( Emil doesn't understand how that wasn't different from the 80 other times he said it, but OKAY!!! If you say so, your Finnishness.
Rather than focus on petty language differences, Emil instead zooms out to the bigger picture. Oh -- Lalli was right. It took some concentration to filter the words somehow, but it was doable. )
Yeah, we can. ( Said with mild surprise, despite the last conversation. His Finnish journey isn't over!! And yet: ) How many Swedish words do you know?
( Dang, and here Emil thought he might have a chance to get on his own language high horse. Lalli's pretty good at this -- a little shaky, but understandable. Not that the words are that complicated, but it still makes Emil proud. )
That's good! You definitely need to expand your vocabulary, though. ( needs more soft words, less fara words ) Ask me how to say any word and I'll tell you.
...I don't really know what words to learn. I'd only think about that right after I couldn't find a word I needed. ..."Help", maybe. Not that it mattered.
( Oops...he continues to step on conversational landmines. The more aware and sober Emil might make the connection, but the excitable and inebriated Emil just sees this as a helping moment. )
Help is hjälpa. Oh, do you know magic? ( The word for it in Swedish, he means -- not that he leaves a lot of space to note how stupid that question sounds. ) That's magi, which is important in our situation. Friend is vän.
( This may be more convenient than having to use a middleman, at least. Though that also means he doesn't get to look like a linguistic badass by magically knowing these words, even though anyone with a brain would know he just asked Tuuri, but.
It's...also awkward to want to tell Lalli something in Finnish while not knowing Finnish, so he would then need to ask Lalli what the Finnish translation would be, successfully nullifying his need to tell Lalli in Finnish as a means of impressing him. Fuck, knowing Finnish is going to the top of his list of wishes. )
Realistically, being fluent would mean learning every word. That would take so much time! Thank goodness for this telepathy translating in the meantime.
[He silently commits these to memory, going back to laying on the ground. Not stuffing his face this time, though. Really just kind of looks like he's taking a nap, after he closes his eyes.]
Yeah... S'easier. I wonder if it'll work back home... Mmn, but only you will have one, too. I guess it'd be a lot easier than letters.
[...He catches himself before he can add "even if I have Tuuri write them for me". Ha, can't exactly...do that.]
I suppose the point of telepathy is communication across long distances...but that one is pretty extreme, isn't it?
( Mmm. The idea of having some understandable form of communication if they went back home was nice -- an upgrade as compared to what their reality would have been. Even though the ability is a strong and unique magic, it still feels like something of a consolation, not the ideal. Now he just feels drunk and sad. )
If the telepathy works when we go back, do you think our magic will too? Mine is...useful. ( He admits it, his magic is cool... ) I wouldn't want you to keep yours, though. You deserve to sleep.
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Ystävä! Stop saying it like that. Lighter.
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Uih-stävä! ...Stävä? Uih-stävä!
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Yes. Now make the beginning part shorter.
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Ih-stävä? Ystävä!
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Yes. [Yes!!! Have a nice...legpat, he can't reach your head like this.] Do it like that, that's Finnish.
...I guess we can study?
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Rather than focus on petty language differences, Emil instead zooms out to the bigger picture. Oh -- Lalli was right. It took some concentration to filter the words somehow, but it was doable. )
Yeah, we can. ( Said with mild surprise, despite the last conversation. His Finnish journey isn't over!! And yet: ) How many Swedish words do you know?
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[how many loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime???]
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( Impress him, he's waiting. )
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[Heck. Okay. Let him think.]
...Spöken. Fara. Ingen fara. Mat. Sol.
[the disparity between these lists]
God...n-natt?
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That's good! You definitely need to expand your vocabulary, though. ( needs more soft words, less fara words ) Ask me how to say any word and I'll tell you.
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...I don't really know what words to learn. I'd only think about that right after I couldn't find a word I needed. ..."Help", maybe. Not that it mattered.
[he is sunshine]
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Help is hjälpa. Oh, do you know magic? ( The word for it in Swedish, he means -- not that he leaves a lot of space to note how stupid that question sounds. ) That's magi, which is important in our situation. Friend is vän.
( This may be more convenient than having to use a middleman, at least. Though that also means he doesn't get to look like a linguistic badass by magically knowing these words, even though anyone with a brain would know he just asked Tuuri, but.
It's...also awkward to want to tell Lalli something in Finnish while not knowing Finnish, so he would then need to ask Lalli what the Finnish translation would be, successfully nullifying his need to tell Lalli in Finnish as a means of impressing him. Fuck, knowing Finnish is going to the top of his list of wishes. )
Realistically, being fluent would mean learning every word. That would take so much time! Thank goodness for this telepathy translating in the meantime.
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Yeah... S'easier. I wonder if it'll work back home... Mmn, but only you will have one, too. I guess it'd be a lot easier than letters.
[...He catches himself before he can add "even if I have Tuuri write them for me". Ha, can't exactly...do that.]
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( Mmm. The idea of having some understandable form of communication if they went back home was nice -- an upgrade as compared to what their reality would have been. Even though the ability is a strong and unique magic, it still feels like something of a consolation, not the ideal. Now he just feels drunk and sad. )
If the telepathy works when we go back, do you think our magic will too? Mine is...useful. ( He admits it, his magic is cool... ) I wouldn't want you to keep yours, though. You deserve to sleep.