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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 14 - When Are You Leaving? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question “When are you leaving?” in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'When are you leaving?' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Milloin sinä lähdet?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'when'
Nico: [Normal] milloin [Slow] milloin
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Nico: [Normal] sinä [Slow] sinä
Becky: Last is the word meaning '(you) leave'
Nico: [Normal] lähdet [Slow] lähdet
Becky: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'When are you leaving?'
Nico: [Slow] Milloin sinä lähdet? [Normal] Milloin sinä lähdet?
Becky: Here's the formal way to ask, 'When are you leaving?'
Nico: [Normal] Milloin te lähdette?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'when'
Nico: [Normal] milloin [Slow] milloin
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Nico: [Normal] te [Slow] te
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you leave (plural)'
Nico: [Normal] lähdette [Slow] lähdette
Becky: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'When are you leaving?'
Nico: [Slow] Milloin te lähdette? [Normal] Milloin te lähdette?
Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I leave in two hours.'
Nico: [Normal] Lähden kahden tunnin päästä.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I leave'
Nico: [Normal] lähden [Slow] lähden
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'two'
Nico: [Normal] kahden [Slow] kahden
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'hours'
Nico: [Normal] tunnin [Slow] tunnin
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'after'
Nico: [Normal] päästä [Slow] päästä
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I leave in two hours.'
Nico: [Slow] Lähden kahden tunnin päästä. [Normal] Lähden kahden tunnin päästä.
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I leave next week.'
Nico: [Normal] Lähden ensi viikolla.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I leave'
Nico: [Normal] lähden [Slow] lähden
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'next'
Nico: [Normal] ensi [Slow] ensi
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'week'
Nico: [Normal] viikolla [Slow] viikolla
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I leave next week.'
Nico: [Slow] Lähden ensi viikolla. [Normal] Lähden ensi viikolla.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: When you want to know when someone is leaving for somewhere, instead of Milloin sinä lähdet?, you can also say Koska sinä lähdet?. But don't ask this too much, or the person might start thinking you want them to leave!

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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