"Finlands huvudstad"
Translation:The capital of Finland
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This is a Swedish course. You should reply "Helsingfors" :D
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Rovaniemi, Oulu, Kajaani, Joensuu, Kuopio, Mikkeli, Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Vaasa, Tampere, Jyväskylä, Pori, Turku, Lappeenranta, Lahti, Hämeenlinna, Kouvola, Mariehamn, and of course Helsinki are all "Finnish capitals". Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Finland
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Wouldn't they rather be called "regional capitals"? I don't think anyone would think of them ahead of Helsinki if "Finnish capital" was brought up in a conversation.
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Is there a way to literally say "The capital of finland"? even if it's not commonly used? If i had to guess it would be either "huvudstaden Finland" eller "huvudstaden av Finland", although which one it is definitely feels up for grabs :p
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That's because you can't have the definite article before that: it's either The capital of Finland or Finland's capital.
It's the same in Swedish – an owner in the s-genitive is enough to make something definite, so you can't have the 'owned' thing definite too. So it's pojkens bok and the boy's book, not "pojkens boken" and "the boy's the book".
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"Finland" is not (generally speaking) an adjective; "The Finlandic capital" might be correct, but nobody would ever say it in real life.
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Every time Finland is mentioned in this course I want to translate to my native Finnish instead of English. Too many languages.
The word "huvud" is often pronounced as if it were "huve". That is not the case with the automated voice here though.
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I always thought that 'capital city' is wrong. it should be just 'capital', no?
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I suppose the Finnish references are here mostly because there's a fairly significant swedish-speaking minority in Finland.
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6% or so, which, yes, is quite significant. Includes such notables as Tove Jannson, creator of the Moomins.
I often felt that her last name should have been "Jannsdottir" but I think that they only do that in Iceland these days.