Finnish Classes - 2

Yesterday (03-Sep-2009), we had our second class. This was much better than the previous encounter. We understood a bit more. Even though most of the talk was in Finnish, still we could figure out some of the words. Well, as one of our friends explained, they want us to think in Finnish. So they do not encourage the usage of English.

Just to have a summary of the lessons learnt in yesterday's class


Personal Pronouns
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minä - I
sinä - you
hän - he/she
me - we
te - you
he - they

Conjugation rules
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minä -n
sinä - t
hän - V (same vowel)
me - mme
te -tte
he - vat/-vät

Example of conjugation with ole (to be)
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Minä olen - I am
Sinä olet - You are
hän on - he is
me olemme -we are
te olette - you are
he ovat - they are

Negative in the verb form
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minä en - I do not
sinä et - you are not
hän ei - he/she does not
me emme -we do not
te ette - you do not
he eivät - they do

Example for negative verb form ( puhu - speak , suomea - Finnish)
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Minä en puhu suomea - I do not speak Finnish.
Sinä en puhu suomea - You do not speak Finnish.
Hän ei puhu suomea - He/she does not speak Finnish.
Me emme puhu suomea - We do not speak Finnish.
Te ette puhu suomea - You do not speak Finnish.
He eivät puhu suomea - They do not speak Finnish.


Interrogatives
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kuka? - who
mikä - what
Mitä - what
Missä? - where/In what
Mistä? - From where/what
Mihin? - where
Miksi? - why
Kuinka / Miten - How?
Milloin? - When
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That's all for now. More updates on Finnish language after the next session .