Texting in Finnish in spoken Finnish

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

Viestikieli: short, lowercase, no fuss

Finns text the way they speak, only shorter. Endings vanish ('nähdään' becomes 'nähää'), the negative fuses to the pronoun ('en mä' becomes 'emmä'), and a whole reply can be one word: joo, jep, kiitti, sori. Capital letters are optional and full sentences can read as cold.

Moro, ootsä kotona?

Hey, are you home?

Written Finnish: Moro, oletko sinä kotona?

moro
hey - casual hello, common in texts
ootsä
are you - spoken 'oletko sinä'
kotona
at home

Joo, tuu vaa.

Yeah, just come over.

Written Finnish: Joo, tule vain.

joo
yeah
tuu
come - spoken command from 'tulla'
vaa
just - spoken 'vain'

Sori, en ehi tänään.

Sorry, I can't make it today.

Written Finnish: Anteeksi, en ehdi tänään.

sori
sorry - borrowed from English, used constantly
ehi
have time - spoken 'ehdi', from 'ehtiä'

Ok, nähää huomen.

OK, see you tomorrow.

Written Finnish: Selvä, nähdään huomenna.

nähää
see you - spoken 'nähdään'
huomen
tomorrow - spoken 'huomenna'

Kiitti paljon!

Thanks a lot!

Written Finnish: Kiitos paljon!

kiitti
thanks - the casual 'kiitos'
paljon
a lot

Soita mulle ku ehit.

Call me when you get a chance.

Written Finnish: Soita minulle kun ehdit.

soita
call - command from 'soittaa'
mulle
to me - spoken 'minulle'
ku
when - spoken 'kun'

Emmä tiiä viel.

I don't know yet.

Written Finnish: En minä tiedä vielä.

emmä
I don't - 'en mä' squashed together
tiiä
know - spoken 'tiedä'
viel
yet - spoken 'vielä'

Jep, sovittu.

Yep, it's a deal.

Written Finnish: Kyllä, sovittu.

jep
yep
sovittu
agreed - from 'sopia'

Spoken forms in this lesson

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