C2

Informal Register and Slang

Arkityyli ja Slangi

About this concept

Finnish slang (especially Helsinki slang), youth language, internet Finnish. Swedish and English loanwords, abbreviated forms, expressive particles.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C2.

Examples

stadi (Helsinki slang) = HelsinkiHelsinki (slang)
dorka (from Swedish) = stupidstupid (slang)
tsekaa (from English) = checkcheck it out (youth slang)
hima = koti (home)home (slang)

Prerequisite

Colloquial FinnishC2

More C2 concepts

Colloquial FinnishPuhekieliProverbs and IdiomsSananlaskut ja SanonnatFinnish Dialects and Regional VariationMurteet ja Alueelliset ErotBureaucratic and Legal LanguageVirkakieliMarked Syntax and Rhetorical StructuresKorostettu Syntaksi ja Retoriset Rakenteet

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