tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post626796700858538280..comments2024-03-28T19:36:00.003+02:00Comments on Villa Emilia (My Woodland Garden): 38: Jossain päin maailmaa kielletty kirja - About the Winter WarSara - Villa Emiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-49413466717355830812019-01-17T16:31:44.403+02:002019-01-17T16:31:44.403+02:00Thank you, Jason. Indeed, that's why "sis...Thank you, Jason. Indeed, that's why "sisu" (strength, stoicism, resilience) is such an important part of the Finnish identity. :DSara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-89930193803130906202019-01-16T21:40:47.041+02:002019-01-16T21:40:47.041+02:00Sounds very interesting. Poor Finland got stuck in...Sounds very interesting. Poor Finland got stuck in a very uncomfortable place in the period of the Second World War. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671760671850555664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-71032261722084467712019-01-16T13:53:02.451+02:002019-01-16T13:53:02.451+02:00Muchas gracias, querida Laura.
Tus paisajes se ven...Muchas gracias, querida Laura.<br />Tus paisajes se ven hermosos también sin nieve. :)<br />Un fuerte abrazo y buena semana! BesosSara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-16283564413541729202019-01-16T13:47:49.666+02:002019-01-16T13:47:49.666+02:00Oh Barb, I wish it could have been me! :) Your lan...Oh Barb, I wish it could have been me! :) Your landscapes are breathtaking. <br />I'm sorry I can't leave comments on your blog. Hoping you might read this, I send you my warmest wishes!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-62322717092995805262019-01-15T23:28:38.620+02:002019-01-15T23:28:38.620+02:00Preciosas!!Mucha nieve tienes Sara. Por Béjar este...Preciosas!!Mucha nieve tienes Sara. Por Béjar este año no quiere venir, tenempos mucho frío y heladas. <br />Buena noche.<br />Besos.Laura. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157493466796939852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-45778446158150376392019-01-15T22:43:46.994+02:002019-01-15T22:43:46.994+02:00Sara, Your landscape looks so much like mine. Yest...Sara, Your landscape looks so much like mine. Yesterday, I saw boot tracks on one of the trails I use that could have been made from the boots in your photo. Were you on my back trail??Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-73540014338153891182019-01-14T20:59:52.831+02:002019-01-14T20:59:52.831+02:00Thank you, dearest Madeline. Hugs and blessings!Thank you, dearest Madeline. Hugs and blessings!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-15200334704249087432019-01-14T20:44:36.272+02:002019-01-14T20:44:36.272+02:00Your photos are great. Have a blessed day Madeli...Your photos are great. Have a blessed day MadelineMadeline's Albumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521816495696902218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-17470064020573489162019-01-14T19:23:40.341+02:002019-01-14T19:23:40.341+02:00It's an interesting and humorous article, Sara...It's an interesting and humorous article, Sara. I don't think I will be learning Finnish any time soon!David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-78653784739552467652019-01-14T17:50:30.705+02:002019-01-14T17:50:30.705+02:00Thank you for your interesting question, David! :)...Thank you for your interesting question, David! :)<br />Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible and a Norwegian and a Swede would be able to communicate rather easily. Icelandic (and Faroese) has some words in common with the three other Scandinavian languages, but it is a more "distant" language. The Finnish language, unfortunately, belongs to another language family and to understand for example Danish, we must study it. :) We have many loanwords from Swedish, but in general the lexicon and grammar are very different.<br />I found a fun article about Finnish here: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/notoriously-challenging-learning-finnish-foreign-languageSara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-41191557025393361752019-01-14T16:45:16.792+02:002019-01-14T16:45:16.792+02:00Hey Sara: I have a question. Are the various Nordi...Hey Sara: I have a question. Are the various Nordic languages similar enough that people from different countries can understand each other? Do a Norwegian and a Swede for example have any difficulty communicating? A Finn and a Dane? I know people from Slovakia and Poland and they can converse okay. The languages are not the same but there are enough common elements that they can get by quite well. Just curious...........David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-51264773389722474072019-01-14T13:45:52.023+02:002019-01-14T13:45:52.023+02:00Thank you, Helen, especially for noticing the phot...Thank you, Helen, especially for noticing the photos! :)<br />Yes, it must have been so hard that we, people of nowadays, wouldn't have coped.<br />Hugs!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-80992161390728219482019-01-14T13:37:29.213+02:002019-01-14T13:37:29.213+02:00Kiitos että huomasit kuvat! :)
Kyllä, nöyryys ja k...Kiitos että huomasit kuvat! :)<br />Kyllä, nöyryys ja kiitollisuus ovat ne tunteet, jotka nousevat mieleen, kun ajattelee sodan ajan ihmisten uhrauksia... ja myös häpeä, kun ajattelee miten huonosti veteraanien terveys- ja elinoloista huolehdittiin, kunnioituksen puutteesta puhumattakaan.<br />Baci! :)Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-72967574681144648182019-01-14T11:49:53.287+02:002019-01-14T11:49:53.287+02:00Hi Sara, such clever photography to support your b...Hi Sara, such clever photography to support your book report. I used 'google translate' to best understand what you had written. Incredible hardships when fighting in the cold and snow.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051160693725705930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-39484743374612529772019-01-14T11:14:28.788+02:002019-01-14T11:14:28.788+02:00Mustavalkoiset kuvat sopivat hienosti aiheeseen. T...Mustavalkoiset kuvat sopivat hienosti aiheeseen. Tulee nöyrän juhlallinen olo kun ajattelee sotaa ja rauhaa. <br />Tunnen valtavaa kiitollisuutta siitä että meillä on Suomessa rauha 🖤 Suurennuslasi on verraton juttu, samaten ikäihmisen yliviivaus 😎 Hyvää uutta viikkoa. Rita Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12343414768620881221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-50085668040848250702019-01-14T09:46:12.848+02:002019-01-14T09:46:12.848+02:00Thank you, Luisella!
