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      • Verbityypit ja preesens / Verb types and the present tense
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    • Nominityypit / Word types
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    • Adverbit / Adverbs
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    • Mistä, Missä, Mihin
    • Komparatiivi ja Superlatiivi / The Comparative and Superlative
    • "Joka" pronomini / The Pronoun "joka"
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    • Monikko / The Plural >
      • Monikon vartalo / The Plural Stem
      • Monikon partitiivi / The Plural Partitive
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      • Monikon illatiivi / The Plural Illative
    • Verbien "minen" substantiivimuoto / The Noun Form of a Verb
    • Konditionaali / The Conditional
    • Infinitiivit / The Infinitives >
      • 3. infinitiivi / The 3rd Infinitive
      • 1. infinitiivi pitkä muoto / 1st Infinitive: long form
      • 2. infinitiivi / The 2nd Infinitive
      • 4. infinitiivi / The 4th Infinitive
      • 5. infinitiivi / The 5th Infinitive
    • Rektiot / Rections
    • Essiivi ja translatiivi / The Essive and the Translative
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    • Lausetyypit / The Types of Clause
    • Partisiipit / The Participles >
      • Aktiivin 1. partisiippi / The Active 1st Participle
      • Aktiivin 2. partisiippi / The Active 2nd Participle
      • Passiivin 1. partisiippi / The Passive 1st Participle
      • Passiivin 2. partisiippi / The Passive 2nd Participle
      • Agenttipartisiippi / The Agent Participle
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Hyödylliset sanat <> Useful words

It happens so often when people learn a new language, that they learn some basic verbs and nouns and pronouns, but then realise that they have trouble forming the sentence that they want to say because they don't know the word for "but" or "sometimes". Small conjunctions and adverbs like these are very useful. The best way to learn them is the old-fashioned way of reading and repeating. Once you can remember what they mean, try forming a sentence or two with each one. Once you've used these words a few times you'll never forget them. I'll give you the most basic ones now:

AINA                                                                                         
Miksi olet aina myöhässä?                                                

ETTÄ                                                                                        
Minä ajattelen, että Suomi on kaunis maa.  

HARVOIN                                                                                 
Käyn keskustassa tosi harvoin.                                        

JA                                                                                             
Minulla on kissa ja koira. 

JA SITTEN                                                                               
Minä syön aamupalla ja sitten menen kouluun.             

JOSKUS                                                                                  
Lapset pelaavat jalkapalloa joskus viikonloppuna.      

KANSSA    +gen.                                                                     
Mies kävelee koiran kanssa.         

KOSKA                                   
Minä en mene työhön koska olen sairas.                       

KUN                                                                                         
Kun kävelin kauppaan, satoi.                                            

KUIN                                                                                        
Sinä syöt enemmän kuin sika.                                           
Sinä et ole yhä pitkä kuin minä.                                         
Olen tosi vahva kuin Hercules.                              

MELKO                                                                                    
Helsinki on melko iso kaupunki.                                       

MUTTA                                                                                     
Puhun suomea mutta en puhu ruotsia.    

SIKSI                                                                                       
Sataa lunta, siksi emme mene rannalle.                           

SIKSI, ETTÄ                                                                             
Emme mene rannalle siksi, että sataa lunta.                   

TOSI                                                                                        
Turku on tosi kaunis kaupunki.                                       

USEIN                                                                                   
Me emme käy elokuvissa usein.             

VAAN                                                                            
Minä en ole suomalainen vaan englantilainen.   
En käynyt kaupassa vaan kioskilla.    

VAIKKA                                                                                    
Miksi tulit työhön vaikka olet sairas?                              

VAIN                                                                                         
Nukun vain 5 tuntia joka yö.                                              
   
VÄHÄN                            
Joka aamu minä juon vähän kahvia.                                

YLEENSÄ                                                                                 
Lapset menevät nukkumaan yleensä kello 9.                 
ALWAYS
Why are you always late?

THAT
I think that Finland is a beautiful country.

RARELY
I go into the center very rarely.

