Thursday, March 14, 2019

How to look in Finnish

Here's a post about different verbs that express some kind of looking. How many of these do you already know?

  1. katsella
  2. katsoa
  3. mulkaista
  4. mulkoilla
  5. nähdä
  6. silmäillä
  7. tuijottaa
  8. vilkaista
  9. vilkuilla

Sentences with the verbs:


  1. Ei kiitos, en tarvitse apua. Minä vain katselen. - No thank you, I don't need any help. I'm just looking around.
  2. Katso tuonne! - Look over there!
  3. Äiti mulkaisi minua vihaisesti. - Mother glared at me angrily.
  4. Miksi tuo tyyppi mulkoilee meitä? - Why is that person scowling at us?
  5. Minä en ole vieläkään nähnyt Titanic-elokuvaa. - I still haven't seen the Titanic movie. 
  6. Mä vain silmäilin teksin läpi. En lukenut sitä huolellisesti. - I just skimmed through the text. I didn't read it thoroughly.  
  7. Ei saa tuijottaa! - Don't stare! (Staring is not allowed.)
  8. Voitko vilkaista tätä, kun sinulla on aikaa? - Can you take a look at this when you have time?
  9. Hän vilkuili taakseen hermostuneesti. - He kept glancing behind nervously.

Translations: 


  1. katsella - to look around, to browse
  2. katsoa - to look
  3. mulkaista - to glare once
  4. mulkoilla  - to scowl
  5. nähdä - to see
  6. silmäillä - to skim, to browse
  7. tuijottaa - to stare
  8. vilkaista - to take a quick look
  9. vilkuilla - to keep glancing

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1 comment:

taha said...

Great! Very helpfu. I am planning to take some Finnish lessons from you in future.