Most Finnish words end with vowels. This is also the case with other languages such as Italian, Japanese and Spanish. In English, however, most words end with consonants. Many Finnish loanwords end with a word-final i. Here is a list of ten Finnish loanwords:
adressi (address)
aksentti (accent)
bussi (bus)
dokumentti (document)
hotelli (hotel)
jaguaari (jaguar)
majoneesi (mayonnaise)
parlamentti (parliament)
salaatti (salad)
seminaari (seminar)
The Finnish words are similar to those of English and many other languages. However, they are all pronounced with word-final consonants in English. In Finnish, they are pronounced with a word-final high front vowel.
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