äidinkielenopettaja
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]äidinkielen (“of mother tongue”) + opettaja (“teacher”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæi̯dinˌkie̯lenˌopetːɑjɑ/, [ˈæi̯diŋˌk̟ie̞̯le̞nˌo̞pe̞t̪̚ˌt̪ɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
- Hyphenation(key): äidin‧kielen‧opet‧ta‧ja
Noun
[edit]äidinkielenopettaja
- A teacher of a student's mother tongue.
Usage notes
[edit]- In English-speaking countries the term "mother tongue teacher" is seldom used. Thus, a teacher who teaches English as mother tongue would normally be called "English teacher".
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “äidinkielenopettaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04