Oh My! in spoken Finnish

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

Exclamations: voi että, no voi vitsi

The family-friendly end of Finnish exclamations: voi että (oh my), no voi vitsi (oh man), herranjestas (good heavens), huhhuh (phew), no johan nyt jotain (well I never). They carry the emotion so your sentence doesn't have to.

Voi että, miten kaunis päivä! = Oh my, what a beautiful day!
No voi vitsi, mä unohdin koko jutun. = Oh man, I forgot the whole thing.
No johan nyt jotain. = Well, I never.

Voi että, miten kaunis päivä!

Oh my, what a beautiful day!

Written Finnish: Voi että, miten kaunis päivä!

voi: oh
että: that - 'voi että' = oh my
miten: how
kaunis: beautiful
päivä: day

No voi vitsi, mä unohdin koko jutun.

Oh man, I forgot the whole thing.

Written Finnish: No voi vitsi, minä unohdin koko jutun.

no: well
voi: oh
vitsi: joke - 'voi vitsi' = oh man, totally clean
mä: I
unohdin: forgot
koko: whole
jutun: thing

Voi ei, ei kai taas.

Oh no, not again, surely.

Written Finnish: Voi ei, ei kai taas.

voi: oh
ei: no
kai: surely - the hedge
taas: again

Herranjestas, mikä jono!

Good heavens, what a line!

Written Finnish: Herranjestas, mikä jono!

herranjestas: good heavens - mild, old-fashioned
mikä: what a
jono: line / queue

Vitsit, et se oli hyvää!

Wow, that was good!

Written Finnish: Vitsit, että se oli hyvää!

vitsit: wow - literally 'jokes', totally clean
et: that - spoken 'että'
se: it
oli: was
hyvää: good

No johan nyt jotain.

Well, I never.

Written Finnish: No johan nyt jotain.

no: well
johan: already indeed - 'jo' + -han
nyt: now
jotain: something - the idiom = 'well I never'

Voi harmi, ens kerral sit.

Oh shame, next time then.

Written Finnish: Voi harmi, ensi kerralla sitten.

voi: oh
harmi: a shame
ens: next - spoken 'ensi'
kerral: time - spoken 'kerralla'
sit: then - spoken 'sitten'

Huhhuh, olipa päivä.

Phew, what a day.

Written Finnish: Huhhuh, olipa päivä.

huhhuh: phew - exhaustion or amazement
olipa: was quite - 'oli' + surprised -pa
päivä: a day

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