15 lokakuuta 2021

Friday Bliss #161 - Finnish Nightmares


Pocket Matti is a hilarious and funny short cartoon that sheds light on our strange Finnish sayings to a foreigner. First let me explain what Pocket Matti means: Matti is the Finnish equivalent for Matt & Matias. As a joint word Pocket Matti = taskumatti it means hip flask! On each page there is the chosen saying in Finnish, as well as its literal translation and the real meaning of the saying that seems crazy. If you think of English, which does not have the letters ä and ö, the following sayings seem funny even visually: Syöttää pajunköyttä, Äly hoi älä jätä, Tykätä kyttyrää & Pitkäpiimäinen. The book gets the reader in a good mood. There are over 90 sayings and I will take a few as examples:
 
SYÖTTÄÄ PAJUNKÖYTTÄ
To feed willow rope > To lie
 
ÄLY HOI ÄLÄ JÄTÄ
Hey, intelligence! Don't leave! > You are doing something incredibly stupid
 
TYKÄTÄ KYTTYRÄÄ
To like a hum? > To get offended, to dislike
 
PITKÄPIIMÄINEN 
Long buttermilk > Very boring 
 

HUKKA PERII
A wolf will inherit > To be in deep trouble

KISSANRISTIÄISET
Cat’s christening > An unimportant event

ÄIMÄN KÄKENÄ
To be a leather needle’s cuckoo > To be surprised

KARHUNPALVELUS
A bear’s favor > A favor that ends up being more bad than good

More than 60,000 Finnish Nightmares comics have been sold in Finland, and their translation rights have been sold to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Estonia and China. The Matti character in the books has even brought a new word Jingfen to the Chinese language, which means “mentally Finnish”.
 
 
Well, despite our odd language Finland is a wonderful small country.
I'll share with you an old Finland collage.


ART FOR THE WEEKEND
I just read a biography of Mary Gallen-Kallela, the spouse of Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
My rewiev is in Finnish but there is Google translator.
Mary & Akseli had an interesting life with travels in Europe, Africa and The US.
Mary was skillful pianist but rejnounced that career.

Mary 1891

Heroic Mary 1894

My post about The Gallen-Kallela Museum / The Inner Eye
Artist of January Akseli Gallen-Kallela & his Kalevala frescoes at the Finnish National Museum

 
Mary 1905

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43 kommenttia:

  1. Guten Morgen Riita,
    Alpträume-Comics? Du liebe Zeit, was es alles gibt. Wenn ich an Alpträume denke, dann muß ich immer an "Enter Sandman" von Metallica denken.
    Sicherlich eine interessante Frau und die Bilder sind auch sehr ausdrucksvoll.
    Liebe Grüße Eva

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Well, there are of course these odd sayings & nightmares in every language :)) Hab ein schönes Wochenende Eva.

      Poista
  2. Nun habe ich vergessen, dir ein schönes Wochenende zu wünschen.
    Alles Gute und liebe Grüße Eva

    VastaaPoista
  3. I have one of those books. Very cute!

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Indeed Lydia! I found this very hilarious.

      Poista
  4. Good morning Riitta,
    lovely paintings and the comics look funny, will buy this book. It's always an especially thing with idioms ands phrases, in German and Russian too...
    Send you a big box full of sunshine for a nice weekend

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. No sunshine yet in sight, but probably tomorrow! I don't know at all Russian. I chose French instead of it because was red of the alphabets :)

      Poista
  5. That's great. I always find it very interesting to get to know something like that. Whereby one I can also say that the understanding is sometimes not easy. So every country has its own humor. Your language also sounds interesting, but I always find it so funny to read. You almost get a knot in your tongue. Thank you for introducing, also for the other book and the woman. Never heard of her before.

    Have a good weekend and hugs and greetings over to you

    Nova

    VastaaPoista
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    1. A knot on the tongue, so fun! I Spanish lessons we read provrbs and idioms in Spanish: llueve a cantaros > it's raining cats and dogs.

      Poista
  6. I have seen a few vignettes about Matti at Helsinki Airport. Very funny.
    Have a great weekend you too! The weather seems to be reasonable...😀

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Pocket Matti is fun indeed. No rain tomorrow, so it's going to be raking & raking!

