Real spoken Finnish for This, That, It: Pointing, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Pointing: tää, toi, se, nää, noi
Spoken Finnish points with short words: tää (this, near me), toi (that, over there), se (it, or the one already mentioned). The plurals are nää (these) and noi (those), and they take the plain 'on'. When you take or want one, the word shrinks again: tämän → tän, tuon → ton.
Mä haluun tän. = I want this one.
Nää on tosi hyviä. = These are really good.
Mikä toi on?
What's that?
Written Finnish: Mikä tuo on?
mikä
what
toi
that - spoken 'tuo'
on
is
Tää on mun.
This one is mine.
Written Finnish: Tämä on minun.
tää
this - spoken 'tämä'
on
is
mun
mine, my - spoken 'minun'; on its own it needs no ending
Kumpi, tää vai toi?
Which one, this or that?
Written Finnish: Kumpi, tämä vai tuo?
kumpi
which of the two
tää
this - spoken 'tämä'
vai
or - the QUESTION 'or', when you offer a choice
toi
that - spoken 'tuo'
Mä haluun tän.
I want this one.
Written Finnish: Minä haluan tämän.
mä
I - spoken 'minä'
haluun
I want - spoken 'haluan'
tän
this one - spoken 'tämän': the object form shrinks
Otan ton.
I'll take that one.
Written Finnish: Otan tuon.
otan
I take, I'll have - from 'ottaa'
ton
that one - spoken 'tuon': the object form shrinks
Nää on tosi hyviä.
These are really good.
Written Finnish: Nämä ovat todella hyviä.
nää
these - spoken 'nämä'
on
are - spoken 'ovat': the plural takes the singular verb
tosi
really - spoken 'todella'
hyviä
good - plural partitive of 'hyvä'
Noi on liian kalliita.
Those are too expensive.
Written Finnish: Nuo ovat liian kalliita.
noi
those - spoken 'nuo'
on
are - spoken 'ovat': the plural takes the singular verb
liian
too, too much
kalliita
expensive - plural partitive of 'kallis'
Se on tossa.
It's right there.
Written Finnish: Se on tuossa.
se
it
on
is
tossa
right there - spoken 'tuossa': the ending shortens