Next To, Behind, Under in spoken Finnish Real spoken Finnish for Next To, Behind, Under, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Place words come after: pöydän alla, talon takana English puts 'under' before the noun; Finnish puts it after, and the noun takes the -n form: pöydän alla, talon takana, kaupan edessä. In speech these lose their tails too - 'vieressä' becomes 'vieres' and the d in 'edessä' disappears into 'eessä'.
Se on pöydän alla. = It's under the table. Mä oon kaupan eessä. = I'm in front of the shop. Se on pöydän alla. It's under the table.
Written Finnish: Se on pöydän alla.
pöydän table's - genitive of 'pöytä' alla under Mä oon kaupan eessä. I'm in front of the shop.
Written Finnish: Minä olen kaupan edessä.
oon I am - spoken 'olen' kaupan shop's - genitive of 'kauppa' eessä in front of - spoken 'edessä', the d drops Toi on sun takana. That's behind you.
Written Finnish: Tuo on sinun takanasi.
toi that - spoken 'tuo' sun your - spoken 'sinun' takana behind Kauppa on aseman vieres. The shop is next to the station.
Written Finnish: Kauppa on aseman vieressä.
aseman station's - genitive of 'asema' vieres next to - spoken 'vieressä' Avaimet on kaapin pääl. The keys are on top of the cupboard.
Written Finnish: Avaimet ovat kaapin päällä.
avaimet keys - plural of 'avain' on are - in speech 'on' covers the plural too kaapin cupboard's - genitive of 'kaappi' pääl on top of - spoken 'päällä' Mä asun ihan koulun lähel. I live right near the school.
Written Finnish: Minä asun ihan koulun lähellä.
asun I live - from 'asua' ihan right, completely koulun school's - genitive of 'koulu' lähel near - spoken 'lähellä' Auto on tossa talon takana. The car is right there behind the house.
Written Finnish: Auto on tuossa talon takana.
tossa right there - spoken 'tuossa' talon house's - genitive of 'talo' Istu mun viereen. Sit next to me.
Written Finnish: Istu minun viereeni.
istu sit - command from 'istua' mun my - spoken 'minun' viereen to next to - the moving-there form of 'vieressä' Spoken forms in this lesson Carry on through the path Try a five-card listening test or learn this lesson in free daily sessions .
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