Dating and Gossip in spoken Finnish

Real spoken Finnish for Dating and Gossip, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.

Relationships: seurustella, olla yhes, jättää

The relationship vocabulary gossip runs on: deittailla (to date around), seurustella (to be in a relationship), olla yhes (be together), mennä kihloihin (get engaged), jättää (to dump), erota (to break up). 'Yhes' is spoken 'yhdessä' - and yes, 'iskeä' means both to strike and to pick someone up.

Eka treffit meni tosi hyvin.

The first date went really well.

Written Finnish: Ensimmäiset treffit menivät tosi hyvin.

eka
first - spoken 'ensimmäinen'
treffit
date - always plural in Finnish
meni
went - spoken keeps the singular
tosi
really
hyvin
well

Mä oon deittaillu yhen tyypin kaa.

I've been dating someone.

Written Finnish: Minä olen deittaillut yhden tyypin kanssa.

mä
I
oon
have - spoken 'olen'
deittaillu
been dating - spoken 'deittaillut'
yhen
one - spoken 'yhden'
tyypin
person / guy - casual 'tyyppi'
kaa
with - spoken 'kanssa'

Ne alko seurustelee viime kesänä.

They started dating last summer.

Written Finnish: He alkoivat seurustella viime kesänä.

ne
they - spoken 'he'
alko
started - spoken 'alkoivat'
seurustelee
to be a couple - spoken 'seurustella'
viime
last
kesänä
in the summer

Ne on olleet yhes jo vuoden.

They've been together for a year already.

Written Finnish: He ovat olleet yhdessä jo vuoden.

ne
they - spoken 'he'
on
have - spoken Finnish uses 'on' for plurals too
olleet
been
yhes
together - spoken 'yhdessä'
jo
already
vuoden
for a year

Se iski mun kaverin baaris.

They picked up my friend at a bar.

Written Finnish: Hän iski minun kaverini baarissa.

se
they / he / she - spoken Finnish uses 'se' for people
iski
picked up - 'iskeä', literally 'to strike'
mun
my - spoken 'minun'
kaverin
friend
baaris
at a bar - spoken 'baarissa'

Ne meni kihloihin juhannuksena.

They got engaged at Midsummer.

Written Finnish: He menivät kihloihin juhannuksena.

ne
they - spoken 'he'
meni
went - spoken keeps the singular
kihloihin
into engagement - 'mennä kihloihin' = get engaged
juhannuksena
at Midsummer - the juhannus festival

Se jätti mut tekstiviestillä.

They dumped me by text.

Written Finnish: Hän jätti minut tekstiviestillä.

se
they / he / she - spoken Finnish uses 'se' for people
jätti
dumped - 'jättää', literally 'to leave'
mut
me - spoken 'minut'
tekstiviestillä
by text message

Ne erosi ihan sovussa.

They broke up on good terms.

Written Finnish: He erosivat ihan sovussa.

ne
they - spoken 'he'
erosi
broke up - spoken 'erosivat'
ihan
quite
sovussa
in harmony - 'sopu' = peace/accord

Spoken forms in this lesson

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