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| INTRODUCTION |
| Becky: Must-Know Finnish Social Media Phrases Season 1, Lesson 4 - Sharing a Song. |
| Becky: Hi, everyone, I'm Becky. |
| Nico: And I'm Nico. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in Finnish about sharing music or videos. Anne shares a song she just heard at a party, posts an image of it, and leaves this comment: |
| Nico: Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: Meaning - "A wonderful tune, which I listened to the whole evening yesterday." Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (clicking sound) |
| Anne: Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| (clicking sound) |
| Venla: Söpö laulaja! |
| Virpi: Hänen keikalleen olisi kiva mennä. |
| Hannu: Minä en ymmärrä nykymusiikkia enää ollenkaan... |
| Elias: Tämä biisi on jo tosi vanha! |
| Becky: Listen again with the English translation. |
| (clicking sound) |
| Anne: Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: "A wonderful tune, which I listened to the whole evening yesterday." |
| (clicking sound) |
| Venla: Söpö laulaja! |
| Becky: "Cute singer!" |
| Virpi: Hänen keikalleen olisi kiva mennä. |
| Becky: "It would be nice to go to his gig." |
| Hannu: Minä en ymmärrä nykymusiikkia enää ollenkaan... |
| Becky: "I do not understand contemporary music at all anymore..." |
| Elias: Tämä biisi on jo tosi vanha! |
| Becky: "This song is already really old!" |
| POST |
| Becky: Listen again to Anne 's post. |
| Nico: Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: "A wonderful tune, which I listened to the whole evening yesterday." |
| Nico: (SLOW) Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. (Regular) Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "A wonderful tune." |
| Nico: Ihana biisi |
| Becky: The first word means "wonderful" or "lovely." The second word is a colloquial word for "song." This is used most often by young people or people in the music industry. Listen again - "A wonderful tune" is... |
| Nico: (SLOW) Ihana biisi (REGULAR) Ihana biisi |
| Becky: Then comes the phrase - "which I listened to the whole evening yesterday." |
| Nico: mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: This sentence expresses the past tense; after the relative pronoun, the first word is "I listened to." The second word is "yesterday"; the third word is "whole," and the last word means "evening." The last word is in the genitive case. You can change the sentence with another indication of time. Listen again - "which I listened to the whole evening yesterday" is... |
| Nico: (SLOW) mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. (REGULAR) mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| Becky: Altogether, "A wonderful tune, which I listened to the whole evening yesterday." |
| Nico: Ihana biisi, mitä kuuntelin eilen koko illan. |
| COMMENTS |
| Becky: In response, Anne 's friends leave some comments. |
| Becky: Her high school friend, Venla, uses an expression meaning - "Cute singer!" |
| Nico: (SLOW) Söpö laulaja! (REGULAR) Söpö laulaja! |
| [Pause] |
| Nico: Söpö laulaja! |
| Becky: Use this expression to be funny. |
| Becky: Her high school friend, Virpi, uses an expression meaning - "It would be nice to go to his gig." |
| Nico: (SLOW) Hänen keikalleen olisi kiva mennä. (REGULAR) Hänen keikalleen olisi kiva mennä. |
| [Pause] |
| Nico: Hänen keikalleen olisi kiva mennä. |
| Becky: Use this expression to show you're feeling optimistic. |
| Becky: Her supervisor, Hannu, uses an expression meaning - "I do not understand contemporary music at all anymore..." |
| Nico: (SLOW) Minä en ymmärrä nykymusiikkia enää ollenkaan... (REGULAR) Minä en ymmärrä nykymusiikkia enää ollenkaan... |
| [Pause] |
| Nico: Minä en ymmärrä nykymusiikkia enää ollenkaan... |
| Becky: Use this expression to be old-fashioned. |
| Becky: Her nephew, Elias, uses an expression meaning - "This song is already really old!" |
| Nico: (SLOW) Tämä biisi on jo tosi vanha! (REGULAR) Tämä biisi on jo tosi vanha! |
| [Pause] |
| Nico: Tämä biisi on jo tosi vanha! |
| Becky: Use this expression to show you're feeling cynical. |
Outro |
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| Becky: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about sharing music or videos, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Nico: Hei hei! |
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