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-lainen Usain Bolt on jamaikalainen Lionel Messi on argentiinalainen -lainen is added to express where someone or something is from. So in the example above Usain Bolt is Jamaican and Lionel Messi is Argentinian. Suomi on maa ja suomi on kieli. Finland is a country and Finnish is a language. Suomi : Finland and Finnish Maa: Country Kieli: Language Minä puhun suomea I speak finnish Hän odotta bussia. He is waiting for the bus.

Personapronominit  - Persoonapäätteet (with the verb puhu: talk) (minä) puhu - n: puhun Sinä puhu - t: puhut Hän puhu - vokaali (the last vowel gets doubled) (a, e, i, o, u, ä, ö, y): puhuu Me puhu - mme: puhumme Te puhu - tte: puhutte He puhu - vat / vät: puhuvat If the verb ends with “a” you use he -vat and if the verb ends with “ä” then you use he -vät. Estsiä (to search) Minä etsin Sinä etsit Hän etsii Me etsimme Te etsitte He etsivät Tanssia (to Dance) Minä tanssin Sinä tanssit Hän tanssii Me tansimme Te tansitte He tanssivat Syödä (To eat) Minä syön Sinä syöt Hän syö Me syömme Te syötte He syövät Juoda (To Drink) Minä juon Sinä juot Hän juo Me juomme Te juotte He juovat NEGATIO (Negative) Puhua (to not speak) Minä en puhu Sinä et puhu Hän ei puhu Me emme puhu Te ette puhu He eivät puhu For the negative from you take the stem from the first person present tense and you ad...

Starting a business in Finland Finland has a lot of support for entrepreneurship with advisors and courses free of charge that will help you in establishing your business.  http://www.yrityshelsinki.fi/en The Yritys can give assistance for pretty much anything to do with setting up a business in Finland. I went to see them as I wanted a start up grant, and they advised me. First, they pointed me to the site for creating a business plan: https://liiketoimintasuunnitelma.com/index.php This site allows you to create a structured plan, not omitting anything. I made an appointment to see them and they have some nifty spreadsheets where they just put in your estimates and it comes up with the whole cashflow forecast. They also do lot of evening workshops for various aspects of business, such as sales, marketing, accounts, employment law,  etc, and these are free and in English. They also have lists of accountants and lawyers and can assist with finding incubation of...

AUDIOVISUAL FINLAND from the Powow Animation Conference Series: As of 2017 the Finnish Government is legislating to insert an audiovisual incentive fund that will offer a 25% cash rebate to audiovisual productions. This is not a tax incentive but a cash rebate. The system will be an open application submission process with no deadlines. The idea is for Tekes to administer. In order to qualify there must be a distribution deal in place. The projects will run through a cultural test to prove its worthiness. With this, the rebate excludes: Commercials, Soap Operas and reality shows. In order to qualify an EU Language must be used in the content. There are also minimum expenditures in Finland in order to qualify. For Feature films the minimum is €150K, for Documentaries €50K and for Fiction or Animation Series €250K. The eligible costs will most likely be local services, salaries and goods, however the list is still in the making. There is also a minimum budget for the project, so i...

GIGGLEBUG CASE STUDY From the Animation Powow Conference Series: Gigglebug is a positive IP brand for kids, its core concept is that laughter is contagious. It started out as an ipad and then expanded into a 360° brand having anywhere from music albums, books, apps and a TV show. The key to building intellectual brands like these is to always develop the core idea first, make sure it is solid and scalable, then expand. In the case of gigglebug they had spent around €200K up to the launch of the app and the pilot season on TV for Yle composed of 10 Episodes of 5 Minutes. With regards to software, they use TV Paint for the animation and then export as image sequences for the app and as adobe after effects files for composing for the TV show.