In Finland culture they stress to play only one sport. This way you can perfect which ever sport you chose. I'm choosing to write about this only because in America we chose to play as many sports as you can to show and better your athleticism. In this post I will translate how to say sports in the Finnish language and tell if that sport is a major sport played in the Finland culture.
Hockey: Jääkieko
Tennis: Tennis
Basketball: Koripallo
Volleyball: lentopallo
Soccer: Jalkapallo
Throw: Heittää
Catch: Saalis
Pass: Kulkea
Kick: Potkia
These are some Finnish words that either are verbs from sports that I learned or just sports. In Finland Hockey is probably the top ranked and known sport. With tennis and soccer taking second. Finland doesn't have high school sports like the US therefore all of the sports have to be played in a club. This may be the reason that they stress playing one sport. Which I hate but its just a whole different continent.
Remember when you try and pronounce these words that double a's are strongly pronounced and j's are a y sound. Just some things I learned when pronouncing these words. Finnish still isn't getting easier to me and I have a personal tutor. So, good luck. Hei hei.
Your boy, Seth.
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