Learn how to ask, "What are you doing?"
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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 |
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| 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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