It's autumn (syksy), which means there are lots of fruits and berries about in the forest (metsä). So today here is a short vocabulary list of common Finnish fruits and berries.
hedelmä - fruit
marja - berry
For some reason the Finns don't think that berries are fruit. They are berries, and that's that.
puolukka - lingonberry (actually a foxberry, but Finns are convinced it's a lingonberry). A red, rather sour and bitter berry that the Finns make into jam, which they then serve with stir-fried reindeer or spinach pancakes.
vadelma - raspberry
mustikka - blueberry (actually a bilberry, but Finns are convinced it's a blueberry)
mansikka - strawberry
karpalo - cranberry
muurain, lakka - cloudberry
omena - apple
päärynä - pear
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