Here's a post about resigning and getting fired in Finnish. I was laid off once. It happened in March 2020, right before the pandemic lockdown. I was supposed to be a part-time teacher in my old school until May, but I guess since I was still on the trial period, it was really easy to let me go and save money. After a bit of a shock, I was happy to be able to focus a hundred percent on my private teaching again and let other people handle the surprise online teaching of groups.
Anyway, here's some vocabulary:
- irti - loose
- sanoa - to say
- irtisanoa - to lay someone off, to fire someone
- irtisanoutua - to resign, to sign off
- saada - to get, to receive
- potku - a kick
- saada potkut - to get fired (colloquial Finnish)
- antaa potkut - to fire someone (colloquial Finnish)
- erottaa - to fire
Sanoa itsensä irti = irtisanoa itsensä = irtisanoutua = to resign
- Sanoin itseni irti. = I resigned myself.
- Irtisanoin itseni. = I resigned myself.
- Irtisanouduin. = I resigned myself.
Saada potkut = to get fired
- Sain potkut. - I got fired.
Irtisanoa joku = antaa potku = to lay off someone
- Mun pomo irtisanoi mut. - My boss laid me off.
- Minut irtisanottiin koeajan jälkeen. = I was laid off after a trial period.
- Tulin irtisanotuksi. - I got fired. (A past participle passive in translative!)
- Mä annoin sille potkut. - I fired him.
Erottaa = to fire
- Mun pomo erotti mut. - My boss laid me off.
- Minu erotettiin koeajan jälkeen. = I was laid off after a trial period.
Lue lisää:
- Finnish passive in a nutshell
- Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Becoming something in Finnish
- Töissä Suomessa
- Numeroruuhka - A novel in easy Finnish. Getting fired is one of the themes in this novel about Antti Pasanen and his 10-year old son Paavo.
About the author of Random Finnish Lesson:
My name is Hanna Männikkölahti. I am a professional Finnish teacher who gives private online lessons and simplifies books into easy Finnish. Please read more in www.linktr.ee/hannamannikkolahti and follow this blog, if you want to be the first one to know when I post something new.
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