Third infinitive?

garoowood · Post by **garoowood** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50 pm

Kadonneesta jotakin tietäviä pyydetään ottamaan yhteyttä poliisiin.
Must I use ottamaan here or can I also put ottaa?

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Timbeh · Post by **Timbeh** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:37 pm

garoowood wrote:Kadonneesta jotakin tietäviä pyydetään ottamaan yhteyttä poliisiin.
Must I use ottamaan here or can I also put ottaa?

"Ottaa" in this context would be the "helsinkian" way of talking.

It's colloquial Finnish, not book Finnish. It also sounds a bit.. weird. At least in my opinion.

It's the same as when you ask someone if they know how to play chess. "Osaatko pelata shakkia?" would be the correct way while "Osaaks pelaa shakkii?" would be the slang version.

Timbeh · Post by **Timbeh** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:40 pm

Timbeh wrote:"Osaaks pelaa shakkii?"

This way of speaking sounds actually really, really weird and annoying to me.

I've never understood how this kind of speaking has managed to become so common.

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:02 pm

Osaaks pelaa shakkii, mut mennääks pelaan shakkii.

Jukka Aho · Post by **Jukka Aho** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:09 pm

Timbeh wrote:This way of speaking sounds actually really, really weird and annoying to me. :x I've never understood how this kind of speaking has managed to become so common.

Modern-day Helsinki/Espoo/Vantaa (youth?) slang. I haven’t really heard it elsewhere but perhaps it spills to nearby places like Kerava, too? At least to some extent?

Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:50 pm

Kerava would be osaaks v!%# pelaa shakkii

KahvinYstävä · Post by **KahvinYstävä** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:15 pm

Jukka Aho wrote: Modern-day Helsinki/Espoo/Vantaa (youth?) slang. I haven’t really heard it elsewhere but perhaps it spills to nearby places like Kerava, too? At least to some extent?

Also common in Lahti, not only limited to the capital region

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