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Finnish

To express a craving or a sudden desire to do something, Finnish uses the phrase **tekee mieli** (literally, "makes the mind").

This requires the **genitive experiencer** structure:
- Put the person experiencing the craving in the genitive case (**-n**).
- Add the fixed phrase **tekee mieli**. The verb is always third-person singular, regardless of who is craving.
- Add what you are craving: a noun in the partitive case, or an action verb in the 1st infinitive (dictionary form).

### Craving Things

When craving a specific food or item, put it in the partitive case.

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### Feeling Like Doing Something

To express wanting to *do* something, use the 1st infinitive. If that verb has an object (like drinking coffee or eating junk food), standard object rules apply.

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To ask a question, attach the question particle **-ko** / **-kö** to the verb, creating **Tekeekö...?**

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### Changing Tenses and Verbs

The word **mieli** never changes, but the verb **tehdä** conjugates to match different tenses or modalities. You can use the perfect tense (**on tehnyt mieli**) for past experiences, or combine it with a modal verb like **saattaa** (might).

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Cravings and desires (tekee mieli)

adjective

adposition

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (tämä, tuo, se)

Singular personal pronouns (minä, sinä, hän)

Plural personal pronouns (me, te, he)

Plural demonstratives (nämä, nuo, ne)

Coordinating conjunctions (ja, mutta, tai)

Yes/no questions (-ko / -kö)

Basic question words (kuka, mikä, missä)

Negation of to be (en ole, ei ole)

The inessive case (-ssa / -ssä)

Double consonant gradation (kk, pp, tt)

Consonant gradation (-ssa/-ssä)

Verb Type 1 (puhun, puhut, puhuu)

Verb Type 1 with consonant gradation

Negative verbs (en puhu, et lue)

External location (-lla/-llä)

There is / there are (kaupungissa on)

Possession (minulla on)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yksi, kaksi, kolme)

The partitive singular (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Quantities with numbers (kaksi autoa)

Negative possession (ei ole)

Numbers 11 to 100 and 1000

Partitive verbs

Partitive personal pronouns (minua, sinua)

Verb Type 2 (-da/-dä)

Partitive for mass nouns (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Partitive for negative objects

Adjective agreement

Verb Type 3

The elative case (-sta/-stä)

Negative possession (minulla ei ole…)

The illative case (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Numbers 21 to 99

Static vs. movement verbs

Verb Type 4 (-Vta / -Vtä)

Verb Type 5 (-ita / -itä)

Genitive singular for possession (-n)

Total object (-n)

Accusative personal pronouns (-t)

Obligation (täytyy)

Into places (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Postpositions with the genitive

My and your (-ni, -si)

Onto and to someone (-lle)

From someone or somewhere (-lta, -ltä)

Telling time (kello on...)

Months of the year (-ssa, -ssä)

Days of the week (-na, -nä)

When and why (milloin, miksi)

The illative case (mihin, -Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Past tense of to be (olin, olit, oli)

The seasons (kevät, kesä, syksy, talvi)

The imperative mood (lue!, syö!, mene!)

The past tense of to be (olin, oli)

The illative case (-hVn, -seen)

Greetings and goodbyes (hei, näkemiin)

Thank you and sorry (kiitos, anteeksi)

Liking things (pitää / tykätä + -sta/-stä)

Temporary states and roles (-na/-nä)

Change of state (-ksi)

Ongoing actions (-massa/-mässä)

Going to do an action (-maan/-mään)

Returning from an action (-masta/-mästä)

Third-person possessives (-nsa/-nsä or -Vn)

Plural possessives (-mme, -nne)

Indefinite pronouns (joku, jokin, kaikki)

Negative indefinite pronouns (ei kukaan, ei mikään)

Commands for verb types 4 and 5

Adverb formation (-sti)

Past tense for verb type 1 (-i-)

Past tense vowel changes for verb type 1 (-o- / -i-)

Past tense for verb type 2 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 3 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 4 (-si-)

Past tense for verb type 5 (-itsi-)

Past tense consonant gradation

Past participles for verb types 1 and 2 (-nut / -nyt)

Past participle singular for verb types 3-5 (-nnut, -llut)

Active past participle plural (-neet)

Past tense negative (en mennyt, emme olleet)

The perfect tense (olen ollut)

The perfect tense negative (en ole nähnyt)

Total plural objects (-t)

Partitive plural (-ia / -iä)

Partitive plural (-ja / -jä)

Question	Answer
greasy	rasvainen
hamburger	hampurilainen
I am craving a greasy hamburger.	Minun tekee mieli rasvaista hampurilaista.
to snack	napostella
junk food	roskaruoka
He feels like snacking on junk food.	Hänen tekee mieli napostella roskaruokaa.
craving for sweets	makeanhimo
licorice	lakritsi
salty licorice	salmiakki
Because the craving for sweets is great, I am craving licorice or salty licorice.	Koska makeanhimo on suuri, minun tekee mieli lakritsia tai salmiakkia.
I will take some salty licorice, because I feel like snacking on something.	Otan salmiakkia, sillä minun tekee mieli napostella jotakin.
potato chip	perunalastu
soda	limonadi
I do not know who is craving greasy potato chips and soda.	En tiedä, kenen tekee mieli rasvaisia perunalastuja ja limonadia.
We might crave junk food, such as hamburgers and potato chips.	Meidän saattaa tehdä mieli roskaruokaa, kuten hampurilaisia ja perunalastuja.
piece (fragment, chunk)	pala
Soda or a piece of cake does not always take away the craving for sweets.	Makeanhimoa ei limonadi tai pala kakkua aina vie pois.
Have you ever craved Finnish salty licorice?	Onko sinun koskaan tehnyt mieli suomalaista salmiakkia?
My friend might take a piece of licorice.	Ystäväni saattaa ottaa palan lakritsia.
Can you tell why the children feel like snacking and drinking soda?	Voitko kertoa, miksi lasten tekee mieli napostella ja juoda limonadia?
I crave ice cream.	Minun tekee mieli jäätelöä.
Does he feel like sleeping?	Tekeekö hänen mieli nukkua?
The boy craves chocolate.	Pojan tekee mieli suklaata.
We feel like drinking coffee.	Meidän tekee mieli juoda kahvia.
hunger	nälkä
I am very hungry.	Minulla on kova nälkä.
The children are hungry after the trip.	Lapsilla on nälkä matkan jälkeen.

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