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.

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'

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