Real spoken Finnish for Totally Agree, No Way, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Force: nii just, ei todellakaan
Agreement and disagreement come in strengths. Full agreement: nii just, just noin, totta kai. Hard no: ei todellakaan. And the very Finnish soft no: 'emmä nyt ihan noinkaan sanois' - a whole disagreement wrapped in cotton wool.
Just noin! = Exactly!
Ei todellakaan. = Absolutely not.
Emmä nyt ihan noinkaan sanois. = I wouldn't quite put it that way.
Just noin!
Exactly!
Written Finnish: Juuri noin!
just
exactly - spoken 'juuri'
noin
like that
Nii just, mä oon ihan samaa mieltä.
Right, I completely agree.
Written Finnish: Niin juuri, minä olen ihan samaa mieltä.
nii
so / right - spoken 'niin'
just
exactly - spoken 'juuri'
mä
I
oon
am - spoken 'olen'
ihan
completely
samaa
the same
mieltä
of opinion - 'samaa mieltä' = agree
Totta kai, ilman muuta.
Of course, absolutely.
Written Finnish: Totta kai, ilman muuta.
totta
true - 'totta kai' = of course
kai
surely
ilman
without - 'ilman muuta' = without question
muuta
anything else
Ei todellakaan.
Absolutely not.
Written Finnish: Ei todellakaan.
ei
no
todellakaan
really (not) - hard refusal
No en kyl usko.
Well, I really don't think so.
Written Finnish: No en kyllä usko.
no
well
en
I don't
kyl
really - spoken 'kyllä'
usko
believe - from 'uskoa'
Emmä nyt ihan noinkaan sanois.
I wouldn't quite put it that way.
Written Finnish: En minä nyt ihan noinkaan sanoisi.