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 |
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.
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 |
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.
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.