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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question “Why?” in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Why are you late?' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Miksi olet myöhässä?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'why'
Nico: [Normal] miksi [Slow] miksi
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you are'
Nico: [Normal] olet [Slow] olet
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'late'
Nico: [Normal] myöhässä [Slow] myöhässä
Becky: Listen again to the question meaning 'Why are you late?'
Nico: [Slow] Miksi olet myöhässä? [Normal] Miksi olet myöhässä?
Becky: Here's the way to answer, 'I missed the train.'
Nico: [Normal] Myöhästyin junasta.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I was late'
Nico: [Normal] myöhästyin [Slow] myöhästyin
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'from the train'
Nico: [Normal] junasta [Slow] junasta
Becky: Listen again to the question meaning 'I missed the train.'
Nico: [Slow] Myöhästyin junasta. [Normal] Myöhästyin junasta.
Becky: Here's a question meaning 'Why do you leave so early?'
Nico: [Normal] Miksi lähdet niin aikaisin?
Becky: First is a word meaning 'why'
Nico: [Normal] miksi [Slow] miksi
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you leave'
Nico: [Normal] lähdet [Slow] lähdet
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'so'
Nico: [Normal] niin [Slow] niin
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'early'
Nico: [Normal] aikaisin [Slow] aikaisin
Becky: Listen again to the question, 'Why do you leave so early?'
Nico: [Slow] Miksi lähdet niin aikaisin? [Normal] Miksi lähdet niin aikaisin?
Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.'
Nico: [Normal] Jotta en myöhästyisi junasta.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'so that'
Nico: [Normal] jotta [Slow] jotta
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I would not be late'
Nico: [Normal] en myöhästyisi [Slow] en myöhästyisi
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'from the train'
Nico: [Normal] junasta [Slow] junasta
Becky: Listen again to the response, 'To not miss the train.'
Nico: [Slow] Jotta en myöhästyisi junasta. [Normal] Jotta en myöhästyisi junasta.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: Miksi meaning "why", is one of the first words young children learn. Therefore, you sometimes might hear Finnish children repeating this word a lot!

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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