- Kylpyhuoneessa haisee homeelta. - It smells like mold in the bathroom.
- Sinä et tarvitse uutta tietokonetta. - You don't need a new computer.
- Kenen vaatteet nämä ovat? - Whose clothes are these?
The e doubles, partitive has two t's and there is a reverse consonant change:
- Nominative osoite: Tämä on mun uusi sähköpostiosoite. - This is my new email address.
- Genitive osoitteen: Olen kadottanut sun osoitteen. - I've lost your address.
- Partitive osoitetta: Etkö sä tiedä sun omaa osoitetta? - Don't you know your own address?
- Plural partitive osoitteita: Miksi sinä et ole kirjottanut sun kavereiden osoitteita ylös? - Why haven't you written down your friends' addresses?
Everyday e-words:
- huone - a room
- perhe - a fmily
- vene - a boat
- hame - a ski
- herne - a pea
- terve - well, healthy
- kappale - a piece of something
- kone - a machine
- home - mold (Read more about words that are both Finnish and English!)
These ones have a consonant change - a weak grade in the basic form but strong grade in the stem:
- taide - art
- tiede - science
- osoite - an address
- lomake - a form
- esite - a brochure
- näyte a sample
- kastike - a sauce
- tilanne - a situation
- tavoite - a goal
- vaate - a piece of clothing
Notice that many e-words derive from a verb:
- pyyhkiä > pyyhe - to wipe > a towel
- polttaa > polte - to burn > a burning feeling
- jättää > jäte - to leave > a waste
- katsoa > katse - to watch > a look
Kiroillaan! - Let's swear!
The swear words perkele (devil) and perse (ass) also belong to this group. Notice the swearing structure where you have the first swear word(s) in the genitive form:
- Perkeleen perkele!
Another classic is quite vulgar, but so often used:
- Tämä on ihan perseestä. - This totally sucks. (You can do the exact translation, right?)
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