English Translation
I want to find out why Tom hit Mary.
Why the vowel change? Shouldn’t it be ‘Marya’?
I want to find out why Tom hit Mary.
Why the vowel change? Shouldn’t it be ‘Marya’?
Mary isn’t a natural Finnish name, due to vowel disharmony, so some translators on Tatoeba prefer to change it to Mari.
Interesting! I thought the vowels in foreign names could not be modified!