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However, going to school with still insufficient Finnish skills was difficult. Vappu remembers that geography homework had to be memorized word for word . Helmi was able to move to her own age group after meeting the following criteria: the teacher said that as soon as I learned to count to one hundred in Finnish, I would be able to move to another group . In addition, many have unpleasant memories of being bullied at school.
Niilo feels that he has been bullied because of his knowledge of Swedish, which is why he Switzerland Phone Number List to get rid of the "burden" of the Swedish language: I have forgotten it on purpose . The relationship with the Swedish language later The possibilities of maintaining Swedish skills after returning to Finland have varied a lot among the interviewees. According to Aira , it was given so that it fell somewhere and it was not maintained in any way.
Some, on the other hand, have had siblings at home who were war children, with whom they could use Swedish. After childhood, the interviewees' own activities have had a significant impact on their language skills and the shaping of their language biography. The knowledge of Swedish has been utilized in working life and when traveling, even though, for example, Erkki was not a perfect Swedish speaker in his own opinion . Niilo and Kalevi have been working in Sweden, and the language has suddenly recovered in the right language environment: it just came from somewhere, it's not that strange feeling.
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