Real spoken Finnish for You Should Try It, with the written form (kirjakieli) beside every line, word-by-word notes and audio on every sentence. Free to read.
Worth doing: kannattaa, sun kannattais
'Kannattaa' means it's worth it / you should: sun kannattaa kokeilla = you should try. Softer advice takes the conditional: sun kannattais. The negative 'ei kannata' = don't bother. For it-was-worth-it, Helsinki slang has 'sen väärti'.
Sun kannattaa kokeilla tätä. = You should try this.
Ei kannata ostaa tota. = It's not worth buying that.
Se oli kyl sen väärti. = It was totally worth it.
Sun kannattaa kokeilla tätä.
You should try this.
Written Finnish: Sinun kannattaa kokeilla tätä.
sun
you - spoken 'sinun', literally 'your'
kannattaa
it's worth it / should - advice verb
kokeilla
to try
tätä
this
Ei kannata ostaa tota.
It's not worth buying that.
Written Finnish: Ei kannata ostaa tuota.
ei
not
kannata
worth it - negative form of 'kannattaa'
ostaa
to buy
tota
that - spoken 'tuota'
Kannattaaks sinne mennä autolla?
Is it worth going there by car?
Written Finnish: Kannattaako sinne mennä autolla?
kannattaaks
is it worth - spoken 'kannattaako'
sinne
to there
mennä
to go
autolla
by car
Ota villasukat mukaan, siel on kylmä.
Take wool socks along, it's cold there.
Written Finnish: Ota villasukat mukaan, siellä on kylmä.
ota
take! - from 'ottaa'
villasukat
wool socks
mukaan
along / with you
siel
there - spoken 'siellä'
on
is
kylmä
cold
Sun kannattais varata liput ajoissa.
You should book the tickets in good time.
Written Finnish: Sinun kannattaisi varata liput ajoissa.
sun
you - spoken 'sinun'
kannattais
should - softer, spoken 'kannattaisi'
varata
to book / reserve
liput
tickets
ajoissa
in time / early enough
Sinne kannattaa mennä ajoissa, ku siel on aina jonoo.
It's worth going early, since there's always a line.
Written Finnish: Sinne kannattaa mennä ajoissa, koska siellä on aina jonoa.
sinne
to there
kannattaa
it's worth it
mennä
to go
ajoissa
in time / early
ku
since / because - spoken 'kun'
siel
there - spoken 'siellä'
on
is
aina
always
jonoo
a line / queue - spoken 'jonoa'
Jos mä oisin sä, mä en menis.
If I were you, I wouldn't go.
Written Finnish: Jos minä olisin sinä, minä en menisi.