| English |
Finnish |
Explanation
(what it means literally) |
| Greetings |
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| hello / hi / hey |
moi (for friends and other informal situations)
moikka (almost cutesy way to greet someone, very informal)
hei (slightly more formal) |
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| good morning |
hyvää huomenta |
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| good day |
hyvää päivää |
Like Australians, French, Germans and loads of other people, Finns actually use "good day" from about noon until evening. (I'm specifying because there is no "good day" in American English.) |
| good evening |
hyvää iltaa |
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| good night |
hyvää yötä |
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| sweet dreams |
kauniita unia |
Literally: beautiful dreams |
| how are you? |
mitä kuuluu? |
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| I'm fine, thank you. |
Hyvää, kiitos. |
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Meeting someone for the first time |
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| My name is... / I am... |
Nimeni on... / Olen... |
Introducing yourself |
| What is your name? / Who are you? |
Mikä nimesi on? / Kuka olet? |
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| Nice to meet you |
Hauska tutustua. |
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Numbers |
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| 1 |
yksi |
in common language also contracted to "yks" |
| 2 |
kaksi |
in common language also contracted to "kaks" |
| 3 |
kolme |
in common language also contracted to "kol" |
| 4 |
neljä |
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| 5 |
viisi |
in common language also contracted to "viis" |
| 6 |
kuusi |
in common language also contracted to "kuus" |
| 7 |
seitsemän |
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| 8 |
kahdeksan |
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| 9 |
yhdeksän |
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| 10 |
kymmenen (also: kymmentä, since it is used in the partitive case a lot) |
in common language "kymmentä gets contracted into "kyt" |
11
12
19 |
yksitoista
kaksitoista
yhdeksäntoista |
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20
21
30
31
99 |
kaksikymmentä
kaksikymmentäyksi
kolmekymmentä
kaksikymmentäyksi
yhdeksänkymmentäyhdeksän |
in common language "ykskyt" etc. |
| 100, 1000 |
sataa, tuhatta |
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Declarations |
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| I love you |
(minä/mä) rakastan sinua/sua |
"sua" (=you) and "mä" (=I) are common language, "sinua" and "minä" are formal language. Subject is optional. |
| I hate you |
(minä/mä) vihaan sinua/sua |
The subject is optional. |
I like you |
(Minä/mä) tykkään sinusta/susta
or:
(Minä/mä) pidän; sinusta/susta |
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Cussing |
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| kiss my butt/ass |
haista paska/vittu |
smell shit/cunt |
| goddamnit |
jumalauta |
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| shit |
paska |
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| damnit |
perkele or: saatana |
perkele = devil; saatana = satan |
| fucking x (example: fucking whore) |
saatanan x (saatanan huora) / helvetin x (helvetin huora) |
satan's whore / hell's whore |
| fuck |
vittu |
This is the most common cussword in Finnish and everybody uses it, no matter if they are male, female, old, or young. It actually means cunt and cannot be used as a verb to say something like "fuck you." In fact, the verb "cussing" in Finnish is "vittuilla," derived from "vittu." |
| cuckold |
aisankannattaja |
shaftholder, meaning a person whose male partner can't get it up |
| fag / fairy / gay, basically a negative word for gays |
homo / perseennussija |
Homo as in homosexual, fairly self-explanatory. The word is a common cussword, even in the gay scene. "Perseennussija" means "assfucker." |
| negative word for tops |
ruskean reiän ritari |
litterally "knight of the brown hole" |
| whore |
huora |
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| slut |
hutsu |
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| pig |
possu |
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| negative word for vegetarian |
viherpipertäjä |
green-eater |
Terms of endearment |
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| beauty (noun for female) |
kaunotar |
Basically this is a noun derived from the adjective is "kaunis" (=beautiful).
The suffix "-tar" makes the noun female, so "kaunotar" actually means "female beauty" and can't very well be used for a male. |
| handsome (noun for male) |
komistus |
the adjective is "komea" (handsome man = komea mies) |
| darling |
kulta |
Gold. "my darling": mun kulta / kultani.) |
| honey |
hunajainen / mussukka |
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| stud |
ori |
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| love |
rakas |
This is the noun for someone you love.
The feeling is "rakkaus,"
the verb "rakastaa"
(see above: "Minä rakastan sinua"). |
Sex talk |
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| deeper |
syvemmälle |
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| harder |
kovempaa |
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| faster |
nopeampaa |
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| more |
lisää |
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| I'm going to come |
mä saan kohta / mä tulen kohta |
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