Here are some tips for spoken language. Notice that not everybody speaks like this, and it is totally ok to use the standard Finnish, if you want. However, these tips might help you to understand what Finns say. The pronouns might be different depending on where you live.
Pronouns
- Say se instead of hän. (it, s/he)
- Say toi instead of tuo. (that)
- Say tää instead tämä. (this)
- Say ne instead of he (those, they) and use the verb's singular form in the third person. Say ne on instead of he ovat and ne tulee instead of he tulevat. (They are. They come.)
- Use the personal pronouns. You can say things like Asun Helsingissä, but usually we'd say mä / mää / mie / miä / minä asun Helsingissä. (I live in Helsinki.)
Verb forms
- Forget the vat ending and just use the singular conjugation ne on instead of he ovat. (they are)
- Say me ollaan instead of me olemme and me oltiin instead of me olimme. (we are, we were)
- Say me ei olla instead of me emme ole and me ei oltu instead of me emme olleet. (we aren't , we weren't)
- The question ending ko is actually ks or ts.
Pronunciation
- Drop the d and say kaheksan, yheksän, nähään, tehään and ootan instead of kahdeksan, yhdeksän, nähdään, tehdään and odotan. (eight, nine, See you, Let's do, I wait)
- Don't be so careful with the pronunciation of two different vowels in a row. Say maitoo, juustoo, kinkkuu, vihree and pehmee instead of maitoa, juustoa, kinkkua, vihreä and pehmeä. (some milk, some cheese, some ham, green and soft)
- Drop the t in the past participle active and say en ollu instead of en ollut.
- Don't be so careful with the endings. Some people say Helsingis instead of Helsingissä. Että is et, mutta is mut, sitten is sit, and so on. (that, but, then)
Other features
- Possessive suffixes are not really used in spoken language. What is kirjani is standard Finnish is usually mun, miun, or minun kirja in spoken Finnish. Now that I think of it, the only time I do use possessive suffixes is in expresssions like mun tietääkseni, as far as I know.
Hyödyllisiä linkkejä - Useful links:
- Words ending with -ari or -äri
- Words that I don't use (because I'm not cool enough)
- Confusing spoken language expressions (kylmä musta mäki)
- Urbaani sanakirja
- Puhutsä suomee? A course about puhekieli
11 comments:
"Tehään" ja "oota" ovat itämurteisuuksia, joiden leviäminen Helsinkiin ainakin minua ärsyttää.
"Tehään" and "oota" are dialect or irritating sloppiness.
Very helpful. Thanks!
Awesome tips you have here! Great article.
Very helpful. Thank you.
More of this please.
Kiitos
Polisiit is not anymore avaible on youtube for someone outside of Finnland
Werner
With all verbs: Ne tulee, ne syö, ne juo, ne lähtee etc.
Mmmm... just dropping the -vat would give he ovat => ne o! Not exactly right :-)
Think of it this way: use "ne" instead of "he" and use the verb's third person singular instead of the third person plural.
Therefore "he ovat" becomes "ne on".
Kiitos kommentista! Muokkasin postausta, vaikka kyllä me sanotaan myös "Ne o." :)
Hello, I was wondering about the negative in spoken. How do we conjugate the verb?
Example "Me ei olla ..... (puhunut, puhuneet)?
And feel free to give examples with more verbs :D
It's generally hard to find this kind of info on any site with the lesser used forms in puhekieli.
Me ei olla.... puhuttu/nähty/katsottu/käyty/syöty/haluttu/oltu
We haven't.... spoken/seen/watched/visited/eaten/wanted/been
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