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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Minulla ei ole kynää.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'on me'
Nico: [Normal] minulla [Slow] minulla
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is not'
Nico: [Normal] ei ole [Slow] ei ole
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'pen'
Nico: [Normal] kynää [Slow] kynää
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.'
Nico: [Slow] Minulla ei ole kynää. [Normal] Minulla ei ole kynää.
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't have time.'
Nico: [Normal] Minulla ei ole aikaa.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'on me'
Nico: [Normal] minulla [Slow] minulla
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is not'
Nico: [Normal] ei ole [Slow] ei ole
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'time'
Nico: [Normal] aikaa [Slow] aikaa
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.'
Nico: [Slow] Minulla ei ole aikaa. [Normal] Minulla ei ole aikaa.
Becky: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.'
Nico: [Normal] Minä en tiedä.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'don't know'
Nico: [Normal] en tiedä [Slow] en tiedä
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.'
Nico: [Slow] Minä en tiedä. [Normal] Minä en tiedä.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't understand.'
Nico: [Normal] Minä en ymmärrä.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'don't understand'
Nico: [Normal] en ymmärrä [Slow] en ymmärrä
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.'
Nico: [Slow] Minä en ymmärrä. [Normal] Minä en ymmärrä.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: Don't be afraid to admit when you don't know or understand something. It's easier for people to help you if you say when you don't understand something. If someone is speaking too fast, and you don't understand what they are saying, you can say: Odota, en ymmärrä meaning "Wait, I don't understand."

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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