I listened through google translate and that sounded really poetic to my untrained ear.

Oh gosh, I didn't remember google translate had that. I have no idea where my brain was and that I had a blind spot with this. :)

In Afrikaans we have a double negation

I've always said to everyone who use the double negation in Finnish language that double negative turns things in to positive, just like some cases in math. :D It's not the case but using double negative just makes the sentence just really weird. Then again I do also use that because I like to twist words and sentences and I hope people understand that I know it's not correct, I just want to say it like that sometimes.

One of the things that is slowly happening to Finnish is that the suffixes in some words are just left out. Depending on who you are talking about (I, you, we...) there needs to be a suffix (and you don't need to use the personal pronoun if you don't want to) but in some cases the younger people have started to use the basic form.
ottaa = take
(minä) otan = I take
(sinä) otat = you take
(hän) ottaa =she/he takes
(me) otamme= we take --> but some speak: me ottaa
(te) otatte = you take --> te ottaa
(he) ottavat = they take --> he ottaa

So I think people have the need to talk simpler, which in some cases may lead to leave the suffixes away but then again then you need to add the personal pronoun so the grammar starts to look like English language. Perhaps that's also is the case with the nie word. People want to speak shorter and simpler and then additional words that perhaps aren't needed to get the message understood, are left out. Anyway, I'm just guessing.