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Finnish is completely phonetic, like Italian. Double letters (whether they be consonants or vowels) double the length of the sound. So, if it's a double consonant, it's like the /k/ in "bookkeeper"--there's a little pause in the middle of the consonant to prolong it. If it's a double vowel, you just hold it a little longer, like in the /oo/ in the phrase "to whom" if you took out the "wh". Stress falls on the first syllable. So:

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Tiia = TEE-ya
Maarika = MAA-ree-kah

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~ Caitlín

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