Real spoken Finnish for Apparently, Supposedly, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Hearsay: kuulemma, muka, näköjään
Three little words tell your listener how you know something: 'kuulemma' = I heard it from someone, 'näköjään' = I can see the evidence, and 'muka' = supposedly - and I doubt it. Drop them into a sentence and you never have to say 'someone told me that...'
Se on kuulemma tosi hyvä. = It's apparently really good.
Nyt sataa näköjään taas. = It's evidently raining again.
Se muka unohti koko jutun. = They supposedly forgot the whole thing.
Se uus ravintola on kuulemma tosi hyvä.
That new restaurant is apparently really good.
Written Finnish: Se uusi ravintola on kuulemma tosi hyvä.
se
that
uus
new - spoken 'uusi'
ravintola
restaurant
on
is
kuulemma
apparently / I hear - marks hearsay
tosi
really
hyvä
good
Nyt sataa näköjään taas.
It's evidently raining again.
Written Finnish: Nyt sataa näköjään taas.
nyt
now
sataa
rains
näköjään
evidently / by the looks of it
taas
again
Sä oot näköjään ollu ahkera.
You've evidently been hard at work.
Written Finnish: Sinä olet näköjään ollut ahkera.
sä
you
oot
have - spoken 'olet'
näköjään
evidently - I can see the results
ollu
been - spoken 'ollut'
ahkera
hard-working / diligent
Se muka unohti koko jutun.
They supposedly forgot the whole thing.
Written Finnish: Hän muka unohti koko jutun.
se
they / he / she - spoken Finnish uses 'se' for people
muka
supposedly / as if - signals doubt
unohti
forgot - from 'unohtaa'
koko
whole
jutun
thing / matter - from 'juttu'
Huomenna pitäis kuulemma tulla lunta.
Apparently it's supposed to snow tomorrow.
Written Finnish: Huomenna pitäisi kuulemma tulla lunta.
huomenna
tomorrow
pitäis
is supposed to - spoken 'pitäisi'
kuulemma
apparently / so they say
tulla
to come
lunta
snow
Ne on kuulemma eronnu.
Apparently they've broken up.
Written Finnish: He ovat kuulemma eronneet.
ne
they - spoken 'he'
on
have - spoken Finnish uses 'on' for plurals too
kuulemma
apparently / word is
eronnu
broken up / divorced - spoken 'eronneet'
Ilmeisesti kokous siirty ens viikkoon.
Apparently the meeting moved to next week.
Written Finnish: Ilmeisesti kokous siirtyi ensi viikkoon.
ilmeisesti
apparently / evidently
kokous
meeting
siirty
moved - spoken 'siirtyi'
ens
next - spoken 'ensi'
viikkoon
to week - 'ens viikkoon' = to next week
Se oli muka koko ajan sairaana.
They were supposedly sick the whole time.
Written Finnish: Hän oli muka koko ajan sairaana.
se
they / he / she - spoken Finnish uses 'se' for people