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how to say certain phrases in finnish..?
i've been reading up on finnish a lot lately,
and i've been wondering how to say a couple things. for example;
"i love you."
"i don't date men."
"could you help me with this?"
"hello. how are you, beautiful?"
if i could get help with this, that would be great! ^.^
sincerely,
Luna.
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Language pair: Finnish; All
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Re:how to say certain phrases in finnish..?
Hi,
Nice to hear you are learning Finnish. Let's see what we can do about your expressions.
"i love you."
Literal translation is 'Minä rakastan sinua.' 'Minä' is usually omitted. This is far more powerful expression than American 'I love you' and it almost always means romantic love unless the subject is god or a parent.
If you want to say 'Dude, I love you' kind of thing, we don't really have close equivalents. We can talk about those in e-mails if you like.
"i don't date men."
'En tapaile miehiä' or 'en deittaile miehiä'. Guess where we have stolen the verb in the second sentace from. :D Tapailla is a good verb for dating. It literally means 'to meet occasionally'. :)
"could you help me with this?"
'Voisitteko auttaa (minua)?'
I put 'minua' to parenthesis because personal pronouns are usually omitted if they can be figured out from possession suffixes or context. Translating 'with this thing' to Finnish seems hardly necessary but you can add 'tämän kanssa' if you like. It's a bit slangish but generally acceptable. 'Voisitteko auttaa' is formal. Change the first word to 'Voisitko' if you want to be more casual.
"hello. how are you, beautiful?"
I can't come up with anything that doesn't sound silly or stiff. Maybe I'm just bad at picking up girls. Perhaps: 'Moi. Mitä kuuluu, kaunokainen?'
I hope this helps even a bit. :)
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Language pair: Finnish; All
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