Comments on: Can Anyone Help with Two Finnish Sayings? http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-anyone-help-with-two-finnish-sayings/ Language, Culture and Kids Songs! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:34:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-anyone-help-with-two-finnish-sayings/comment-page-1/#comment-238586 Lisa Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:56:37 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=3468#comment-238586 These are great! Thanks for your help. -Mama Lisa These are great! Thanks for your help. -Mama Lisa

]]> By: Mika http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-anyone-help-with-two-finnish-sayings/comment-page-1/#comment-238584 Mika Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:02:48 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=3468#comment-238584 First one would be; "Lintu lentää, liitää laataa, kiitää kaataa, tekkee pessää kaiken kessää. Tuonne sen jo laittaa, Liisan niskaan laittaa." - Aikuisen käsi lentää lintuna. Pesän voi tehdä niskaan, korvaan, polveen jne. Similar thing that Maija suggested goes as follow: Bird flies, glides, scuds and overthrow, Nests all summer. There she places it, On Alice neck. "- An adult hand flies as bird. Adult makes "nest" in the childs neck, ear, knee, etc. And for second one would say one of the following tongue twisters; * Appilan pappilan apupapin paksuposkipiski pisti poskeensa paksun papupurkin. The thick-cheeked dog of the deacon of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) ate a thick bean can. * Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu. Bean casserole of the deacon of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) boils and bubbles on the oven. * Appilan pappilan piski paksuposki pakkas kapsäkin ja pinkaisi juoksuun. The thick-cheeked dog of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) packed up a travelling-bag and started running. First one would be;

“Lintu lentää, liitää laataa, kiitää kaataa, tekkee pessää kaiken kessää. Tuonne sen jo laittaa, Liisan niskaan laittaa.” – Aikuisen käsi lentää lintuna. Pesän voi tehdä niskaan, korvaan, polveen jne.

Similar thing that Maija suggested goes as follow:

Bird flies, glides, scuds and overthrow, Nests all summer. There she places it, On Alice neck. “- An adult hand flies as bird. Adult makes “nest” in the childs neck, ear, knee, etc.

And for second one would say one of the following tongue twisters;

* Appilan pappilan apupapin paksuposkipiski pisti poskeensa paksun papupurkin.
The thick-cheeked dog of the deacon of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) ate a thick bean can.

* Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu.
Bean casserole of the deacon of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) boils and bubbles on the oven.

* Appilan pappilan piski paksuposki pakkas kapsäkin ja pinkaisi juoksuun.
The thick-cheeked dog of the rectory of Appila (a name of a place) packed up a travelling-bag and started running.

]]> By: Maija http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-anyone-help-with-two-finnish-sayings/comment-page-1/#comment-225856 Maija Mon, 25 May 2009 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=3468#comment-225856 I think you are looking for haukka tulle kiita kaavaa kaiva reika (tickle Tickle TIckle) I always thought it was a translation for the spider is coming climbing digging digging a hole and then (tiockling when the "hand spider" gets under the neck. The other one might be the kyro kyro kirkko that is on this web page somewhere? I am teaching these to my grandkids :) I think you are looking for haukka tulle kiita kaavaa kaiva reika (tickle Tickle TIckle) I always thought it was a translation for the spider is coming climbing digging digging a hole and then (tiockling when the “hand spider” gets under the neck.

The other one might be the kyro kyro kirkko that is on this web page somewhere? I am teaching these to my grandkids :)

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