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Today Is My Birthday

Today (3.11.) is my birthday. I turned 74. I’m posting a few poems in the Ingrian dialect here because I told my Facebook well-wishers that I have a language blog. It focuses mainly on the Finno-Ugric languages ​​of the Baltic Sea. But before the poems, an updated self-portrait, as I’ve aged over the years.

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Meren tyyneel seläl

Meehet lähtööt purjehtimmaa,
ku meren tyyneel seläl
höö tusat da murheet
unohtaat.
© Yelling Rosa
2026-03-09

On the Open Sea

Men go sailing,
Because on the open sea
They sorrows and worries
Will forget.
© Yelling Rosa
2026-03-09

Today Is My Birthday

Today, 11.03.26, is my birthday. I would be happy if you celebrated it with me by listening while I’m singing my song “Läpi näiden vuosien (Experienced in TheseYears)” at the concert. It is the first song I ever have sung on the record, and if you like it, sent the link to your friend. Below the link and words

Experienced in these years

Listen to: http://youtu.be/aZrRBb7rAlg14

Too much, I have experienced in these years,
Too many are those who are debt tears for me.
I remember that gray platform,
Where the was carrying a friend.

Refrain:

That time didn’t bloom
My dear apple trees,
neither anyone whispered in my ear:
Honey, do not forget me.

Never have I been afraid
Yet on this trip until tomorrow
Little boy has avoided the dangers hand in hand
With the woman who has mild face/.
Little boy has avoided the dangers
side by side the kind woman reflection.

The refrain

I know about the mothers weeping eyelids
That does not explain the words out loud,
They just give their love for guidance
Their prayers for the boys to protection

Now bloom my dear
Sacred apple trees.
They have this heavenly scent,
The fragrance that never go away.

Music and Lyrics by Ilkka Pakarinen 1982,
recorded in 1983”

The Break In the Studio in 1982
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Flamethrower will represent Finland in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


”Liekinheitin” (Finnish: [ˈlie̯kinˌhei̯t̪in]; transl. ”Flamethrower”) is a song by Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius and Finnish singer-songwriter Pete Parkkonen. The song was composed by Lampenius and Parkkonen, together with Antti Riihimäki [fi], Lauri Halavaara, and Vilma Alina Lähteenmäki [fi], and was released on 16 January 2026 through Universal Music Oy and PME Records [fi]. It will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after winning the Finnish national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2026.


Watch the video below


Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (Finnish: [ˈuːden ˈmusiːkin ˈkilpɑi̯lu]; abbreviated UMK; Swedish: Tävlingen för ny musik; English: Contest for New Music)[1] is an annual music contest organised by the Finnish public broadcaster Yle. It made its debut in 2012 as the Finnish selection format for the Eurovision Song Contest, replacing the previous Finnish Eurovision selection Suomen euroviisukarsinta which had been held since 1961, read the rest of the Wikipedia article here

Please watch the video on YouTube and it should have the English subtitles.

Will the Finnish Language be the Achilles heel for Liekinheitin

The song is performed in Finnish. This is its Achilles heel, as songs sung in English or another widely spoken language have been more successful than songs already performed in Finnish. In 2023, Finland’s representative Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä song) was a positive exception. It came in second place and was the audience’s absolute favorite. The expert jury did not appreciate it, which is why the Swedish song “Tattoo,” sung in English, won.

Cha Cha by Käärijä

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Ido – English Examples

001 Ido – English Examples from Wiktionary

If you are looking for these example sentences, do this. Items: 1. Wiktionary, 2. Wikipedio, 3. IFA, 4. Propra

agnoskarMe agnoskas vua motivi.I admit your reasons (i.e. receive them as valid).
agnoskarMe agnoskas la neceseso facar ol.I admit the necessity to do it.
altaroUbe esas la chefa altaro, Wikipedio.Where is the main altar?
altraMe prizas l’altra libro plue.I like the other book more.
apudLa glaso es apud la krucho.The glass is next to the pitcher.
asertarLa Talibani asertas ke li ne savas ube Osama bin Laden esas, Wikipedio.The Taliban claims they don’t know where Osama bin Laden is.
avanMe es avan il en la serio.I am in front of him in the queue.
balde, adv.Ni arivos balde.We will arrive shortly.
biroGlaso de biro, danko.A glass of beer, thanks.
blindaLeonhard Euler konsideresas la maxima kreativa matematiko sempre. Il esis komplete blinda (tro observo di suno) dum lasta dekesep yari di vivo, e dum ta periodo, produktis preske la duimo di lua verki, Wikipedio.Leonhard Euler is considered the most creative mathematics ever. He was blinded in the last decade of his life, and during that period, he produced almost the half of his works.
cieloLa princeto sideskis sur stono e levis lua okuli a la cielo, La Princeto.The little prince sat down on a stone, and raised his eyes toward the sky.
ciencistoCiencisti timas ke co produktos elevo di la marala nivelo, Wikipedio.Scientists are afraid that this will produce high sea level.
diLa domo di mea matroThe house of my mother
dicarVolunte dicez vua nomo lente e klare.Please say your name slowly and clearly.
domoIco esas mea domo ed ancestrala hemo di mea familio.This is my house and my family’s ancestral home.
dronarL’inundo qua dronis la persequanta soldati esas altra rezulto di l’erupto.The flood that drowned the pursuing soldiers is another result of the eruption.
dumIl esis absenta dum tri yari.He was absent for three years.
dumKordiala muskulo existas en la kordio e nultempe repozas dum la tota vivo, Wikipedio.The heart muscle exists in the heart and can never rest throughout life.
duopla steliMulta steli esas duopla steli, Wikipedio.Many stars are binary stars.
esarMe esas tre felica.I am very happy.
felicaLa originala baleto havis felica fino.The original ballet had a happy ending.
feliceso’Feliceso esas en la prato’ esas nigra humoro franca filmo da Étienne Chatiliez ye 1995, Wikipedio.‘Felicity is in the meadow’ is a black-humor film by French director Étienne Chatiliez, released in 1995.
floroFloro esas la riproduktiva strukturo di la planti nomizita fanerogami, Wikipedio.Flower is the reproductive structure of plants called phanerogams.
futbaloFutbalo (ante konocita kom pedbalono) esas la maxim populara esquado-sporto dil mondo, Wikipedio.Football (formerly known as ‘pedbalono’) is the most popular team sport in the world.
havarMe havas amba di ci libri.I have both of these books.
icaIca libro es tre bon!This book is really good!
icoIco gustas tre bon!This (thing) tastes really good!
irgaKa esas irga informo pri la mikra puerino qua desaparis ye sundio?Is there any information about the little girl who disappeared on Sunday?
irguKad irgu volas helpar me?Does anybody want to help me?
jentilaEsis tre jentila homo qua helpis ni, Wikipedio.It was a nice man who helped us.
kaKa tu amoras me?Do you love me?
komMe amas il kom mea fraton.I love him as my brother.
komendarMe komendis pizza por ni.
Me jus komendis taxi.		I ordered a pizza for us.
I just called a taxi.
ledaNula leda anadyuni aparas en la rakonto di Leda e la cigno.No ugly ducklings appear in the story of Leda and the swan.
lombardiaLombardia esas Italiana regiono, jacanta norde de la lando, an la frontiero kun Suisia. Havanta 10 103 969 habitanti en 2019, ol esas la 3ma maxim populoza regiono di Italia, en qua vivas 16,2% de la habitantaro di la lando, Wikipedio.Lombardy is an Italian region located north of the country, the border with Switzerland. In 2019 there was 10 103 969 inhabitants, it is the third most popular region in Italy, with 16.2% of the country’s population.
marcharIlu siejas Pavia e marchas til Milano, ube ilu kronizesas rejo, Wikipedio.He besieges in Pavia and walks to Milan, where he crowns the king.
mariajitaMe havas du fratini. Li nomesas Mieke ed Anja. Anja esas mariajita.I have two sisters. They are called Mieke and Anja. Anja is married.
mariajoHomeosexuala mariajo esas civila mariajo inter du personi di la sama sexuo.Homosexual marriage is a civil marriage between two people of the same sex.
metarMetez plu bela kamizo, la gasti arivos balde!Put on a better shirt, the guests will arrive soon!
mortintaMe ne havas a patro. Lu esas mortinta.I have no father. He is dead.
mulieroTa muliero havas bruna okuli.That woman has brown eyes.
objecionarKa vu objecionas mea propozajo?Are you objecting my proposition?
obliviarHo no, me obliviis mea auto-klefi.Oh no, I forgot my car keys.
ombroAltra ombro!Another shadow!
omnalokeMe netigis omnaloke.I cleaned everywhere.
omnatempeMe omnatempe oblivias to.I always forget that.
omnoOmno es mea.Everything is mine.
papilionoPapilioni en sua adulta fazo povas vivar de un semano til preske un yaro depende la speco, Wikipedio.Butterflies in their adult stage can live from one week to almost one year, depending on the type.
parolarParolez a me pri bonvolo.Talk to me about benevolence.
paviaPavia esas urbo en la regiono Lombardia, en Italia. Segun statistiki dil yaro 2016, ol havis 73 086 habitanti. Lua tota surfaco esas 62 km², Wikipedio.Pavia is a city in Lombardy, Italy. According to the statistics of the year 2016, it had 73,086 inhabitants. Its whole surface is 62 km².
pluLu plu multe ocias kam laboras.He is more often idle than working.
poMe kompris la domo po quaradek mil euri.I bought the house for forty thousand euros.
posNi drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.We had a few beers after the game.
probarLu probis omno sen suceso.He/she/it tried everything without success.
prontaLa dineo esas pronta.Dinner is ready.
qua, interr.Qua esas ita kerlo?Who is that guy? (direct question)
qualeExplikez quale vu facis ol.Explain how you did it.
quantaQuanta panon vu havas?How much bread do you have?
repozarMe ne havas la forteso, me mustas repozar dum kurta tempo.I don’t have the strength, I need to rest for a while.
seLa klerko komencus laborar se ilu povus.
Se me povus, me komprus altra domo.		The clerk would begin to work if he could.

