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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question What are you doing? in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Mitä sinä teet?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Nico: [Normal] mitä [Slow] mitä
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Nico: [Normal] sinä [Slow] sinä
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'do'
Nico: [Normal] teet [Slow] teet
Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Nico: [Slow] Mitä sinä teet? [Normal] Mitä sinä teet?
Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?'
Nico: [Normal] Mitä olette tekemässä?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'what'
Nico: [Normal] mitä [Slow] mitä
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you are'
Nico: [Normal] olette [Slow] olette
Becky: Last is the word meaning '(in the process of) doing'
Nico: [Normal] tekemässä [Slow] tekemässä
Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?'
Nico: [Slow] Mitä olette tekemässä? [Normal] Mitä olette tekemässä?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.'
Nico: [Normal] Minä opiskelen.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'am studying'
Nico: [Normal] opiskelen [Slow] opiskelen
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.'
Nico: [Slow] Minä opiskelen. [Normal] Minä opiskelen.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Nico: [Normal] En tee mitään erityistä.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I don't'
Nico: [Normal] en [Slow] en
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'do'
Nico: [Normal] tee [Slow] tee
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'anything/nothing'
Nico: [Normal] mitään [Slow] mitään
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'special'
Nico: [Normal] erityistä [Slow] erityistä
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I'm doing nothing special.'
Nico: [Slow] En tee mitään erityistä. [Normal] En tee mitään erityistä.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: The question mitä sinä teet meaning "what are you doing," can be both rude or it can be a charming way to start a conversation – it depends on the tone you say it! If you say moi, mitä sinä olet tekemässä?, ("Hi, what are you doing?"), with a friendly smile, you might just start an interesting conversation and gain a new friend!

Outro

Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Nico: Hei hei!

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