Wars tend to cast a long shad...Thank you, Luisella!<br />Wars tend to cast a long shadow.<br />I am enthusiastic about this reading challenge. :)<br />Baci!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-45261301513089903392019-01-13T22:10:27.671+02:002019-01-13T22:10:27.671+02:00The winter war is a sorrowful subject for Finns, I...The winter war is a sorrowful subject for Finns, I know. <br />Enjoy your reading, Sara.italiafinlandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187590788386282839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-47907430861579293282019-01-13T20:54:42.181+02:002019-01-13T20:54:42.181+02:00Kiitos samoin, Anne! :)Kiitos samoin, Anne! :)Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-82093872676000163132019-01-13T20:28:32.699+02:002019-01-13T20:28:32.699+02:00Hyvää alkavaa viikkoa Sara!Hyvää alkavaa viikkoa Sara!Anne Hagman-Niilolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13304937783573595329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-86570513816381005172019-01-13T17:58:13.327+02:002019-01-13T17:58:13.327+02:00Kära Gunilla,
tack så mycket för din jätte snälla ...Kära Gunilla,<br />tack så mycket för din jätte snälla kommentar! Vi verkar ha samma intressen och liknande åsikter. :)<br />Ja, den finska armén var numerärt i underläge och inte särskilt välutrustad, men de finländska trupperna hade övertag i kännedom av terrängen, vana vid vinterförhållanden och en mer självständig befälsordning. <br />En stor kram från mig till dig! :)Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-48336939167188735232019-01-13T16:17:45.383+02:002019-01-13T16:17:45.383+02:00Kiitos mielenkiintoisesta kommentistasi, Pirkko!
H...Kiitos mielenkiintoisesta kommentistasi, Pirkko!<br />Hienoa että teillä tutkiskellaan historiaa yhdessä nuorten kanssa. <br />Korpisotaa on minusta todellakin helmi, minusta se on parempi, kiinnostavampi, aidompi, kuin Tuntematon sotilas. Saakohan näin sanoakaan? :D<br />Varmaan löydät lapaskirjan ainakin kirjastosta.<br />Ihanaa hiljakseen valoisammaksi muuttuvaa tammikuuta!Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-43491334964218871812019-01-13T15:54:19.424+02:002019-01-13T15:54:19.424+02:00Thank you for your comment, David! I'm sorry y...Thank you for your comment, David! I'm sorry you weren't able to read my profound analysis... :D <br />I try to write a brief summary in English in these posts... And in any case, my photos are better than my writing. :)Sara - Villa Emiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402655388283396110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-18358088696182080702019-01-13T15:41:02.749+02:002019-01-13T15:41:02.749+02:00Tämä kirjahelmi osuu oikeaan kohtaan monella taval...Tämä kirjahelmi osuu oikeaan kohtaan monella tavalla. Talvisodan tunnelmat vyöryvät television Tuntematon sotilas-sarjasta päälle murskaavina ja pakkastalvikin tekee parhaansa viedäkseen siihen tunnelmaan. Ilman moniin aisteihin tunkeutuvaa elävää kuvaa ja ääntä on luettu kertomus helpompi sulatella, luettuun voi palata hetken kuluttua takaisin ja viivähtää jossakin tilanteessa. Väinö Linnan kirja on tullut luettua muutamia kertoja, viime aikoina teini-ikäisten lastenlasten kanssa ihmetellen. Haanpään Korpisota täytyy etsiä esiin.<br />Lapaskirja on löytö - täytyypä pitää silmät avoinna!<br />Hyvää tammikuista viikon alkua!pirkko koverohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02709106995542996605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-52605242069671192082019-01-13T15:16:02.038+02:002019-01-13T15:16:02.038+02:00Hej Sara!
Vinterkriget och det åtföljande fortsät...Hej Sara!<br /><br />Vinterkriget och det åtföljande fortsättningskriget är och förblir ett stort sår i den finska folksjälen och rädslan för den mäktige grannen i öster kan aldrig raderas helt. Min pappa tillbringade sina bästa ungdomsår vid den ryska fronten, något han aldrig pratade särskilt mycket om.<br /><br />Jag är en riktig bibliofil och har läst mycket om Finland under kriget, bl.a. en tre, fyra böcker om Mannerheim. Kan man ha olika åsikter om honom men han är och förblir en stor personlighet under krigsåren. Och visst är det som du skriver, de finska pojkarna som beordrades ut i kriget var mestadels bondpojkar från landet. Det fanns ingen armé och ännu mindre någon utrustning. Det var en fattig och dåligt utbildad arme som ställdes mot en övermäktig fiende men som gjorde det på ett sätt som Finland alltid kan vara stolt över.<br />Förutom att värdefull mark konfiskerades av Ryssland tvingades Finland att betala ett stort krigsskadestånd vid freden. Detta i ett land som var härjat av kriget och fattigt. Men det gjorde Finland med bravur, troligen det enda land i världshistorien som till fullo betalt ett krigsskadestånd som bestämdes av den segrande makten. Fortsätt och läs den finska historien och var stolt!<br /><br />Kram!<br />Gunilla Teckenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421204461496295103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082774686797129874.post-44518889443562757462019-01-13T14:44:23.969+02:002019-01-13T14:44:23.969+02:00Hello Sara: I remember from your last post that yo...Hello Sara: I remember from your last post that you said you would be mainly posting in Finnish this year, but I have been unable to find an English translator on your blog. Usually English is at the top of the list, but in this case it is not, and when I scroll through all the language options it is not in the list either. So, I am unable to comment on what I am sure is an interesting discourse!David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.com