Learn slang expressions to tell an interesting story
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Telling an Interesting Story |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to FinnishPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Aino: And I'm Aino! |
| John: This is Must-Know Finnish Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 10. In this lesson, you'll learn about ways to tell an interesting story. |
| John: These expressions are used when someone is telling an epicly good story! |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Aino: fiilis |
| Aino: eeppinen |
| Aino: heittää läppää |
| Aino: revetä |
| John: Aino, what's our first expression? |
| Aino: fiilis |
| John: literally meaning "feeling, vibes." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "feeling." |
| Aino: [SLOW] fiilis [NORMAL] fiilis |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: fiilis |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you are expressing your feelings or state of mind. This word has a youthful tone. It is a loan word from the English word "feeling." |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Vitsi mikä fiilis! Niin siistii [SLOW] Vitsi mikä fiilis! Niin siistii |
| John: "Wow, what a feeling! So cool!" |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Vitsi mikä fiilis! Niin siistii |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Aino: eeppinen |
| John: literally meaning "epic." And when it's used as a slang expression, it means "epic." |
| Aino: [SLOW] eeppinen [NORMAL] eeppinen |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: eeppinen |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to say something was truly amazing or great, or that something was very bad or awful in a satirical way. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Se oli eeppinen keikka. [SLOW] Se oli eeppinen keikka. |
| John: "That was an epic gig." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Se oli eeppinen keikka. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Aino: heittää läppää |
| John: literally meaning "to throw stories." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to talk, to chat, to tell a story." |
| Aino: [SLOW] heittää läppää [NORMAL] heittää läppää |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: heittää läppää |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you are referring to either someone telling a story or a joke, or when someone doesn’t really mean what they are saying because they aren’t being serious. It also refers to people chatting casually. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Heitettiin Maken kanssa läppää töiden jälkeen. [SLOW] Heitettiin Maken kanssa läppää töiden jälkeen. |
| John: "We were just chatting with Make after work." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Heitettiin Maken kanssa läppää töiden jälkeen. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Aino: revetä |
| John: literally meaning "to rip, to be torn." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to burst out laughing." |
| Aino: [SLOW] revetä [NORMAL] revetä |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: revetä |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express something was so funny or unbelievable, that you couldn’t take it anymore, and were "torn" into pieces by laughing a lot. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Vitsi mä repesin! [SLOW] Vitsi mä repesin! |
| John: "Oh man, I was torn! (or "Oh man, I laughed so much!")" |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Vitsi mä repesin! |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: When something was truly amazing or the opposite, very bad, you would say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: eeppinen |
| John: "epic" |
| John: When you express your state of mind with an English loanword, you say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: fiilis |
| John: "feeling" |
| John: When you just can’t take it anymore, you say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: revetä |
| John: "to burst out laughing" |
| John: When you mention chatting casually, you say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: heittää läppää |
| John: "to talk, to chat, to tell a story" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you have mastered four Finnish Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at FinnishPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Aino: Hei hei! |
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