Learn slang abbreviations
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Abbreviations for When You Can't be Bothered |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to FinnishPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Aino: And I'm Aino! |
| John: This is Must-Know Finnish Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 14. In this lesson, you'll learn abbreviations for when you can't be bothered. |
| John: These abbreviations are commonly known by almost everyone, but most often used by teenagers. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Aino: EMT |
| Aino: EVM |
| Aino: EVVK |
| Aino: ebin |
| John: Aino, what's our first expression? |
| Aino: EMT |
| John: It is an abbreviation for |
| Aino: En mä tiedä, |
| John: which literally means "I don't know." When it's used as a slang expression, it also means "I don't know." |
| Aino: [SLOW] EMT [NORMAL] EMT |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: EMT |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express you don’t know something in a very youthful or bored tone. You can also use it as an answer to express that something you said was irrelevant or that you don’t want to repeat it, when the other person didn’t hear you or asks you to repeat what you said. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Missä äiti on? EMT. Kaupassa kai. [SLOW] Missä äiti on? EMT. Kaupassa kai. |
| John: "Where’s mom?" "I don’t know. In the supermarket I guess." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Missä äiti on? EMT. Kaupassa kai. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Aino: EVM |
| John: It is an abbreviation for |
| Aino: Ei voi muistaa, |
| John: which literally means "can not be remembered," or "can't remember." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "I can't remember." |
| Aino: [SLOW] EVM [NORMAL] EVM |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: EVM |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express in a very youthful and somewhat hostile or passive-aggressive way that you don’t remember something, or that you don’t want to remember something. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Mitä koulussa oli ruuaksi? EVM. [SLOW] Mitä koulussa oli ruuaksi? EVM. |
| John: "What was for lunch at school?" "I can’t remember." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Mitä koulussa oli ruuaksi? EVM. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Aino: EVVK |
| John: This is an abbreviation of the phrase |
| Aino: Ei vois vähempää kiinnostaa, |
| John: meaning "I couldn’t care less," or "ICCL," as the abbreviated form. When it's used as a slang expression, it means "I couldn't care less." |
| Aino: [SLOW] EVVK [NORMAL] EVVK |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: EVVK |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you are extremely uninterested or bored of something. Be careful when to use it, as it may be offensive. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Siis EVVK. Tosi tylsä leffa. [SLOW] Siis EVVK. Tosi tylsä leffa. |
| John: "Like, ICCL. Such a boring movie." |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Siis EVVK. Tosi tylsä leffa. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Aino: ebin |
| John: The expression is an abbreviation of a loan expression, from the English phrase "epic win." And when it's used as a slang expression, it means "epic, epic win." |
| Aino: [SLOW] ebin [NORMAL] ebin |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Aino: ebin |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to say something was almost epic, great, or something extreme. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Servasin just yhden tyypin, joka haukkui mun broidia. Ebin! [SLOW] Servasin just yhden tyypin, joka haukkui mun broidia. Ebin! |
| John: "I just shut some guy down who was bashing my brother." "Epic!" |
| Aino: [NORMAL] Servasin just yhden tyypin, joka haukkui mun broidia. Ebin! |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: Your friend’s mother asks her when the delivery came and she says that she can’t remember in a very youthful way. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: EVM |
| John: "I can't remember" |
| John: You want to know where the nearest pharmacy is and a teenager answers you in a bored tone that he doesn’t know. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: EMT |
| John: "I don't know" |
| John: Teenagers talk about something extremely great, they’ll say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: ebin |
| John: "epic, epic win" |
| John: You’re very bored of the lecture, and you want to express it to your classmate. You say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Aino: EVVK |
| John: "I couldn't care less" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you have mastered four Finnish Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at FinnishPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Aino: Hei hei! |
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