#simple grammar

Here’s a simple colour-coded chart about the tenses in the Finnish language

I made the second picture and the English version of the chart in the first picture. The original chart (among other things) you can find here https://kielipoliisi.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/aikamuodot/ (sorry for the ugly link but I feel like these could be helpful for a lot of people so I want this post to show up in searches)

Finnish might seem like an intimidating and complicated language (which it can be at times, even for us Finns) but there are simple patterns even this mess of a language has that are easy to follow.

I would put a transcription and I wanted to put more verbs in there but I’m really sick right now, I’m sorry ;^;

A short list of the grammar that I’ve covered so far.  As for verb forms/conjugation that will have to be another post.

입니다/입니까 - Is/Are (most polite form) 

입니까 is the question form of 입니다

이에요/에요 - Is/Are (polite)

이것 - This/ This one (close to speaker)

그것 - That/ That one (close to listener)

저것 - That/ That one over there (not near the speaker or listener)

i'm gonna break it down..

here are the different ways to use certain words

you- i wish i had you here with me.

your- your mom had a good time at my house last night.

you're- but seriously you're all annoying me. learn how to speak.

to- i want to go to the mall

too- i want the dur too!

two- the girl is two years old.

there- there has to be some good stuff here

they're- you see that person? They're using the English language in the correct way.

their- i want a unicorn just like theirs. 

oh and the contraction "I'm" stands for "I am". do not use AM. That is an abbreviation for the latin word  "Ante Meridiem" meaning "before noon".