Our group of three Germans and one Finn had their first meeting today. We were together for about two hours, and our main goal was to get to know each other and to make the first small learnings. Our main language today was therefore English. In between Jasmin taught us some Finnish terms and we taught her some German terms as well.
Since we were eating waffles, Jasmin taught us e.g. the Finnish word for waffle (=vohveli). In addition, for example also the word for Easter (=pääsiäinen) and furthermore the pronunciation of the different lakes around Tampere and that “saari” means island and “koski” means rapids. Furthermore she told us a lot about Finnish traditions.
Above all, we talked a lot about the differences between germany and finland. So we talked about easter and lent, driving, summer vacations and much more.
One term that Jasmin learned in the process was for example the concept of “Aschermittwoch” (today’s day) and what it means in Germany regarding the lent.
All in all, the meeting satisfied my expectations, because my main goal of Each One Teach One is to learn basic Finnish terms and to get to know the Finnish culture better. The interactive form of the conversation made it easier for me to remember the terms I was taught, because I now have a context for them. It’s also nice that the words I learn in Finnish are not predetermined, but just come up in conversation. So I learn some terms that otherwise probably wouldn’t be on any learning plan. So I’m already looking forward to our next meeting to go ice skating and to gradually build up a small Finnish vocabulary!
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