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14 Jun 2017
- Portuguese (Portugal)
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Estonian
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Italian
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Japanese
Question about Finland
Can you understand Estonian as we Portuguese understand Spanish?
Can you understand Estonian as we Portuguese understand Spanish?
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No we can't, although we can guess the meaning of some words which resemble words in Finnish. Like the word for tree is "puu" in both languages. On the other hand, hallitus in Finnish means government and in Estonian it means mold (fungus).
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