Learn how to use Finnish adjectives
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 9 - Using Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences in Finnish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to say 'I am Finnish.' in Finnish. |
| Nico: [Normal] Minä olen suomalainen. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Nico: [Normal] olen [Slow] olen |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Finnish' |
| Nico: [Normal] suomalainen [Slow] suomalainen |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Finnish.' |
| Nico: [Slow] Minä olen suomalainen. [Normal] Minä olen suomalainen. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I am American.' |
| Nico: [Normal] Minä olen amerikkalainen. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I ' |
| Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Nico: [Normal] olen [Slow] olen |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'American' |
| Nico: [Normal] amerikkalainen [Slow] amerikkalainen |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am American.' |
| Nico: [Slow] Minä olen amerikkalainen. [Normal] Minä olen amerikkalainen. |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say 'We are Finnish.' |
| Nico: [Normal] Me olemme suomalaisia. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'we' |
| Nico: [Normal] me [Slow] me |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning '(we) are' |
| Nico: [Normal] olemme [Slow] olemme |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Finnish' |
| Nico: [Normal] suomalaisia [Slow] suomalaisia |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'We are Finnish.' |
| Nico: [Slow] Me olemme suomalaisia. [Normal] Me olemme suomalaisia. |
| Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'You are American. ' |
| Nico: [Normal] Te olette amerikkalaisia. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'you' |
| Nico: [Normal] te [Slow] te |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning '(you) are' |
| Nico: [Normal] olette [Slow] olette |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'American' |
| Nico: [Normal] amerikkalaisia [Slow] amerikkalaisia |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'You are American. ' |
| Nico: [Slow] Te olette amerikkalaisia. [Normal] Te olette amerikkalaisia. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Nico: When you want to emphasize an adjective in Finnish, you can add some words before the adjective; Words like: erittäin meaning "very", todella meaning "really” and tosi also meaning "really". You can say, for example, suomen kieli on tosi helppoa meaning "Finnish is really easy!" |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Nico: Hei hei! |
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