Finnish Adjectives

Welcome to the second Finnish lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Finnish to help you practice your daily phrases.

black musta

grey harmaa

white valkoinen

blue sininen

green vihreä

yellow keltainen

red punainen

brown ruskea

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Finnish
my house is white [noun + adjective] minun huoneeni on valkoinen
your country is big [noun + adjective] teidän maanne on suuri
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] uudet kirjat ovat kalliita
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] olemme onnellisia täällä
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] hänellä on kolme pientä koiraa
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] tämä kieli on erittäin helppo
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] minulla on pieni kasvihuone

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold kylmä

hot kuuma

cloudy pilvinen

rainy sateinen

snowy luminen

sunny aurinkoinen

windy tuulinen

warm lämmin

Conversation in Finnish

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Finnish
hi hei
how are you? mitä kuuluu?
I'm good, thank you ihan hyvää kiitos
and you? entäs sinä?
what is your name? mikä on nimesi?
my name is Maya nimeni on maya
nice to meet you hauska tavata

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