Learn slang expressions to talk about guys
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: How to Talk About Guys |
| 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 5. In this lesson, you'll learn how to talk about guys. |
| John: Want to talk about guys? Try using these expressions to sound more like a native speaker. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Aino: jätkä |
| Aino: kundi |
| Aino: jannu |
| Aino: jäbä |
| John: Aino, what's our first expression? |
| Aino: jätkä |
| John: literally meaning "bloke." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "young man." |
| Aino: [SLOW] jätkä [NORMAL] jätkä |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: jätkä |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to young men. Sometimes it may be used to refer to one's boyfriend, especially with the suffix |
| Aino: kaveri |
| John: meaning "friend" as in |
| Aino: jätkäkaveri. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Kato miten hyvännäkönen jätkä. [SLOW] Kato miten hyvännäkönen jätkä. |
| John: "Look, what a good-looking guy." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Kato miten hyvännäkönen jätkä. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Aino: kundi |
| John: literally meaning "fella." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "young man." |
| Aino: [SLOW] kundi [NORMAL] kundi |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: kundi |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to young men in a different way. Sometimes it may also be used to refer to one's boyfriend, especially with the suffix |
| Aino: -kaveri |
| John: meaning "friend” as in |
| Aino: kundikaveri. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] No se on vaan yks kundi. [SLOW] No se on vaan yks kundi. |
| John: "Well, he’s just this one guy." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] No se on vaan yks kundi. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Aino: jannu |
| John: literally meaning "young man." And when it's used as a slang expression, it also means "young man." |
| Aino: [SLOW] jannu [NORMAL] jannu |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: jannu |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to young men in general. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Olkaas jannut hiljempaa. [SLOW] Olkaas jannut hiljempaa. |
| John: "Fellas, be more quiet." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Olkaas jannut hiljempaa. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Aino: jäbä |
| John: literally meaning "dude." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "young man." |
| Aino: [SLOW] jäbä [NORMAL] jäbä |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: jäbä |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: This is another casual way to refer to young men in general. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Mitäs jäbä? [SLOW] Mitäs jäbä? |
| John: "What’s up dude?" |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Mitäs jäbä? |
| 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: You talk about someone’s boyfriend. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: kundi |
| John: "young man" |
| John: You mention something about a young man in an informal situation. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: jätkä |
| John: "young man" |
| John: You want to refer to young men in a casual way. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: jäbä |
| John: "young man" |
| John: You talk about young men with your friends. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: jannu |
| John: "young man" |
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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