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Finnish

When making plans or coordinating schedules, you often need to ask if a time "suits" someone or is acceptable to them. In Finnish, use the verbs **sopia** (to suit / to fit) or **käydä** (to suit / to be acceptable).

### The Experiencer in the Allative Case

To specify *who* the arrangement suits, use the **allative case**. This is formed with the **-lle** ending, which corresponds to "to" or "for" in English. 

For the personal pronouns, the allative forms are:
- **minä** → **minulle** (to me)
- **sinä** → **sinulle** (to you)
- **hän** → **hänelle** (to him/her)
- **me** → **meille** (to us)
- **te** → **teille** (to you all / formal you)
- **he** → **heille** (to them)

Nouns can also take this ending (e.g., *opettaja* → *opettajalle*, *pomo* → *pomolle*).

The sentence structure typically places the proposed time or event as the subject, followed by the verb (*sopii* or *käy*), and then the person in the allative case.

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### Asking What Works

To ask if a time suits someone, add the question suffix **-ko/-kö** to the verb and move it to the front of the sentence (*sopiiko*, *käykö*).

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### When Things Don't Suit

To say a time doesn't work, use the standard negative verb alongside *sopia* or *käydä*. Remember that the allative case is still used for the person experiencing the scheduling conflict.

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### Coordinating Schedules

When trying to coordinate a gathering, you might also need to discuss when people get off work or have free time. The verb **vapautua** means "to become free" and is often used when talking about leaving work (*töistä*).

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Suitability (sopia / käydä)

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
point in time	ajankohta
Does this new time suit you?	Sopiiko tämä uusi ajankohta sinulle?
time of day	kellonaika
to suit / be acceptable (e.g., plans, schedule)	käydä
He said that that time doesn't suit him.	Hän sanoi, että tuo kellonaika ei käy hänelle.
forenoon	aamupäivä
Does the morning suit you well?	Käykö aamupäivä teille hyvin?
to coordinate	sovitella
This schedule, we never coordinate.	Tätä aikataulua me emme koskaan sovittele.
unhurried	kiireetön
gathering	kokoontuminen
A relaxed gathering suits me today.	Kiireetön kokoontuminen sopii minulle tänään.
overlapping	päällekkäinen
I do not find any overlapping meeting in the calendar.	Minä en löydä kalenterista mitään päällekkäistä tapaamista.
I noticed that an overlapping time doesn't suit the boss.	Huomasin, että päällekkäinen ajankohta ei käy pomolle.
to become free	vapautua
I only get off work in the afternoon.	Minä vapaudun töistä vasta iltapäivällä.
suitability	sopivuus
We will check the suitability on the twelfth of January.	Tarkistamme sopivuuden kahdentenatoista tammikuuta.
What time suits you tomorrow?	Mikä ajankohta sopii sinulle huomenna?
As soon as I get off work, I will call you.	Heti kun vapaudun töistä, soitan sinulle.
Can we coordinate schedules one more time?	Voimmeko sovitella aikatauluja vielä kerran?
This time, I will never forget.	Tätä ajankohtaa minä en koskaan unohda.
This time suits me really well.	Tämä kellonaika käy minulle oikein hyvin.
The morning gathering suits us.	Aamupäivän kokoontuminen sopii meille.
free time	vapaa-aika
Free time suits me and suitability is important.	Vapaa-aika käy minulle ja sopivuus on tärkeää.
Unhurried free time suits the teacher well.	Kiireetön vapaa-aika sopii opettajalle hyvin.