If I could, I would buy another house.
sempreMe sempre oblivias to.I always forget that.
sezonoSezoni esas vintro, pritempo, somero ed autuno.The seasons of the year are winter, spring, summer and autumn.
sidarPos dio longa di marcho, esis bona sidar e destensar.After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
sidarLa korto di kasaco sidas en Paris.(figuratively) The court of reversal lies in Paris.
specoUceli esas plu kam 8000 speci, Wikipedio.There are over 8000 bird species.
tristaLa morto di mea amiko igas me trista.The death of my friend makes me sad.
tro, adv.Elua filiino irus, ma la voyo esas tro longa.Her daughter would go, but the road is too long.
vartarNi ne volas vartar la treno pluse.We don’t want to wait for the train anymore.

Mea propra exempli quin Brian verifikis

AnjeloPro quo tu ploras, mea mikra anjelo?Why are you crying, my little angel.
BrilarLa steli brilas en la cielo.The stars are shining in the sky.
ForestoLa lunlumo lumizas la obskura foresto.The moonlight illuminates the dark forest.
KavaloKavali kuras en la prato.Horses are running in the meadow.
KeLi dicas ke Finlandani esas la maxim felica homi en la mondo.They say that Finns are the happiest people in the world.
NuluNulu dormas.Nobody is sleeping.
OdiarMe odias tu.I hate you.
PosedarMe posedas ca domo, e me ne lasas tu enirar.I own this house, and I don’t let you in.
Pro quoPro quo omno esas desfacila?Why is everything difficult?
ProblemoQuo esas vua problemo?What is your problem?
ProfetoLa profeto predikas de la monto a la homi.The prophet is preaching from the mountain to the people.
PuerinoMikra puerino sidis sur la stono.A little girl sat on the stone.
QualeQuale vu dicas 8000 per vorti? Esas ok mil.How do you say 8000 in words? It is eight thousand.
TristesoYes, ni esas felica en nia tristeso.Yes, we’re happy in our sadness.
UloEsas ulo qua me volus dicar a tu.There is something I would like to tell you.
VoyjantoVoyjanto marchas sur la voyo.A traveler walks on the road.

ABSTRAKTO

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Abstrakto esas procedo di generaligar reguli e koncepti per specifika exempli, literala (reala e konkreta) metodi. La rezulto dil precedo es ul abstrakto, qua es konceptajo aganta kom komuna nomo por omna subordinita konceptaji e juntas relatata konceptaji a ula grupo, feldo o kategorio, Wikipedio.

Abstract is the process of generalizing rules and concepts from specific examples, using literal and concrete methods. The result of the process is an abstraction, a concept that serves as a common name for all subordinate concepts and juncts related to a group, field, or category.

