My Finnish language skills are very basic. Since I hardly attended any lessons, my learning came from talking to finnish students, who taught me pretty much what I know. I then started developing my own sentences and the results were quite funny. Part of them are incorporated in this song I recently recorded here in Porto, called the Juoppo Poro Laulu (The Drunken Reindeer Song). I dedicate it to Optiem and all my finnish friends. Feel free to download it. Hope you enjoy it!
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Juoppo Poro Laulu (lyrics)
Oulun Naiset ovat kauniita!
Minä olen juoppoporo ja mä tarvin apua!
Torstaina Rovaniemellä, kolmetoista naista saunassa...
Minä tulen Portugalista,
ja suomi on kieli vaikea.
Mutta elämä on helpompaa
jos juon... sata olutta!!!
I was also mentioned at www.optiem.fi because of this song, in a wonderful text written by Tuukka. Translated into english it goes like this:
Who could forget the miraculous exchange student Eduardo from Portugal? During Autumn 2004 he studied finnish teekkari culture. Now he has returned to his homeland, but his heart stays in Finland. Our fireous friend hasn't forgotten his roots, who grew in cold Finnish ice soil. Eduardo wasn't afraid of snow, he loved cold (beer), ate camp fire sausage and rode on a polar bear in the snow storm. Eduardo received the title "juoppo poro" as an honour from his various adventures. He has made this song for the joy of all of us. Listen to it yourself and hear what it is about.
kiitos Tuukka!
EDU IN OULU - 4 Months in Northern Heaven by Eduardo Gouveia - Porto, Portugal
