Slang

[sinikettu]

One of the coolest ways of saying "yes" in Finnish is the one they use in Tampere:

If we start getting into regional slang it opens a whole new can of worms..

Finns often refer to Tampere as Nasville because of the local habit to drop the word "Näs" all over a sentance...meaning "you see"...
e.g. "Mustamakara on näs perempi kun <word censor> näs"

In Savo they have a a variation on the V word together with their way of experssing the past tense of the verb to go (all gone to F@€) ..."vituks män"
Rough translation..is same as UK naval expression SNAFU..."Situation normal all F'd up"

[selflove]

Ah, kiitos Sinikettu. I had a feeling that was what he was saying, just wanted to be sure.

[sammy]

In Savo they have a a variation on the V word together with their way of experssing the past tense of the verb to go (all gone to F@€) ..."vituks män"
Rough translation..is same as UK naval expression SNAFU..."Situation normal all F'd up"

Speaking of the V word, those of you interested in the linguistic phenomenon called aggressive (and know a bit of Finnish) might find this amusing...

http://www.netikka.net/knuutti/Hupijutu ... ssiivi.htm

Some new kind of grammar there

[otyikondo]

In Savo they have a a variation on the V word together with their way of experssing the past tense of the verb to go (all gone to F@€) ..."vituks män"
Rough translation..is same as UK naval expression SNAFU..."Situation normal all F'd up"

Speaking of the V word, those of you interested in the linguistic phenomenon called aggressive (and know a bit of Finnish) might find this amusing...

http://www.netikka.net/knuutti/Hupijutu ... ssiivi.htm

Some new kind of grammar there

Dangerous stuff. Next whiny ex-pat on here gets hit with the second person singular present form.

[sammy]

Dangerous stuff. Next whiny ex-pat on here gets hit with the second person singular present form.

Quite possible. Actually, this site

http://vitsi.nippu.net/puhekieli.html

is even better, because you get a lesson on how to puntuate the spoken language. Although the page does not mention the source, the spoken language punctuation story is vintage Pahkasika stuff if I remember correctly.

"Ja sitte se sano mulle tota että sun pitää ostaa maitoo tota piimää ja tota kaiken lisäksi tota röökii"

[Hank W.]

Ah, but you should speak Korso then.
http://korsoraattori.evvk.com/
"Changes Finnish webpages into the form the youth understands"

[Argan]

Stadin slangi is the greatest slang, it's just so hard to understand.

Hei spårakuski, stikkaa dörtsi posee, tääl on galsa blåsis, bonjaatsä?

[Mark I.]

Sure, but in practise hardly nobody talks like that, so at this forum it would be more usefull to present common talking language. In that case, one would propably hear (someone asking a tram driver to close the door, because of cold breeze) something like:

"Hei (kuski), saatsä ton oven kiinni (, ku tuulee sisään)?" or "paatsä tän oven kiinni?" or something like that.

BTW, the last time I talked with a tram driver, he had so wiiiide Savo dialect (something like "kiännyttään takasin päen" - "let's turn around") that it made me amused and smiling for a long time. (Not in a mockering way, but "lupsakkaasti".)

[Niittyvilla]

Terve!
I've been trying to learn Finnish for.. about a year now, and out of the languages I have checked out so far, Finnish, by far, sounds the most enchanting.
As in all languages, I'm sure there is "slang" for more text-book words such as "yes" (yeah, yep, etc.). I was just wondering how you would write/say some of the more common, non-formal words friends and youngin's (like me!) might use in everyday conversation.



Kiitos!
--Cass

If you're only starting to learn finnish, I'd advise you to leave slang out until you manage to speak the "official" finnish fairly well. It might get too confusing to try learning both at the same time. Moreover, every region seems to have its own slang. If you're learning finnish on your own and outside Finland, I'd recommend the course "Colloquial Finnish", which tries to teach a sort of unofficial, but everywhere understood kind of finnish. Might be hard to find however, that course will be pretty old by now.

Best way to learn is still IN finland. Do not despair when you go to a bar and proudly and politely order "Saisinko kaksi Karhua, olkaa hyvää?". The barkeeper will repeat the request with an ironic, typically finnish smile :"Ah, kaks Karhu." Tourist forever. I'll never learn.

