Hi FinnishPod101 listeners!

How often do you do housework?

Hello Bob,

Thank you for your posting.

Yes, you are right. The past tense of the word "pitää" is "piti", so, the sentence should be then "Tyttö todella piti koiranpennuista." Thank you for pointing this out! 👍 Sorry for the error.

Let us know if you have any question.

Cheers,

Aarni

Team FinnishPod101.com

Hi Team FinnishPod101 (Paivi?)

Tyttö todella pitää koiranpennuista. "The girl really liked the puppies."

This sentence is exactly the same as the present tense sentences in the above lesson. I have an expectation that the past tense would change pitää to something like pitti. Am I correct to assume this?

As to your question, "How often do you do housework?"...

I didn't know I was allowed to stop doing housework. What a game changer!

Haha, ok Corinna! :grin:

Best Wishes, Parhain terveisin,

Päivi

Team FinnishPod101.com

Moi Päivi!

Okay. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Haha, whoops, yeah, I think that's what I meant. :laughing:

Moi Corinna!

Yes, I think you could also say it's like that :wink: - except I think you meant plural, not partitive?

Best Wishes, Parhain terveisin,

Päivi

Team FinnishPod101.com

Moi Päivi!

Okay, I think I get it; if you're talking about chores or housework in general it's the partitive, but if you're taking about something specific being a chore you can use the singular?

Moi Corinna!

No worries, "repetition is the mother of learning", etc :wink:

I'd say it is quite rare to see the 'kotityö' as it is, in its singular form, but for example it may appear in headlines, studies etc. For example, "Imurointi on suosituin kotityö" - 'Vacuum cleaning is the most popular chore/housework'.

Parhain terveisin, Best Wishes,

Päivi

Team FinnishPod101.com

Moi, Päivi!

Oh, I see. I think the partitive case being used when something is in progress in one of the other lessons, and it slipped my mind. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :sweat_smile: Is there a situation where you would say "kotityö"? Or do you just always use the partitive?

Moi Corinna!

Good question! :thumbsup:

"Kotityö" is the singular noun for housework/chore. In the sentence "nainen tekee kotitöitä", the "kotitöitä" is in plural and also in the partitive case. It is actually a custom to use the plural with this word within a sentence - "mieheni tekee kaikki kotityöt" - 'my husband does all the chores.'

And when you are in the action of doing something, you use the partitive case, as you are kind of answering the question "what are you doing?":

"Korjaan autoa" - 'I am fixing the car'

"Neulon villapaitaa" - 'I am knitting a sweater'

"Teen joka päivä kotitöitä" - 'I do housework every day'

I hope this clarifies it a bit :wink:

Best Wishes, parhain terveisin,

Päivi

Team FinnishPod101.com

I'm just wondering how "kotityö" turned into "kotitöitä"

Hei, Hi, Sam!

Yes, you're absolutely right! :)

You can indeed say "kissanpentu", "karhunpentu", etc!

The word "pentu" or "poikanen" are the most common words to refer to baby animals. The word "pentu" usually refers to the cubs of mammals, and the word "poikanen" usually refers to birds or fish. There are other species spesific words for animal babies in the Finnish language as well, for example: "vasa" for baby deer or moose, "kuutti" for a seal pup, "karitsa" for baby lamb, "vasikka" for a calf, "porsas" for a pig, and "varsa" for a foal.

Päivi

Team FinnishPod101.com

moi! voisinko sanoa: kissanpentu, karhunpentu jne?

Hi surain,

Thank you for your comment.

Please comment, ask and suggest as often as you want :smile:

Regards,

Laura

Team FinnishPod101.com

:laughing:

Hello Constance,

You should be able to create flashcards even though they're related in other lessons as well.

Please go to "3. Review" and then click "Vocabulary Flashcards".

Then your flashcard deck should be created automatically.

You mentioned you get a "phrase blocking each word." Could you please take a screenshot of your flashcards, and send it to contactus@FinnishPod101.com , so we can investigate it more detailed?

Please let me know if you're still experiencing difficulties.

Paloma

Team FinnishPod101

I tried to make flashcards for this lesson. I get some kind of phrase blocking each word. I can't understand what it is trying to tell me. Can't you make a flashcard if you have that particular word as part of another flashcard deck? It's frustrating to try to figure out what is going on.