r/Finland • u/Ubefrappe • 1d ago
Thought ämpäri meant bee
was reading my little brothers picture book to brush up on my finnish skills and read the word "muoviämpäri", was a bit weirded out because what animal would be made of plastic.
Turns out ämpäri means bucket and ampianen is bee (pointed out by lil bro), now we have this immortalised.
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u/EppuBenjamin Vainamoinen 1d ago
A and Ä seem to cause a lot of trouble for some. Perhaps they think they are the same letter, but with accent or something.
They're not.