Finnish language makes a distinction between short and long vowels and consonants

Finnish language makes a distinction between short and long vowels and consonants.
There are a lot of words the only differing feature is the vowel or consonant length. It can be really difficult for learners to hear the difference between words and they have to rely on context.
Examples

lika = dirt
liika = excess
likka = girl
liikka = colloquial word for P.E.

Valita = to choose or elect
Valittaa = to complain about
Vallita = to dominate
Vallittaa = to build ramparts

Tell me something about your language.

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Tapaan hänet huomenna = I'm going to meet him/her tomorrow.

Tapan hänet huomenna = I'm going to kill him/her tomorrow.

did you know Finnish often has THREE(!!!!) vowels?
when that happens, we write it like this
>raa'asti

We do the same with
a aa
e ee
o oo
u uu

"lika" and "likka" do these sound different?

eu
au
ou
ui
ij

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the k is longer
hope this helps

It's just that I don't see how a k can be longer. S, N, R and such can be made infinitely long but K is a kind of one-off release idk how to put it

Yes.
Vaa'alle

Estonians can have four same vowels because they don't use "-" in compound word when the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word are the same.

Kuumönkijä is Kuuuurija in Estonian.

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It's called gemination, it is quite rare in french "elle a", "elle l'a"

The more you know

>lik-ah
>liK--stop--ah

Finnish men look like this?

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It seems that if you screw up in finnish... there will be consequences. You think you're asking for the bill, but no, you just ordered a trillion liters of milk instead

Yes. There is a pause which tells you the difference. Here's a vocaroo. I say "Lika likka lika likka"
I sound strange, I have flu.

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kamelåsa

hello schizo

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Words can be invented by gluing words together in certain ways, but is rarely used. I think other languages can do this as well
hundelortsindsamler = dog poo collector

We do that too.

The Regional State Administrative Agencies
Finnish: aluehallintovirasto
Swedish: regionförvaltningsverk

Instead of making up new words we like to modify existing word roots by adding suffixes and so on. This picture is a good example.

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kaken = jaws
kakken = taking a shit

kaak = jaw
kak = shit

suomi-lanka

She kinda looks like my friends completely insane sister.

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This

kaka =`poop/shit
kakk =`cake
kaak = the thing where you hang people

Isn't liikaa another word in Finnish? I remember it because it's in the only Finnish sentence I know, "en saa sitä seisomaan koska olen juonut liikaa"
(don't ask)

both kuu-uurija and kuuuurija are grammatically correct

but when you pronounce it, you say kuu uurija, there is a pause between all the uu-s.

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does it mean can't stop shitting when I've had too much to drink?

yes, liikaa means too much
it means "i can't get an erection because i have drunk too much"

Yes. It means "too much" I could have added that to the list.

It means "I can't get an erection because I have drank too much"

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Is there a minimal pair between VV'V and V'VV?

whats even the point of learing finnish? If it was the lingua frana of Europe maybe I'd have a reason but its only spoken is a country smaller than most cities

portuguese has that too
>poeira
>poia

V'VV does not exist