Real spoken Finnish for Would Have, Should Have, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Regrets: oisin tullu, ois pitäny
Would-have is the conditional of olla + a participle: mä oisin tullu = I would have come. 'Ois pitäny' = should have - the go-to phrase for regrets. Spoken Finnish shortens everything: olisin → oisin, olisi pitänyt → ois pitäny.
Sun ois pitäny sanoo jotain. = You should have said something.
Mä oisin tullu, jos mä oisin tienny. = I would have come if I had known.
Kaikki ois voinu mennä huonommin. = It all could have gone worse.
Sun ois pitäny sanoo jotain.
You should have said something.
Written Finnish: Sinun olisi pitänyt sanoa jotakin.
sun
you - spoken 'sinun'
ois
would have - spoken 'olisi'
pitäny
had to - spoken 'pitänyt'; 'ois pitäny' = should have
sanoo
to say - spoken 'sanoa'
jotain
something - spoken 'jotakin'
Ois pitäny lähtee aikasemmin.
We should have left earlier.
Written Finnish: Olisi pitänyt lähteä aikaisemmin.
ois
would have - spoken 'olisi'
pitäny
had to - spoken 'pitänyt'
lähtee
to leave - spoken 'lähteä'
aikasemmin
earlier - spoken 'aikaisemmin'
Mä oisin tullu, jos mä oisin tienny.
I would have come if I had known.
Written Finnish: Minä olisin tullut, jos minä olisin tiennyt.
mä
I
oisin
would have - spoken 'olisin'
tullu
come - spoken 'tullut'
jos
if
tienny
known - spoken 'tiennyt'
Ei ois kannattanu ostaa tota.
It wouldn't have been worth buying that.
Written Finnish: Ei olisi kannattanut ostaa tuota.
ei
not
ois
would have - spoken 'olisi'
kannattanu
been worth it - spoken 'kannattanut'
ostaa
to buy
tota
that - spoken 'tuota'
Mä en ois ikinä uskonu tätä.
I would never have believed this.
Written Finnish: Minä en olisi ikinä uskonut tätä.
mä
I
en
wouldn't - the I-form of 'ei'
ois
have - spoken 'olisi'
ikinä
ever / never
uskonu
believed - spoken 'uskonut'
tätä
this
Mitä sä oisit tehny mun tilanteessa?
What would you have done in my situation?
Written Finnish: Mitä sinä olisit tehnyt minun tilanteessani?
mitä
what
sä
you
oisit
would have - spoken 'olisit'
tehny
done - spoken 'tehnyt'
mun
my - spoken 'minun'
tilanteessa
in the situation
Ilman sua tää ei ois onnistunu.
Without you this wouldn't have worked out.
Written Finnish: Ilman sinua tämä ei olisi onnistunut.
ilman
without
sua
you - spoken 'sinua'
tää
this - spoken 'tämä'
ei
not
ois
would have - spoken 'olisi'
onnistunu
succeeded / worked out - spoken 'onnistunut'
Kaikki ois voinu mennä paljon huonommin.
Everything could have gone much worse.
Written Finnish: Kaikki olisi voinut mennä paljon huonommin.
kaikki
everything
ois
would have - spoken 'olisi'
voinu
been able to - spoken 'voinut'; 'ois voinu' = could have