my finnish must suck big time.
apparently there's a conference involving half a bus load of finns right next door to where i work and my dear countrymen bombarded the centre again last night.
anyway, i did the usual "reply in finnish when they come to buy a stamp for their card home" trick, but the last customer kinda freaked me out. after i replied to him in finnish, he starts talking retarded finnish to me!
"sina - puhut - oikein - hyvaa - suomen - kielta. - muuttivatko - vanhempasi - tanne - kun - olit - pieni?" (you - speak - very - good - finnish. - did - your - parents - move - here - when - you - were - little?")
i mean... wtf? has my finnish deteriorated so much, that i don't pass as a proper native speaker anymore? i do admit that switching between the two languages is not that easy anymore, but it's my fucken language!
that bloody tourist freaked me out.
apparently there's a conference involving half a bus load of finns right next door to where i work and my dear countrymen bombarded the centre again last night.
anyway, i did the usual "reply in finnish when they come to buy a stamp for their card home" trick, but the last customer kinda freaked me out. after i replied to him in finnish, he starts talking retarded finnish to me!
"sina - puhut - oikein - hyvaa - suomen - kielta. - muuttivatko - vanhempasi - tanne - kun - olit - pieni?" (you - speak - very - good - finnish. - did - your - parents - move - here - when - you - were - little?")
i mean... wtf? has my finnish deteriorated so much, that i don't pass as a proper native speaker anymore? i do admit that switching between the two languages is not that easy anymore, but it's my fucken language!
that bloody tourist freaked me out.
He must have read your blog before his trip, so he was prepared! :-)
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