No, I can speak Estonian though, since it's my native language.
But, I chose Finnish because:
1) They're similar
2) There was no Estonian
3) The idea of just having English sounded boring.
It is not related to the three of the fino-ugric languages (Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian), but Romanian also uses suffixes. There may be more languages, indeed, but unfortunately I don't know more on this subject.
Well many languages are using some form of suffix to create diminutives, but I believe that the subject here is about the exclusive use of suffixes for the whole language! Have a look at this :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural%E2%80%93Altaic_languages
Thank you for replying. But I can't honestly say that it was very enlightening, considering that there are many suffix using languages (not only for diminutives, of course, but to determine genders, cases, create different speech-parts - as in creating a verb from a noun or the other way around), and I don't think that it is something specific to the three Finno-Ugric mentioned languages (or Altaic for that matter). :)
I am not an expert in linguistics or something and my experience with suffixes is mostly limited in the turkish language that I learned in the past. While many languages are using some short of suffixes here and there, some languages are using suffixes exclusively for everything and not just for a few cases.
Example: I am coming from my home - 6 words (if you count "I am" as 2).
This is just 2 words in turkish.
Its not a good learning tool. Its a tool only good for building up a vocabulary maybe. I recommend using it in that you enter each day - pick a few words and memorize them the whole day by simply repeating them in your head, using them in sentences when you can (sure will be random to others but they won't mind) and write it in forums and chats when it fits. Will make you remember them good ;3
For actual learning of grammar, sentence building, speaking, etc I recommend Duolingo (a free phone app or website) which I recommend getting your mobile to practice but each time you learn a new skill - go on the web version because in it there are explanations and useful info on the skill page. If you do start using Duolingo, add me - same name us here ;)
There is an other app which is more or less the same that is called Babbel but it is subscription based. They too have both a mobile app and website versions. I had sub for it but didn't go far with it and it feels more or less the same as the free Duolingo app.
EDIT: About the 1st paragraph, this is taken from the game description it self: "Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation."
Do you yourself speak Finnish?
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No, I can speak Estonian though, since it's my native language.
But, I chose Finnish because:
1) They're similar
2) There was no Estonian
3) The idea of just having English sounded boring.
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Does Estonian uses suffixes too? I knew about Finish and Hungarian until now, from countries in Europe.
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Yep. Actually, Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian are the three members of the same linguistic family.
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It is not related to the three of the fino-ugric languages (Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian), but Romanian also uses suffixes. There may be more languages, indeed, but unfortunately I don't know more on this subject.
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Well many languages are using some form of suffix to create diminutives, but I believe that the subject here is about the exclusive use of suffixes for the whole language! Have a look at this :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural%E2%80%93Altaic_languages
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Thank you for replying. But I can't honestly say that it was very enlightening, considering that there are many suffix using languages (not only for diminutives, of course, but to determine genders, cases, create different speech-parts - as in creating a verb from a noun or the other way around), and I don't think that it is something specific to the three Finno-Ugric mentioned languages (or Altaic for that matter). :)
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I am not an expert in linguistics or something and my experience with suffixes is mostly limited in the turkish language that I learned in the past. While many languages are using some short of suffixes here and there, some languages are using suffixes exclusively for everything and not just for a few cases.
Example: I am coming from my home - 6 words (if you count "I am" as 2).
This is just 2 words in turkish.
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This would be good to refresh my memory used to speak Finnish a long time ago.....
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Cool for my collection (I have Russian and Bulgarian already)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHZce1TCa8
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Why not, I have Swedish already ;3
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Have you learned anything with that DLC by the way? Not sure if this really is a good teaching tool.
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Its not a good learning tool. Its a tool only good for building up a vocabulary maybe. I recommend using it in that you enter each day - pick a few words and memorize them the whole day by simply repeating them in your head, using them in sentences when you can (sure will be random to others but they won't mind) and write it in forums and chats when it fits. Will make you remember them good ;3
For actual learning of grammar, sentence building, speaking, etc I recommend Duolingo (a free phone app or website) which I recommend getting your mobile to practice but each time you learn a new skill - go on the web version because in it there are explanations and useful info on the skill page. If you do start using Duolingo, add me - same name us here ;)
There is an other app which is more or less the same that is called Babbel but it is subscription based. They too have both a mobile app and website versions. I had sub for it but didn't go far with it and it feels more or less the same as the free Duolingo app.
EDIT: About the 1st paragraph, this is taken from the game description it self: "Influent is a Language Learning Game focusing primarily on vocabulary acquisition and pronunciation."
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Hmm, fair enough. Well, good luck with the giveaway and have fun with learning the Swedish vocabulary :D
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Thanks a lot.
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Finnish would be cool. Got married there :)
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This GA will Finnish in 9 minutes!
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