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Laila Kinnunen: Pieni sydän (Little heart)

Laura “Laila” Annikki Kinnunen (8 November 1939 – 26 October 2000) was a Finnish singer. She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 1960s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest. Read the whole article here.

Photograph of the Finnish vocalist Laila Kinnunen (1939–2000).
Photographer: Kuvasiskot, Collection: Finnish Heritage Agency.

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Pieni sydän (Little Heart) is still one of the most listened to Finnish hits, which Laila Kinnunen interprets brilliantly. Many other singers have also sung the song. Composer Valto Tynnilä and lyricist Tatu Pekkarinen.

This song tells about us. We are melancholy people because of nature and history. Still, we don’t give up.

The loss of Karelia is one of the greatest tragedies in our recent history. My mother and grandparents had to leave their homes and travel in a wagon train like the people in the accompanying song. I have to take my hat off to them because they never harbored hatred or revenge, but continued their lives unyieldingly.

Evakon laulu – Lyrics – Finnish / English translation

”Evakon Laulu” was composed and written by Veikko Lavi.

Evacuation of Finnish Karelia

From Wikipedia

As a result of the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty that concluded the Winter War, Finland ceded a portion of Finnish Karelia along with other territories to the Soviet Union. As a result, about 410,000 people,[1] or 12% of Finland’s population, were relocated to the remaining parts of Finland.[2]

The treaty did not require Finland to empty the ceded territory, but few were willing to stay, and almost the whole population chose to relocate, taking their belongings with them.[citation needed] Only the buildings and machinery were to be left behind intact as per the Peace Treaty, which for the most part also took place.[citation needed]

During the Continuation War, some 260,000 of the displaced population returned home.[3] In June 1944, Finnish troops partially withdrew from the ceded areas again as a result of the Soviet Fourth strategic offensive. Simultaneously, the population was again evacuated.

Read the rest of the article here.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026

Here is a special Christmas postcard for you, the readers of my language blog. The card has a Christmas greeting in Ingrian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Ido. I chose Ido and Ingrian because this blog has published articles discussing these languages ​​. Portuguese and Dutch are included because readers of this blog also visit from Holland and Brazil. You can find English, Spanish, Italian, and German Christmas cards at https://yerosacom.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/free-xmas-cards-2025-in-other-languages-than-english/. Feel free to send the attached card to your friends and relatives.

Thank you to all who visited here, and I hope to see you again next year.

If you have time, go listen to the popular Finnish Christmas carol on YouTube, performed in English. I have translated the Finnish words into English. You’ll find the song at https://youtu.be/9U2PAY_hXfE

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Latino sine Flexione Lexico, Now It Is Your Turn to Translate

I started collecting a Latino Sine vocabulary for myself, although I hardly have time to accumulate much because of my age. The reason I didn’t start earlier is that I was trying to find a solution to understanding Romance languages ​​using artificial ones, such as Esperanto, Ido, and Interlingua. Ido is my favorite, but paper textbooks are few in that regard. I already have a pile of Latin books that’s wrong. Due to my limited possibilities, e.g., age, I will focus on English and Finnish from now on, and when I have too much time, I will glance at Latin and a little Ido.

I am trying to give up translating my poems or anyone else’s poems into Latin or Ido. I believe I will gain more by operating in areas where I already have some knowledge. Latin is useful for understanding English, but that is where its function should end for me.

Lingua LatinaSine FlexioneEnglish
frigusfrigorecold, coldness
lexiconlexico(New Latin) a dictionary, a lexicon
mensmentemind, reason
muliermulierewoman; wife
nixnivesnow
occupareoccupāreto occupy; to seize
oculusoculoeye
pavopavonepeacock
pulcher pulchra pulchrumpulchrobeautiful, fair, pretty
sum, es, est, sumus, estis, suntesam, are, is
tamtamso, so such, to such an extent
tututhou (you, singular)
tuus, tua, tuumtuothine (yours, singular)
manusmanuhand; paw of an animal

Pavo, Indian Peacock

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavo_(bird)

Now It Is Your Turn

Now it’s your turn to say “Thine (your, singular) eyes are so beautiful” in Latino Sine Flexione.

Sine Latino words don’t take the genre or number of subjects.
The plural ending is -s, which only comes at the end of a noun.

