Is it common in Finnish for proper name spelling to be altered like that? “Vatasen”/Vatanen
Finnish is probably my favourite foreign (to me) language. The Finnish accent in English just captures my attention for some reason. Also love how unique it is on paper. Just super cool. There’s a lot to admire about Finns and Finland in general. I’d really like to take a trip out to Oulu and jist ride a bike everywhere.
Ari Vatanen was a badass too. I wish my country had rally heritage like that.
Yeah perfectly normal. Vatasen = Vatanen’s, Vataselle = to Vatanen, Vataselta = from Vatanen, Vatasessa = in Vatanen, and so on. You can do that with any word pretty much.
It’s a flexible language. I don’t envy the ones trying to learn it.
Is it common in Finnish for proper name spelling to be altered like that? “Vatasen”/Vatanen
Finnish is probably my favourite foreign (to me) language. The Finnish accent in English just captures my attention for some reason. Also love how unique it is on paper. Just super cool. There’s a lot to admire about Finns and Finland in general. I’d really like to take a trip out to Oulu and jist ride a bike everywhere.
Ari Vatanen was a badass too. I wish my country had rally heritage like that.
Yeah perfectly normal. Vatasen = Vatanen’s, Vataselle = to Vatanen, Vataselta = from Vatanen, Vatasessa = in Vatanen, and so on. You can do that with any word pretty much.
It’s a flexible language. I don’t envy the ones trying to learn it.
Wow, I had no idea. That’s so interesting. Thanks for sharing!
For the curious