Sunday, May 14, 2017

How to say 'with' in Finnish

The English with can be either kanssa, mukanaluona, or the ending lla in Finnish:

  1. olin sen kanssa koko päivän. - I spent the whole day with her. (Kanssa is actually very often kans or kaa in colloquial Finnish. If you want to speak super correct Finnish, say Vietin hänen kanssaan koko päivän.)
  2. Onko sinulla passi mukana? - Do you have the passport with you? 
  3. Aina kun mä olen Helsingissä, mä asun Minnan luona. - Whenever I'm in Helsinki, I'm staying with Minna. 
  4. Kirjoita kuulakärkikynällä. - Write with a ballpoint pen.



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Now I'm curious to hear how you would say the same sentences in other languages. Please leave a comment in your mother tongue! :)

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13 comments:

Unknown said...

Æ va sammen MED han hele dagen. Tok du passet MED dæ? Kvær gang æ e i Helsingfors, bor æ HOS Minna.

Mi said...

:-)))
Spędziłam z* nią cały dzień.
Masz ze* sobą paszport?
Kiedy jestem w Helsinkach, mieszkam u* Minny.

Random Finnish Lesson / Hanna Männikkölahti said...

Tusen takk! :)

Random Finnish Lesson / Hanna Männikkölahti said...

Dziękuję! :)

Unknown said...

Spanish (Spain):
- Pasé todo el día con ella.
- ¿Tienes el pasaporte [contigo]?
- Siempre que estoy en Helsinki me quedo en casa de Minna.

Kiitos!

Melinda said...

Hungarian :)
Az egész napot VELE töltöttem.
NÁLAD (=VELED) van az útleveled?
Amikor Helsinikben vagyok, MinnáNÁL alszom.

Unknown said...

Venäjä:

Я провела с ней целый день.
У тебя паспорт с собой?
Каждый раз, когда я приезжаю в Хельсинки, я останавливаюсь у Минны.

Mukavaa päivää! :-)

Alexandra said...

Saksa:
Ich habe den ganzen Tag MIT ihr verbracht.
Hast Du Deinen Reisepass DABEI?
Immer wenn ich in Helsinki bin wohne ich BEI Minna.

gaiamap said...

Ho passato l'intera giornata CON lui/lei.
Hai CON te il passaporto?
Quando sono ad Helsinki sto DA Minna.

Sirithiliel said...

Slovakian kielessä:
Bol/Bola ("olla") / Strávil/Strávila ("viettaa") som S ním/ňou celý deň.
Máš SO sebou pas? (usein vain Máš pas? = Onko sinulla passi?)
Vždy, keď som v Helsinkách, bývam U Minny.

Unknown said...

Tagalog/Filipino:

Kasama ko sya buong araw.
May dala ka bang pasaporte?
Kila Minna ako nanunuluyan kapag ako ay nasa Helsinki.
Sumulat gamit ang pluma.

Anonymous said...

Texas English.

I done spended the whole that there day wit er.

Does u has your thingamajig wit ya?

When I bees in hell I be hangin me hat oer in her getup.

Anonymous said...

Bosanski :
1.Provela sam cijeli dan SA njom.
2.Imaš li pasoš KOD sebe?
3.Kad god sam u Helsinkiju, boravim KOD Mine.
4.Piši (S) hemijskom olovkom.