Oculi tui tam pulchri sunt.
Your eyes are so beautiful.

Tuo——-es——-

The correct translation is:
Tuo oculos es tam pulchro.

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The Ido Language is the Bridge to Learn Romance Languages.

I am studying Ido because it helps me understand Romance languages ​​better. In addition, its grammar contains no exceptions, and the pronunciation of words follows the letters’ pronunciation almost 100%.

I use Wiktionary, Wikipedio, and the Stars21 translator for studying. The translator makes mistakes mainly with nouns, so they always have to be checked in Wiktionary or a dictionary.

Below are a few examples that I have taken from Wikipedio or Wiktionary. You can easily see the similarity of Romance languages ​​and the influence of English on them. I personally do not like the fact that English is included in Ido. However, Ido is the best option for understanding Romance languages. ’Latino sine Flexione’ would be the best possible candidate, but the learning material for it is nonexistent, and the instructions that Peano has given are very few and contradictory. I have been thinking for a while about making my own rules for Flexione, especially for verbs. However, the work is too much for me.

VartarNi ne volas vartar la treno pluse, Wiktionary.We don’t want to wait for the train anymore.
MarcharIlu siejas Pavia e marchas til Milano, ube ilu kronizesas rejo, Wikipedio.He besieges in Pavia and walks to Milan, where he crowns the king.
PaviaPavia esas urbo en la regiono Lombardia, en Italia. Segun statistiki dil yaro 2016, ol havis 73 086 habitanti. Lua tota surfaco esas 62 km², Wikipedio.Pavia is a city in Lombardy, Italy. According to the statistics of the year 2016, it had 73,086 inhabitants. Its whole surface is 62 km².
LombardiaLombardia esas Italiana regiono, jacanta norde de la lando, an la frontiero kun Suisia. Havanta 10 103 969 habitanti en 2019, ol esas la 3ma maxim populoza regiono di Italia, en qua vivas 16,2% de la habitantaro di la lando Wikipedio.Lombardy is an Italian region located north of the country, the border with Switzerland. In 2019 there was 10 103 969 inhabitants, it is the third most popular region in Italy, with 16.2% of the country’s population.

Ido Sounds Like the Mediterranean Sea

The next poem I wrote 14.11.25 shows the feeling I caught by using Ido. It sounds much better than the English version of the poem. The Anglo version has no strong Mediterranean winds on its shoulders. Do you agree with me?

Me audis lakrimi

Me audis lakrimi
de la verda monto.
Ulu sonjas pri kalma loko,
pro ke tristeso facas
la suno plu brilante.
© Yelling Rosa
2025-11-14

I Heard Tears

I heard tears
from the green mountain.
Someone is dreaming
about the placid place
because sadness makes
the sun shine brighter.
© Yelling Rosa
2025-11-14

Self-potrait with AI Eyebrows

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I sent this picture to the Ingrian magazine. The magazine has promised an article about me and my poems written in the Ingrian language in the December issue. However, I am so used to things not always going as planned. Often, the news media think that the most important news is passed over the artists. However, let’s hope that the story will be in the magazine.

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Indigenous People of the Arctic – Veps

Veps people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Veps, or Vepsians (Veps: vepsläižed), are a Baltic Finnic people who speak the Veps language, which belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages.

According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 8,240 Veps in Russia. Of the 281 Veps in Ukraine, 11 spoke Vepsian according to the 2001 Ukrainian census.

The self-designations of these people in various dialects are vepslaine, bepslaane and (in northern dialects, southwest of Lake Onega) lüdinik and lüdilaine. Almost all Vepsians are fluent in Russian. The younger generation, in general, does not speak Vepsian; however, many have an understanding of the language.

Read more about Veps here.

Beatles «Yesterday» in Vepsian language [vepsän pajo]


”Paksus uniš Karjalan nägem”- Veps Folk Song

The Veps flag

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From Me to You (Beatles) – A Latin Language Version and Tribute to Eddie O’Hara


Dr Keith Andrew Massey is a Latin teacher who makes the Beatles cover songs. You can listen to them on YouTube. Visit his website: https://keithmassey.net/

Eddie O’Hara (politician)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edward O’Hara (1 October 1937 – 28 May 2016)[1][2] was a British Labour politician who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley South following the death of Sean Hughes. Read more about Eddie O’Hara on Wikipedia.