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Finnish Bus Traffic Phrases – Bussipysäkillä

February 12, 2020

Learn more bus traffic vocabulary, including how to say the bus numbers in Finnish! We go over both simple and advanced vocabulary.

Tämmönen and Semmonen – Tällainen and Sellainen

October 5, 2019

Interesting Words

Tämmönen and semmonen are the spoken language equivalents of tällainen and sellainen. Learn more about these proadjectives in this post!

Elefantti or Norsu? Loanwords vs Finnish Words

September 12, 2019

Vocabulary Lists

Should you say elefantti or norsu? Filmi or elokuva? Klovni or pelle? Printteri or tulostin? Learn some more about the different types of loanwords!

Spoken Language Passive Overview

September 3, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Consider the following: me mennään, me mentiin, me ollaan menty, me mentäisiin, and me oltais menty. This spoken language passive overview goes over these forms.

Traktori Raktori – Stressi Ressi – Consonant Clusters in Finnish

August 11, 2019

Phonology

Why do some Finns say REENATA and RESSI rather than TREENATA AND STRESSI? Why does SÄKÄ become TSÄKÄ? Learn about Finnish consonant clusters!

Tää Toi Se – Spoken Language – Tämä Tuo Se

July 7, 2019

Spoken Language Grammar

The pronouns tämä, tuo and se can become tää, toi and se in spoken language. In addition, they are special when inflected into the cases as well!

Mä Mää Mie – Pronouns in Spoken Language

July 7, 2019

Spoken Language Grammar

"Oh mä mää mie, mä mää mie, mä mää mie, let me go", is that how the ABBA song goes? It's how it should go if they were learning Finnish!

Ne menee, ne tulee, ne kattoo – Spoken Language

July 7, 2019

Spoken Language Grammar

The spoken language form of "he menevät" is "ne menee". While spoken language can be hard to learn, at least this part of it is easy!

Third Infinitive in Spoken Language: Menen nukkuun

June 22, 2019

Infinitives

Pystytkö ymmärtään? Alkaako ärsyttään? Alatko etsiin selityksiä? The third infinitive in spoken language loses its marker -maan.

Words Ending in -Ari – Spoken Language Words

June 11, 2019

Spoken Language Vocabulary

Jälkkäri, talkkari, olkkari, kylppäri and uikkarit are some very common spoken language words ending in -ari. You can find more words here!