Sunday, December 17, 2023

How to resign and get fired in Finnish

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. 





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