MY SAUNA HAS BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
A PHRASEBOOK IN URALIC LANGUAGES
compiled and edited by P.T.
translated by: [to be announced]
with an introduction to the Uralic languages by [to be announced]
preface
The work here is in progress; in fact, it has only just begun. My task now is to make a list of about 1000 phrases and sentences. Then I will ask people to translate this list into the three major Uralic languages: Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian.
If you think you could help me bring this phrasebook to life or if you would just like to ask a question about it, use this form.
about the phrasebook
The sources of the sentences are given in square brackets: T = tatoeba.org.
about the translators
[…]
Life is very short. [T]
What do you like to read? — Everything. [Matilda, 1996]
Thanks. — Thank you. — Thank you very much. {three degrees of politeness}
Thank you. — Youʼre welcome.
Thank you for the advice.
Do you believe in God? [T]
I donʼt believe in any gods. [T]
May I use your phone? — Please do.
My sauna has been struck by lightning.
What is three times five? — Itʼs eighteen. — I think youʼre wrong.
Why canʼt we {impersonal ‘we’} divide by zero?