      Poista
  7. Every language has its own sayings which are nice and meaningful but it all may sound strange or funny when interpreted into other languages. Lovely Finnish collage. Beautiful paintings of Mary Gallen-Kallela. Have a beautiful weekend.

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. You are so right Nancy, many idioms or play with words are impossible to translate in another language.

      Poista
  8. You are so right - Finland is a wonderful country ;-) But the language can make you despair. I speak a little Finnish with my mother sometimes to keep exercising but it is difficult. Unfortunately, I have already forgotten a lot.
    Greetings from Germany and have a nice weekend
    Kirsi

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Finnish is so different from German, Swedish and English, even though we have a lot of loan words. But they don't help with the grammar.

      Poista
  9. Das Gemälde der stillenden Frau mit dem Baby rührt mich sehr an, liebe Riitta. Wie nachträglich dazugesetzt wirken die Blümchen in der Vase. Faszinierend! Herzlichst, Nicole

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Hi Nicole,
      The mother with her baby is beautiful, yet so tragic. The couple's first born girl Marjatta died of pneumonia or some illness very young.

      Poista
  10. Dearest Riitta,
    what stunning paintings by a painter I didn't know yet, thank you for sharing and for hosting your so beautiful party!
    Enjoy your Friday and your weekend to come
    XO Daniela at ~ My little old world ~ (Dany)

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. Akseli Gallen-Kallela was one of the most famous painters of the Finnish Golden Era in turn of the centuries 1800/1900. He painted many Kalevala themes.

      Poista
  11. We are all mentally Finnish :D

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Are you sure :)) No ihan hullujahan monet meidän sanonnat (ja luonteenpiirteet!) on.

      Poista
  12. Hi Riitta,
    I LOVE those Pocket nghtmares :O))))
    Wishing you a wonderful wekkend,
    Love and hugs, Claudia xo

    VastaaPoista
    Vastaukset
    1. They are fun, aren't they! Happy weekend Claudia.

      Poista
  13. Vastaukset
    1. Akseli Gallen-Kallela era un pintor fantástico. Saludos.

      Poista
  14. Finnland ist ein wunderschönes Land....
    die Wälder und Seen und der schöne Himmel...
    ich habe auch sehr viele Lupinen in Erinnerung, die blühten überall am Wegesrand..
    LG. Karin M.

    VastaaPoista
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    1. The lupines are beautiful, allthough many hate them as they are so invasive..

      Poista
  15. Einen lieben Wochenendgruß von mir!
    ❤️lich
    Astrid

    VastaaPoista
  16. ...the artwork doesn't look like a nightmare to me.

    VastaaPoista
  17. Deine Berichte über Finnland sind immer sehr interessant. Wir waren in Schweden und Norwegen, aber noch nicht in Finnland. Vielleicht sollten wir das nachholen.
    LG
    Magdalena

    VastaaPoista
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    1. Vielleicht nächtes mal nach Finland auch Magdalena!

      Poista
  18. Wonderful paintings of this artist. Like especially "the inner eye." You have shown us how beautiful Finland is! Hope I will get to see it once with my own eyes some day:)

    VastaaPoista
  19. These are hilarious! 😂

    VastaaPoista
  20. I love the "Heroic Mary."

    VastaaPoista
  21. Dear Riitta,
    the Pocket Matti book sounds really funny and delightful. Incidentally, a "bear service" (Bärendienst) is also known in the German language. I find the Finnish language touching. My favorite words from my former trip to Finland are:
    puhelin, grilli kioski, järvi ja metsa
    (For different reasons, I associate memories with it...)
    The beautiful paintings on which Mary Gallen-Kallela can be seen caught my eyes immediately!
    Hugs and hayppy weekend,
    Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2021/10/italien-reisebericht-pause-in-ferrara.html

    VastaaPoista
  22. LOVE these so much. Thanks for posting, and hosting!

    VastaaPoista
  23. Thank you for the lovely party.
    Amalia
    xo

    VastaaPoista
  24. Seguro que son preciosos. Besos.

    VastaaPoista
  25. I love these sweet paintings from your country♬ Thank so much and appreciate hosting.

    VastaaPoista

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