Learn Finnish with Finking Cap Podcast episode 4: Feeling like an outsider in a foreign country

Learn Finnish by listening to this episode about feeling homesick and feeling like an outside in a foreign country. I talk about how I struggled speaking and understanding a foreign language, how I cried in front of my boss and how I developed a new attitude towards my language skills. You will hear Finnish expressions related to falling in love with a new culture, the culture shock that follows and how it feels to not quite understand all the jokes in a different language. If you're learning Finnish and sometimes feel that you can't be "yourself" in Finnish, then you might relate to what I talk about in this episode.
In the Finking Cap Podcast, I speak spoken/colloquial Finnish the way I would to my friend, but a little bit slower. If you're an intermediate learner of Finnish, give it a listen!

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Have you ever felt like an outsider in another country? Or even in your own? How did you overcome it?

[@aloe_vera3740]

I really hope there will be more of these. Literally perfect for my current level.
Kiitos näistä podcasteista!

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I'm glad to hear that you liked the podcast. It's so important for me to get feedback because I am not yet sure if it's what people want. Joten kiitos sinulle! :)

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

Yes. I feel like an outsider living here in Australia.
I was born here. But I lived in the Canary Islands for eight years.
When I came back I had a type of reverse reintegration culture shock.

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Oh I've heard this can happen, too! What sort of things have you found were hard to adjust to since you returned?

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

@@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap Uh... everything? No that's not strictly true. Everything to do with work. Dating/friends/work. It seems people are a bit aloof/clicky here. I definitely feel like a foreigner.

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

@@learnalanguagewithleslie Sometimes I wish we could take some of the things with us when we change countries! What I would bring to Finland: the kind of restaurant culture where people go out for loooong meals and take the whole family with them. I experienced that in Australia, too, but I don't know if that was just the people I was staying with. What would you bring back from the Canary Islands?

[@mustaphaazzeddine9473]

Kiitos♥

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Eipä kestä! Kiitos kommentista! :)

[@elias-ue9yx]

Paljon kiitoksia! Mä muutin Suomeen viime vuonna. Haluaisin oppia suomen kielen, jotta voin puhua ihmisille normaalisti. Toistaiseksi valitettavasti ymmärrän suomalaisia erittäin huonosti 😔

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Eipä kestä! Onnea opintoihin! :)

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Ja kiitos kovasti kommentista.

[@wowjef]

Olen australialainen. Muistan kun saavuin Helsinkiin monta vuotta sitten (1970-luvulla), seisoin Helsingin päärautatieaseman edessä, kun humalainen huusi tien toiselta puolelta: "Paska ulkomaalainen!" Kysyin joltain, mitä hän sanoi. Opin ensimmäiset suomenkieliset sanani. Otin sen kutsuna ja viivyin 3 vuotta ja opin puhumaan suomea.☺

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Sinnikkyys palkitaan! Hauska tarina. Kiitos kommentista!

[@psychologist2022]

Moi Ope Emmi ❤❤❤

[@learnfinnishwithfinkingcap]

Moi! :)