Real spoken Finnish for Last Weekend, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Past tense: the -i- marker
The past slips an -i- into the verb: oon → olin, meen → menin, syön → söin. Spoken Finnish also loves the me + -tiin past: me mentiin (we went).
Mä olin kotona. = I was at home. (oon → olin)
Me mentiin saunaan. = We went to the sauna. (spoken we-past: -tiin)
Mä söin jo. = I already ate. (syön → söin)
Mä olin eilen saunassa.
I was in the sauna yesterday.
Written Finnish: Minä olin eilen saunassa.
olin
I was - past of 'oon'
eilen
yesterday
Me mentiin mökille.
We went to the cottage.
Written Finnish: Me menimme mökille.
mentiin
we went - spoken we-past
mökille
to the cottage - 'mökki' is a Finnish institution
Mä söin liikaa pizzaa.
I ate too much pizza.
Written Finnish: Minä söin liikaa pizzaa.
söin
I ate - past of 'syön'
liikaa
too much
Nukuitsä hyvin?
Did you sleep well?
Written Finnish: Nukuitko sinä hyvin?
nukuitsä
did you sleep - spoken 'nukuitko sinä'
hyvin
well
Se oli tosi kivaa.
It was really fun.
Written Finnish: Se oli todella kivaa.
oli
was - past of 'on'
kivaa
fun / nice - from 'kiva'
Mä näin sut eilen kaupungilla.
I saw you downtown yesterday.
Written Finnish: Minä näin sinut eilen kaupungilla.