Finnish Nouns
Welcome to the third Finnish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Finnish to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  perunoita | tomatoes tomaatteja | onions sipuleita | carrots porkkanoita |
fruits hedelmiä | apples omenoita | bananas banaaneja | oranges appelsiineja |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Finnish |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | onko teillä maitoa? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | minulla on maitoa ja kahvia |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | hänellä on kolme omenaa |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | hänellä on vain yksi omena |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | asumme pienessä talossa |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | pidän aamiaisestamme |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread leipä | milk maito | butter voi | cheese juusto |
coffee kahvi | sandwich voileipä | meat liha | chicken kana |
fish kala | breakfast aamiainen | lunch lounas | dinner päivällinen |
Conversation in Finnish
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Finnish |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Finnish)? | puhutko englantia/suomea? |
| Just a little | vain vähän |
| I like Finnish | pidän suomen kielestä |
| Can I practice with you? | saanko harjoitella kanssasi? |
| How old are you? | kuinka vanha olet? |
| I'm thirty three years old | olen kolmekymmentäkolme vuotta vanha |
| It was nice talking to you | oli mukava jutella |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Finnish. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Finnish Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |