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- Spanish (Mexico)
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Estonian
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Finnish
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What is the difference between Minä and Mä ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Minä and Mä ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Sé que ambas palabras son el pronombre en primera persona, pero, ¿cuándo usar una ó la otra?
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- English (US)
Minä means" I "
and Mä also means "I"
but it uses in spoken language
Minä olen John.
I'm john.
Mä oon john.
I'm john
also "olen" changes to "oon" .
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- Finnish
They are the same. "Minä" is what people write when they write properly. "Mä" (or "mie") is what most people say when they speak casually.
- English (US)
Minä means" I "
and Mä also means "I"
but it uses in spoken language
Minä olen John.
I'm john.
Mä oon john.
I'm john
also "olen" changes to "oon" .
- Spanish (Mexico)
Kiitos, does that writing/phonetic difference applies to every pronoun then?
- English (US)
yes it applies but speaker never uses the spoken language while he/she is writing it only uses when you speak casually
- Finnish
The pairs for written/spoken personal pronouns are:
Minä - mä (southern)/mie (eastern)
Sinä - sä/sie
Hän - none (although people often use "se")
Me - myö (eastern)
Te - työ (eastern)
He - none (southern, although people often use "ne")/hyö eastern
The southern forms are more common and gaining ground also in the east and north.
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Finnish
@Sterne This is not really a phonetic difference, I'd say. Instead I think it's a lexical difference. Just like Spanish "yo" and French "je", they are not a different pronuncation of the same word but different words for the same concept.
There are regular phonetic differences between regions/standard language though. Where I come from "-ie-" is always pronounced "-ia-" (hieno -> hiano), in some places "-ai-" is pronounced "-ae-" (aika -> aeka). -Ts- in a word is -ts- in standard Finnish, -tt- in many places, and -ht- in some dialects...
Anyway, these are details. You'll be just fine with learning standard Finnish and a couple of the most common spoken variants, such as "mä" and "sä".
- Spanish (Mexico)
@samulili Ok, thanks, however french and spanish are two different languages.
So i guess in Finland have different dialects of the same language.
So i guess in Finland have different dialects of the same language.
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Yes, Finnish has many dialects! Especially back in the days they used to be very different, but nowadays when people interact with people from all over the country the most striking differences (like words that are completely different in different areas) are starting to wear out
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Stuff like mä/mie still stays because everyone understands both and it can be a sign of identity (where in the country one is from)
- Spanish (Mexico)
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