At the tickets office, Lesson 5
Lippukassalla
Matti is in Helsinki and he's going to buy a ticket to Turku where he's going to visit his family.
Matti on Helsingissä ja aikoo ostaa lipun Turkuun. Turussa hän aikoo tavata perhettä.
- Matti: Saisinko yhden lipun Turkuun.
- Lipunmyyjä: Meno vai meno-paluu?
- Matti: Pelkkä meno. Olen opiskelija, saako teiltä opiskelija-alennusta?
- Lipunmyyjä: Kyllä. Opiskelija-alennus on 50%. Onko sinulla opiskelijakortti?
- Matti: Siinä, olkaa hyvä.
- Lipunmyyjä: Kiitos. Lipun hinta on 12 euroa 60 senttiä.
- Matti: Olkaa hyvä. Miltä laiturilta juna lähtee?
- Lipunmyyjä: Juna lähtee laiturilta 4. Se on heti vasemmalla.
- Matti: Kiitoksia.
- Lipunmyyjä: Olkaa hyvä. Hyvää matkaa.
Lexicon
Kysymykset - questions
Wh-questions are formed with an interrogative pronoun.
| mikä | what |
| missä | where |
| mistä | from where |
| minne | where to |
| milloin | when |
| miten | how |
| miksi | why |
| millainen | what kind of |
- Mikä on maailman korkein vuori?
- What is the highest mountain in the world?
- Missä on maailman pisin joki?
- Where is the longest river in the world?
- Mistä ovat kotoisin appelsiinit?
- Where do the oranges come from?
- Minne Tonava laskee?
- Where does the Donau end?
- Milloin solmittiin Tarton rauha?
- When was Tartu peace concluded?
- Miten mämmiä valmistetaan?
- How mämmi is made?
- Miksi kirahvilla on pitkä kaula?
- Why the giraffe does have a long neck?
- Millainen eläin on vompatti?
- What kind of animal is a wombat?
See the grammar section for more info about questions.
Paikat - locations
In Finnish, the locations are expressed by cases instead of prepositions. There are six different location cases. (See also the grammar part,)
Inessive expresses being inside, it can be translated in, within or at, it ends with -ssa.
- Turussa, Helsingissä
- in Turku, in Helsinki
Elative expresses coming out, it can be translated from, or out of, it ends with -sta.
- Turusta, Helsingistä
- from Turku, from Helsinki
Illative expresses going in or to a place, it can be translated into or to, it ends with long vowel and n, or -hin.
- Turkuun, Helsinkiin
- to Turku, to Helsinki
These three are interior location cases by common name.
Adessive is used for at, on or top of. Sometimes also near of, about or around of something, it ends with -lla.
- asemalla, pöydällä
- at the station, on the table
Ablative expresses leaving a place, the ending is -lta.
- laiturilta, asemalta
- from the platform, from the station
Allative is used for on to or to, ending with -lle.
- lle, asemalle
- on the table, on the station
These three are exterior location cases.
The cases connotate not only a location but also a direction. This is very logical, but may be difficult to understand, if there is a different system in your native language.
Examples: Questions and locations together
- Missä sinä asut? Minä asun Turussa.
- Where do you live? I live in Turku.
- Minne menet? Menen kahvilaan.
- Where are you going? I'm going to a cafe.
- Minne matkustat maanantaina? Matkustan maalle.
- Where will you travel on Monday?I will travel to the countryside.
- Missä avain on? Avain on pöydällä.
- Where's the key? The key is on the table.
- Miltä laiturilta juna lähtee? Juna lähtee laiturilta kaksi.
- where's the train leaving? The train is leaving from the platform 2.
Exercises
- vocabulary
- Translate
- Ko-question Yes/no -questions