Finnish, one of the Finno-Ugric languages of the Ural language family is the language spoken by the people of Finland. Since 1809, it has been the official language (along with Swedish) of Finland and of Republic of Karelia live Russia. This language is closely related to Estonian and distantly related to Saami and Hungarian. These languages form the Ural language family. Finnish records date from the 16th century, when the New Testament was translated. The publication of the folk epic Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot sparked a nationalist movement calling for the replacement of Swedish with Finnish as the official language of government and education. Finnish is now spoken as an official language. official language. Finnish-speaking areas are: Finland, and Finnish-inhabited areas such as in USA.
Grammar
Phrase list
Common signs
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The phrases in the following list of phrases use the informal singular form (sinuttelu), which is by far the most common form in modern Finnish and is suitable for most one-traveler situations schedule can meet.
Note: Due to the ease, characteristics and rules of Finnish pronunciation, the difficulty of pronouncing long vowels, and the general inaccuracies of English-based phonetics, it is highly recommended that you take a few minutes to study the table. letters instead of relying on phonetics. However, Finns are usually quite happy to hear foreigners trying to speak Finnish and tend to be very forgiving of blunders if you mispronounce them.
Basic
- Have a nice day/hello
- Hyvää päivää (HUU-vaa PIGH-vaa)
- Hello (informal)
- Moi (MOI), hey (HAY), Terve (TEHR-veh)
- How are you?
- Mitä kuuluu? (MEE-ta KOO-loo?)
- I'm fine.Thanks.
- Kiitos, hyvaä. (KEE-toss, HUU-vaa)
- What is your name?
- Mikä sinun nimesi on? (MEE-ka SEE-noon NEE-meh-see ohn?)
- My name is ______.
- Nimeni on ______. (NEE-meh-nee ohn _____.)
- Glad to meet you.
- Hauska tavata. (HOWS-kah TAH-vah-tah)
Please/please? From please/please not easy to translate, although starting requests with Saisinko... (I may have...) or Voisitko... (You can...) are usually replaceable. If you are asked for something (for example, "What do you need?", or "Where do you want to go?"), you can simply respond. X, kiitos. Better yet, just laugh! |
- Thanks.
- Kiitos. (KEE-tohss)
- Nothing.
- Ole hyva (OH-lay HUU-va); Ei kestä. (AY KEHSS-ta)
- Yes/yes
- Kyllä (KUUL-la), Joo (yoh)
- No, it's not.
- Ei. (ay)
- Sorry/friend. (attract attention)
- Anteeksi (AHN-tehk-see)
- Sorry. (forgive)
- Anteeksi (AHN-tehk-see)
- I'm sorry.
- Anteeksi (AHN-tehk-see)
- Goodbye
- Näkemiin. (NAK-eh-meen.)
- Goodbye (intimate)
- Hey hey (HAY-good), Mommy (MOI-MOI)
- I can't speak Finnish
- En puhu suomea. (EN POO-hoo SOO-oh-meh-ah)
- Can you speak English?
- Puhutko englantia? (POO-hoot-koh EHNG-lahn-tee-ah?)
- Does anyone here speak English?
- Puhuuko kukaan täällä englantia? (POO-hoo-koh KOO-kahn TAAL-la EHNG-lahn-tee-ah?)
- Help me/Help me!
- Apua! (AH-poo-ah!)
- Be careful!
- Varo! (VAH-roh!)
- Hello Morning).
- Hyvää huomenta. (HUU-vaa HOO-oh-mehn-tah)
- Good evening).
- Hyvaä iltaa. (HUU-vaa EEL-tah)
- Goodbye (night).
- Hyvää yötä. (HUU-vaa UU-eu-ta)
- Good night
- Hyvää yötä. (HUU-vaa UU-eu-ta)
- I do not understand.
- En ymmärrä (EN UUM-mar-ra)
- Where's the toilet?
- Missa on vessa? (MEES-sa ohn VEHS-sah?)
Common verbs
To be in command mode. Further -n to have menen, tulen "I go, I come", etc. Further -nko for the question "Do I...?", for example saanko... "Can I get...?".
- beige
- ole (e.g. olen täällä "I'm here")
- is
- on (e.g. I'll be on top "it is there")
- Not
- e
- are not
- älä
- maybe
- elephants
- maybe not?
- voiko?
- buying
- osta
- arrive
- Tu Le
- drive
- aja
- eat
- syö
- Go
- mene
- get(receive)
- saa
- pass
- anna
- keep
- pidä noun-n
- like
- pidä noun-sta
- put/place/set
- laita
- speak
- sano
- sell
- myy
- take
- ota
- walk
- kävele
Problems
I don't, you don't, we both don't In Finnish, the word "no" — e — is a verb, so it can be conjugated. Therefore, if juo or juoda means "drink"...
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- Leave me alone!
- Anna minun olla Rauhassa! (AHN-nah MEE-noon OHL-lah RAU-has-sah)
- Don't touch me!
- Älä koske! (AL-ah KOHSS-keh!)
- Let's go! (if caught)
- Päästä IRTI! (PAHS-tah EER-tee)
- I will call the police.
- Kutsun polyisin. (KOOT-soon POH-lee-sin)
- Cop!
- Poliisi! (POH-lee-see!)
- Stop at! Thief!
- Pysähdy! Varas! (PUU-sa-duu! VAH-rahs!)
- I need your help.
- Tarvitsen apuasi. (TAHR-veet-sehn AH-poo-ah-see)
- It's an emergency.
- Nyt on hätä. (NUUT ohn HA-ta)
- I'm lost.
- Olen eksynyt. (OH-lehn EHK-suu-nuut)
- I lost my bag.
- Laukkuni katosi. (LAUK-koo-nee KAH-toh-see)
- I lost my wallet.
- Lompakkoni katosi. (LOHM-pahk-koh-nee KAH-toh-see)
- I'm sick / I've fallen ill
- Olen kipeä / sairastunut. (OH-lehn KEE-peh-a)
- I've been injured.
- Olen loukkaantunut. (OH-lehn LOH-ook-kahn-too-noot)
- I need a doctor.
- Tarvitsen lääkärin. (TAHR-veet-sehn LAA-ka-reen)
- Can I use your phone?
- Saanko käyttää puhelintasi? (SAAN-koh KA-UU-dAh POO-heh-LIN-tah-sih)
Cardinal number
Wikipedia
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