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[quote=Anonymous]I totally understand where the OP is coming from. My spouse is Finnish and we have been married 15 years. I probably understand hundreds of words and basic grammar, but I still speak like a kindergartner. I speak French and Spanish fluently, so I love learning languages, but Finnish is very different from Germanic or Latin languages. I have never lived in Finland, so I have never been immersed for more than 2 weeks at a time.

One thing people haven't raised is that when you learn a language you learn the "book version" as opposed to the vernacular. So there is "book Finnish" and "spoken Finnish." When I am in Finland and my husband is talking to his family, there are definitely not speaking "book Finnish."

Last summer I tried to participate in a conversation and I was convinced that my husband's cousin died. I expressed my condolences and deep sorrow. Well, he just went on a trip. Anyway, I just daydream through the conversations and try to pick up what I can, but it is really difficult.[/quote]

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