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.
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |