Planning a party
Juhlien suunnitteleminen
You met Kaisa and Antti in the lesson 4. They are now talkin about the upcoming party.
Kaisa ja Antti suunnittelevat juhlia.
- Kaisa: Voisitko käydä kaupassa? Tarvitsemme kaikenlaista juhlia varten.
- Antti: Toki. Mitä minun pitäisi ostaa?
- Kaisa: Haluaisin tarjota jotain suolaista ja jotain makeaa. Tuo ainakin sokeria, jauhoja ja munia. Aion leipoa.
- Antti: Mitä aiot leipoa?
- Kaisa: Ehkä pullia tai piirakoita. Mitä tarjoamme juomaksi?
- Antti: Vieraat voisivat tuoda omia juomia.
- Kaisa: Voisimme tehdä myös boolin.
Lexicon
Conditonal
In English conditional is formed with the auxiliary verb would (or sometimes could / should). Finnish language has it's own ending -isi for conditional. The ending is added between the stem and the personal ending as follows:
Positive conditional
Present singular | Present plural | ||
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minä kysyisin | I would ask | me kysyisimme | we would ask |
sinä kysyisit | You would ask | te kysyisitte | you would ask |
hän kysyisi | He/She would ask | he kysyisivät | they would ask |
Conditional is used in polite requests:
- Voisitko sulkea ikkunan.
- Could you close the window, please.
- Haluaisitko kahvia?
- Would you like to have some coffee?
Read more about the conditional
Plural partitive
The basic meaning of plural partitive is "indefinite amount of numerous things", for example: "Syön piirakoita" / "I'm eating some pies". It's formed by adding i before the partitive ending a or ta.
See the difference between the different kinds of objects:
- N-object: Syön piirakan.
- I'm eating a pie.
- Singular partitive: Syön piirakkaa.
- I'm eating some pie.
- Plural partitive: Syön piirakoita.
- I'm eating some pies.
Otherwise it's used in the similar situations as the singular partitive.
Read more about the simple past tense
Cultural note: Finnish parties
Finns are stereotypically known for 2 things: a) being very quiet and introverted b) drinking heavily. Quite often a) is reversed by b).