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== Introduce Yourself == | |||
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen (your name)</td> | |||
<td>My name is (your name) </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Suomalainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Finnish</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Skotlandtilainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Scottish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Espanjalainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Spanish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Kuka sina olet?</td> | |||
<td>Who are you? </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mika sinun nimesi on?</td> | |||
<td>What is your name? </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Nimi</td> | |||
<td>name</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Suomi maa </td> | |||
<td>country</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>suomi kieli</td> | |||
<td>language (lower case) </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen (your name)</td> | |||
<td>My name is (your name) </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Suomalainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Finnish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina puhun suomea </td> | |||
<td>I speak Finnish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen (your name)</td> | |||
<td>My name is (your name) </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Skotlantilainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Scottish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina puhun englantia</td> | |||
<td>I speak English </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Puhutko sina suomea?</td> | |||
<td>Who speaks Finnish? </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Puhutko sina englantia? </td> | |||
<td>Do you speak English?</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Puhun</td> | |||
<td>Yes, I speak…</td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Vahan</td> | |||
<td>a little </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>En viela</td> | |||
<td>not yet </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>En puhu</td> | |||
<td>no, I don't speak… </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Ei paljon</td> | |||
<td>not a lot </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen saksalainen</td> | |||
<td>I am german </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina puhun saksaa</td> | |||
<td>I speak german </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
<td> </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Minkamaalainen sina olet?</td> | |||
<td>What country are you from? </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
<tr> | |||
<td>Mina olen Skotlantilainen</td> | |||
<td>I am Scottish </td> | |||
</tr> | |||
</table> | |||
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Revision as of 13:18, 3 April 2007
Numbers
1 Yksi, 2 Kaksi, 3 Kolme, 4 Neljä, 5 Viisi, 6 Kuusi, 7 Seitsemän, 8 Kahdeksan, 9 Yhdeksän, 10 Kymmenen
Numbers after 10 are composed in the following way:
11-19 use the suffix toista (similar to '-teen' in English but without exceptions, such as 'twelve' would be).
20, 30, 40 etc use the suffix kymmentä, again with no exceptions.
Examples:
11 Yksitoista, 15 Viisitoista, 20 Kaksikymmentä, 50 Viisikymmentä
Numbers such as 25 are composed of 20 and 5, "kaksikymmentäviisi".
100 Sata.
1000 Tuhat.
The suffix for hundreds is sataa and for thousands it is tuhatta.
Examples:
200 Kaksisataa, 500 Viisisataa, 2000 Kaksituhatta, 5000 Viisituhatta
250 Kaksisataaviisikymmentä, 150 Sataviisikymmentä, 1003 Tuhatkolme, 5003 Viisituhattakolme, 5035 Viisituhattakolmekymmentäviisi
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
| Minä (I) | Me (We) |
| Sinä (You) | Te (You) |
| Hän (He/She) | He (They) |
Verbs
| Olla (to be) | |
| (Minä) Olen (I am) | (Me) Olemme (We are) |
| (Sinä) Olet (You are) | (Te) Olette (You are) |
| Hän On (He/She is) | He Ovat (They are) |
Introduce Yourself
| Mina olen (your name) | My name is (your name) |
| Mina olen Suomalainen | I am Finnish |
| Mina olen Skotlandtilainen | I am Scottish |
| Mina olen Espanjalainen | I am Spanish |
| Kuka sina olet? | Who are you? |
| Mika sinun nimesi on? | What is your name? |
| Nimi | name |
| Suomi maa | country |
| suomi kieli | language (lower case) |
| Mina olen (your name) | My name is (your name) |
| Mina olen Suomalainen | I am Finnish |
| Mina puhun suomea | I speak Finnish |
| Mina olen (your name) | My name is (your name) |
| Mina olen Skotlantilainen | I am Scottish |
| Mina puhun englantia | I speak English |
| Puhutko sina suomea? | Who speaks Finnish? |
| Puhutko sina englantia? | Do you speak English? |
| Puhun | Yes, I speak… |
| Vahan | a little |
| En viela | not yet |
| En puhu | no, I don't speak… |
| Ei paljon | not a lot |
| Mina olen saksalainen | I am german |
| Mina puhun saksaa | I speak german |
| Minkamaalainen sina olet? | What country are you from? |
| Mina olen Skotlantilainen | I am Scottish |