"Things My Finnish Class Taught Me"
I now know right (oikein) from wrong
(väärin). I can argue in an emergency
that the capital of Norway is London
or explain that a drunken polar bear
is a happy bear. I can ask who sings
karaoke behind the green church, or say
hello all over Finland (Moro! Moi!
Terve!). There is a word for snow
heavy on a conifer branch: tykkylumi.
If you own a house, that house is on you
(Finns were nomads once). You ask What
colour? with a separate word. In Finland
trains change cases and turn suddenly
from juna into lovely junalla. All this
and still the answer to How are you doing?
is Eipä ihmeempiä: No miracles yet.
© 2009 K.Henderson
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