Learn how to count one to ten
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| Jessi: Hello, and welcome to Finnish Survival Phrases, brought to you by FinnishPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Finland. You'll be surprised at how far a little Finnish will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by FinnishPod101.com and there you'll find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
| Finnish Survival Phrases lesson 16 - Counting 1 to 10 in Finnish |
| Reeta: This lesson is very straightforward, as we're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
| 0......... nolla |
| 1......... yksi |
| 2......... kaksi |
| 3......... kolme |
| 4......... neljä |
| 5......... viisi |
| 6......... kuusi |
| 7......... seitsemän |
| 8......... kahdeksan |
| 9......... yhdeksän |
| 10....... kymmenen |
| The number comes first, followed by the thing. For example, "one person" is yksi ihminen. |
| Let’s break it down, yksi ihminen. Once more, yksi ihminen. |
| For "two people" you will say kaksi ihmistä. |
| As you may have noticed, here the complement noun will change to its partitive case. |
| If there are "five people," you have viisi ihmistä. |
| Numbers can be very useful especially when shopping in Finland. |
| Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two bottles of wine in a nice shop. |
| "Two bottles of wine, please." |
| Kaksi pulloa viiniä, kiitos. Let’s break it down, Kaksi pulloa viiniä, kiitos. Once more, Kaksi pulloa viiniä, kiitos. |
| Kaksi, as you already know means "two." Pullo means "bottle" and as it is after a number, it is in the partitive form. The last new word in the construction is viiniä. It means "wine." This word is also in the partitive form. The last -ä shows that the noun is in the partitive case, that it's the object of the sentence. Kiitos, as we've mentioned countless times, is "please" or "thank you." |
| What do you say when you want to buy potatoes? "A package of potatoes, please" is Yksi pussi perunoita, kiitos. Let’s break that down, Yksi pussi perunoita, kiitos. Once again, Yksi pussi perunoita, kiitos. |
| We used the word yksi or "one" here together with pussi or "bag." |
| Once again, that's Yksi pussi perunoita, kiitos. |
| Ok, to close out today's lessons, we’d like you to practice what you have just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so Onnea! which means “Good luck!” in Finnish. |
| “One person.” - Yksi ihminen. |
| “Two people.” - Kaksi ihmistä. |
| “Two bottles of wine, please. ” - Kaksi pulloa viiniä, kiitos. |
| “A package of potatoes, please” - Yksi pussi perunoita, kiitos. |
| Jessi: Alright! That's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by FinnishPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
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