AND
I have a cat and a dog.

AND THEN
I'll eat breakfast and then I'll go to school.

SOMETIMES
The children play football sometimes at the weekend.

WITH
The man is walking with the dog.

BECAUSE
I'm not going to work because I'm sick.

WHEN (when it's not a question.... like the one I just used)When I walked to the shop, it rained.

THAN / AS / LIKE
You eat more than a pig.
You're not as tall as me. 
I'm very strong like Hercules.

QUITE
Helsinki is quite a big city.

BUT
I speak Finnish but I don't speak Swedish.

THEREFORE
It's snowing, therefore we're not going to the beach.

BECAUSE
We're not going to the beach because it's snowing.

VERY
Turku is a very beautiful city.

OFTEN
We don't go to the movies often.

BUT / RATHER
I'm not Finnish but English.
I didn't go to the shop but the kiosk.

EVEN THOUGH
Why did you come to work even though you're sick?

ONLY
I sleep for only 5 hours every night.

A LITTLE / SOME
Every morning I drink a little coffee.

USUALLY
The children go to bed usually at 9 o' clock.
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  • Home
  • Keskitaso
    • Alkeet >
      • Tervehdykset / Greetings
      • Pronominit / Pronouns
      • Verbi "olla"/The verb "to be/to have"
      • Perusverbit / Basic verbs
      • Genetiivi / The Genitive
      • Numerot / Numbers
      • Aika / Time
      • Adjektiivit / Adjectives
      • Hyödylliset sanat / Useful Words
    • Aikamuodot / The Tenses >
      • Verbityypit ja preesens / Verb types and the present tense
      • Imperfekti / The Past tense
      • Perfekti / The Perfect tense
      • Pluskvamperfekti / The Past-perfect tense
      • Kielteinen / The Negative
      • Kertaus: Aikamuodot / Recap: The tenses
    • Kysymykset / Questions
    • Partitiivi / The Partitive
    • Nominityypit / Word types
    • Pasiivi / The Passive
    • Nesessiivi / The Necessive
    • Imperatiivi / The Imperative
    • Objekti / The Object
    • Adverbit / Adverbs
    • KPT
    • Mistä, Missä, Mihin
    • Komparatiivi ja Superlatiivi / The Comparative and Superlative
    • "Joka" pronomini / The Pronoun "joka"
    • Postpositiot / Post-positions
  • Edistynyt
    • Monikko / The Plural >
      • Monikon vartalo / The Plural Stem
      • Monikon partitiivi / The Plural Partitive
      • Monikon genetiivi / The Plural Genitive
      • Monikon illatiivi / The Plural Illative
    • Verbien "minen" substantiivimuoto / The Noun Form of a Verb
    • Konditionaali / The Conditional
    • Infinitiivit / The Infinitives >
      • 3. infinitiivi / The 3rd Infinitive
      • 1. infinitiivi pitkä muoto / 1st Infinitive: long form
      • 2. infinitiivi / The 2nd Infinitive
      • 4. infinitiivi / The 4th Infinitive
      • 5. infinitiivi / The 5th Infinitive
    • Rektiot / Rections
    • Essiivi ja translatiivi / The Essive and the Translative
  • Hyvin edistynyt
    • Lausetyypit / The Types of Clause
    • Partisiipit / The Participles >
      • Aktiivin 1. partisiippi / The Active 1st Participle
      • Aktiivin 2. partisiippi / The Active 2nd Participle
      • Passiivin 1. partisiippi / The Passive 1st Participle
      • Passiivin 2. partisiippi / The Passive 2nd Participle
      • Agenttipartisiippi / The Agent Participle
    • Lauseenvastike / Shortened Sentences
  • Puhekieli / Spoken Finnish
  • Artikkelit (Englanniksi) / Articles
    • Finnish: An easy language to learn?
    • 5 Ways to Learn Finnish More Quickly
    • Top 5 Finnish Textbooks for Teaching Yourself with
    • The 10 Best Words/Phrases in the Finnish Language
    • 5 Things That You Should Prepare For When Moving To Finland