Real spoken Finnish for They Just Go, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Ne menee: they borrow the singular verb
Textbook Finnish says 'he menevät'. Almost nobody says that out loud. In speech 'he' becomes 'ne' and the verb stays in its plain third-person form, exactly as it would for one person: ne menee, ne meni, ne on. It works in every tense, so this one habit deletes a whole column from the verb table.
Ne tulee huomenna. = They're coming tomorrow.
Ne meni jo. = They already left.
Ne tulee huomenna.
They're coming tomorrow.
Written Finnish: He tulevat huomenna.
ne
they - spoken 'he'
tulee
come - the singular form does plural duty in speech
huomenna
tomorrow
Mis ne asuu?
Where do they live?
Written Finnish: Missä he asuvat?
mis
where - spoken 'missä'
asuu
live - from 'asua'
Ne meni jo.
They already left.
Written Finnish: He menivät jo.
meni
went - past of 'mennä'
jo
already
Ne on ollu siel koko päivän.
They've been there all day.
Written Finnish: He ovat olleet siellä koko päivän.