[Jamila]

Terve!
I've been trying to learn Finnish for.. about a year now, and out of the languages I have checked out so far, Finnish, by far, sounds the most enchanting.
As in all languages, I'm sure there is "slang" for more text-book words such as "yes" (yeah, yep, etc.). I was just wondering how you would write/say some of the more common, non-formal words friends and youngin's (like me!) might use in everyday conversation.



Kiitos!
--Cass

If you're only starting to learn finnish, I'd advise you to leave slang out until you manage to speak the "official" finnish fairly well. It might get too confusing to try learning both at the same time. Moreover, every region seems to have its own slang. If you're learning finnish on your own and outside Finland, I'd recommend the course "Colloquial Finnish", which tries to teach a sort of unofficial, but everywhere understood kind of finnish. Might be hard to find however, that course will be pretty old by now.

Best way to learn is still IN finland. Do not despair when you go to a bar and proudly and politely order "Saisinko kaksi Karhua, olkaa hyvää?". The barkeeper will repeat the request with an ironic, typically finnish smile :"Ah, kaks Karhu." Tourist forever. I'll never learn.

I agree, I'm learning Finnish too, and sometimes i come across things like: "Mä oon ...", but I want to learn how to speak formal Finnish first, before getting into slang and all that stuff. I mean, if you just forget about the "minä and "sinä" and stuff (unless you're amphasising it, spelled it alll wrong, but I don't care..) so, example:

I am happy ---> Olen ilonen, instead of minä olen iloinen.
He is pretty ---> On kaunis. (hän on kaunis)
We're going to bed ----> Menemme sänkyyn.
etc etc.

You understand? And "joo" is just way easier than "kyllä":P
A slangword that is used a lot in Finland, is "niiku", which comes from "niin kuin", which is like the English "like".
A lot of Finnish rockstars use it:p (The Rasmus, Negative, etc)

Hope that helps:)

Heippa!

*Jamila*

[sammy]

A slangword that is used a lot in Finland, is "niiku", which comes from "niin kuin", which is like the English "like".

Indeed... and like... like in English when you like continuously say like, "like", it does not like give a very, like, intelligent impression...

[Kätkyt]

Slang is hard. But I think it´s a good thing to learn it. The slang is different in different towns like Helsinki, Turku etc. But Helsinki is the capital of Finland so Helsinki´s slang is maybe the most useful. Especially for young people.

Good to know:

Kyllä --- Joo
Minä ---- Mä
Sinä ---- Sä
Minä olen ----- Mä oon
Sinä olet ------ Sä oot

Almost every Finn, like me, use 7. form of verb, when you talk "We did something" (you know It´s hard to explain. Sorry bad English...)

For example:

Me menemme uimaan ----- Me mennään uimaan
Me luistelemme ----- Me luistellaan
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[Pecchio]

Joo.

Jollette lopeta,

mä tuun ja dokaan teitä röökiin!

Tää veti hiljaseks maalaset 1990-luvun lopulla, ainakin jossain vitun Vantaalla, joka on aina täyttä landee.

Ootekste kaikki jostain helvetin landelt vai? Mulle koko Skotlanti on ihan vitun muualla! Ok?

Näin.

[sinikala]

Joo.

Jollette lopeta,

mä tuun ja dokaan teitä röökiin!

Tää veti hiljaseks maalaset 1990-luvun lopulla, ainakin jossain vitun Vantaalla, joka on aina täyttä landee.

Ootekste kaikki jostain helvetin landelt vai? Mulle koko Skotlanti on ihan vitun muualla! Ok?

Näin.

You use that mouth to kiss your mother?

[sammy]

Joo.

Jollette lopeta,

mä tuun ja dokaan teitä röökiin!

Tää veti hiljaseks maalaset 1990-luvun lopulla, ainakin jossain vitun Vantaalla, joka on aina täyttä landee.

Ootekste kaikki jostain helvetin landelt vai? Mulle koko Skotlanti on ihan vitun muualla! Ok?

Näin.

You use that mouth to kiss your mother?

Interestingly enough, I have never heard anyone say anything genuinely clever or funny using the Stadin slangi accent. Whenever someone speaks like the above example -and that's usually the only kind of commentary you hear, abuse and swearing- it rather reminds me of a soap bubble. A lot of huffing and puffing, the speaker gets all blown up, but when you prick at the surface you notice that there's not much of anything inside. Except maybe some hot air. The above is a prime example of that