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Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 9 - Using Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the way to say 'I am Finnish.' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Minä olen suomalainen.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I'
Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am'
Nico: [Normal] olen [Slow] olen
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Finnish'
Nico: [Normal] suomalainen [Slow] suomalainen
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am Finnish.'
Nico: [Slow] Minä olen suomalainen. [Normal] Minä olen suomalainen.
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I am American.'
Nico: [Normal] Minä olen amerikkalainen.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'I '
Nico: [Normal] minä [Slow] minä
Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am'
Nico: [Normal] olen [Slow] olen
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'American'
Nico: [Normal] amerikkalainen [Slow] amerikkalainen
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am American.'
Nico: [Slow] Minä olen amerikkalainen. [Normal] Minä olen amerikkalainen.
Becky: Next up is the way to say 'We are Finnish.'
Nico: [Normal] Me olemme suomalaisia.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'we'
Nico: [Normal] me [Slow] me
Becky: Next is the word meaning '(we) are'
Nico: [Normal] olemme [Slow] olemme
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Finnish'
Nico: [Normal] suomalaisia [Slow] suomalaisia
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'We are Finnish.'
Nico: [Slow] Me olemme suomalaisia. [Normal] Me olemme suomalaisia.
Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'You are American. '
Nico: [Normal] Te olette amerikkalaisia.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'you'
Nico: [Normal] te [Slow] te
Becky: Next is the word meaning '(you) are'
Nico: [Normal] olette [Slow] olette
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'American'
Nico: [Normal] amerikkalaisia [Slow] amerikkalaisia
Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'You are American. '
Nico: [Slow] Te olette amerikkalaisia. [Normal] Te olette amerikkalaisia.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: When you want to emphasize an adjective in Finnish, you can add some words before the adjective; Words like: erittäin meaning "very", todella meaning "really” and tosi also meaning "really". You can say, for example, suomen kieli on tosi helppoa meaning "Finnish is really easy!"

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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