remember what I learn from one lesson to the next. Forget that, I can't even remember it long enough to do my homework in-between lessons!
That's what has brought on this latest tirade, truth be told . I'm sitting here trying to do my homework and I'll be darned if I can remember what order the words go in, or what the appropriate ending, or endings, are for the words. Have I mentioned that words are very long here? They are, and now I'm learning what can be added to the root word to make it a question and so on. So basically what I am getting from this is that the Finns are efficient. What we Americans say in four or five words, the Finns say in just one. I haven't decided which way is better, I know, my tutor says it isn't a matter of being better, it is a matter of simply being different. She is right, of course, but I still can't help wondering.
So I will go back to my homework like a good little student, but I make no promises...I will still probably butcher the language! My apologies to all good Finns everywhere.
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