Real spoken Finnish for Not Bad at All, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Understatement: ei huono, ihan jees
Finnish praise runs cold on purpose. 'Ei huono' (not bad) is a compliment, 'ihan jees' (quite ok) means genuinely good, 'menettelee' (it'll do) can be high praise, and 'ei valittamista' (no complaints) is close to a rave. Calibrate accordingly - in both directions.
Ei huono! = Not bad! (= that's impressive)
Tää on ihan jees. = This is pretty good.
Menettelee. = It'll do. (often: it's great)
Ei huono!
Not bad! (high praise)
Written Finnish: Ei huono!
ei
not
huono
bad - said of something impressive
Tää on ihan jees.
This is pretty good.
Written Finnish: Tämä on ihan hyvä.
tää
this - spoken 'tämä'
on
is
ihan
quite
jees
ok / good - slang, from English 'yes'
Ei valittamista.
No complaints. (= things are good)
Written Finnish: Ei valittamista.
ei
no
valittamista
complaining - from 'valittaa'
Menettelee.
It'll do. (often means: it's great)
Written Finnish: Menettelee.
menettelee
passes / will do - from 'menetellä'; deadpan approval
Ihan ok päivä, ei mitään ihmeellistä.
A perfectly fine day, nothing special.
Written Finnish: Ihan hyvä päivä, ei mitään ihmeellistä.