Dropped Participle Endings
In everyday spoken Finnish (puhekieli), past participles almost always lose their final -t.
| Written | Spoken | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| kadottanut | kadottanu | lost |
| pudottanut | pudottanu | dropped |
| tehnyt | tehny | done |
| I have lost my cellphone. | Mä oon kadottanu mun kännykän. |
| I have also dropped my cellphone once. | Mäkin oon pudottanu mun kännykän kerran. |
Dropping the Intervocalic 'd'
In spoken language, a d between two vowels is frequently dropped.
| Written | Spoken | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| meidän | meiän | our |
| teidän | teiän | your (plural) |
| lähden | lähen | I leave |
| I am leaving soon. Our bus is here. | Mä lähen pian. Meiän bussi on täällä. |
Dropped Final 'i' in Numbers
Conversational Finnish clips the final -i from the numbers yksi (one) and kaksi (two).
| Written | Spoken | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yksi | yks | one |
| kaksi | kaks | two |
| Have you dropped two laptops? | Ootko sä pudottanu kaks läppäriä? |
Notice how these dropped sounds can happen at the same time:
| He has dropped our laptop. | Se on pudottanu meiän läppärin. |
Bringing It All Together
These relaxed pronunciations flow throughout everyday conversation.
| I haven't succeeded yet, but I am not giving up. | Mä en oo onnistunu vielä, mut mä en luovuta. |
| He has managed really well. | Se on selvinny tosi hyvin. |
| I am really proud that you haven't given up. | Mä oon tosi ylpeä, et sä et oo luovuttanu. |
| One of our friends has done really good work, and I am proud. | Yks meiän kaveri on tehny tosi hyvää työtä, ja mä oon ylpeä. |
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