Breakdown of Mulla on hyvä fiilis.
olla
to be
hyvä
good
mä
I (spoken, incl. mun, mua, mulla, mulle)
fiilis
feeling / mood
Questions & Answers about Mulla on hyvä fiilis.
Where does the word mulla come from?
Mulla is the colloquial (puhekieli) version of minulla ("I have" or literally "on me"). In spoken Finnish, the pronoun minä often becomes mä, and its "have" form (the adessive case) shrinks from minulla to mulla.
The English translation says "I'm in a good mood", so why does the Finnish use mulla on ("I have")?
In Finnish, you don't say that you are a mood or feeling. Just like with being hungry (minulla on nälkä) or cold, Finnish uses the possession structure. So literally, this sentence translates to "I have a good feeling". Because it's a "have" structure, the verb is always the third-person on, rather than olen.
Is fiilis a slang word? It looks a lot like an English word.
Yes! Fiilis is a very common spoken-language loanword from the English word "feeling". It translates to "mood", "feeling", or "vibe". The standard written Finnish (kirjakieli) equivalent would be a word like mieliala or tunne.
Could I say "Minulla on hyvä fiilis"?
You could, and people would understand you perfectly, but it sounds slightly mismatched. Minulla belongs to standard written Finnish, while fiilis is casual spoken Finnish. It generally sounds more natural to keep your words in the same register, which is why the colloquial mulla and fiilis pair so perfectly here.
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