#puhekieli

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I thought I'd do another little quiz for Finnish words used (generally) in the spoken language, since I've collected a few new ones.

See if you know (or can guess) the meanings of the following words (obviously not intended for native speakers of Finnish)....

1. puskaradio

2. kantsia (this is a verb)

3. filunki

4. hannari

5. kämänen

6. kohtapuoleen

7. ottaa päähän (verb)

8. revanssi

9. niksi

10. lunki

11. bilsa

12. heppa

13. soppa

14. laihis

15. likka

Sorry if any of these are repeats from earlier on, but I tried to give new ones only. I'll be interested to see if anyone has heard these in every day life (a few I think are pretty common!)

puhekieli: yleiskieli: english

ope / maikka: opettaja: teacher

reksi: rehtori: rector (headmaster/mistress)

lekuri: lääkäri: doctor

hoitsu: sairaanhoitaja: nurse

pressa: presidentti: president (is “Kekkonen” still used as a synonym or am I two decades late?)

stevari: vartija: security guard

kyttä: poliisi: police

sähkäri: sähkömies: electrician

putkari: putkimies: plumber

talkkari: talonmies: janitor

vaksi: vahtimestari: attendant/doorkeeper

I encountered these more or less before, but always useful to see what different sources say.

olla, mennä, tulla, panna - assume these are the most “shortened” verbs (to be, go, come, put)

the personal pronouns are always used (unlike in kirjakieli), in short form: minä and sinä become mä and sä, and hän and he become se and ne.

different vowels are kinda “blurred” together: olen - oon, tulen - tuun, and the consonants inbetween are dropped

both the third person singular and plural uses the same form (se menee - ne menee)

the first person plural uses the passive form (me mennään)

Shortly: the -ko/-kö ending becomes -ks in puhekieli

odotanko - odotanks

Hei! I had an idea of letting my character Unto to show everyday life situations in finnish, but in the way I, as an a native speaker say things. (Meaning spoken language and lil’ bit of words from the dialect I speak.  First one is an easiest way to order that I could think of, because you won’t need to conjugate any words.