Spoken Finnish: Conjugation of some verbs

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It's mostly the most common verbs like olla (to be), tulla (to come) and mennä (to go) that have radical contractions in spoken language. Other verbs are to a large extent used as they are written. The major exceptions (also mentioned in the notes below), that affect all verbs equally, are the 1st person plural discussed above, and the use of the 3rd person singular instead of the 3rd person plural.

Notes:
1) 3rd sg. is mostly the same as in standard Finnish
2) 3rd pl. is identical with 3rd sg. (in any verb)
3) 1st pl. is identical with passive (in any verb)

Kirjakieli - Dialectal/Puhekieli - English

• Katsoa - kattoa - To look
  

katson - katon - (I) look

katsot - katot - (you sing.) look

katsoo - kattoo - (he/she/it) looks

katsomme - katotaan - (we) look

katsotte - katotte - (you pl.) look

katsovat - kattoo - (they) look

ei katso - ei kato - doesn't look

• Mennä - mennä - To go
  

menen - meen - (I) come

menet - meet - (you sing.) come

menee - menee - (he/she/it) comes

menemme - mennään - (we) come

menette - meette - (you pl.) come

menevät - menee - (they) come

ei mene - ei mee - doesn't go

• Olla - olla - To be
  

olen - oon - (I) am

olet - oot - (you sg.) are

on - on - (he/she/it) is

olemme - ollaan - (we) are

olette - ootte - (you pl.) are

ovat - on - (they) are

ei ole - ei oo - is not

• Panna - panna - To put
  

panen - paan - (I) put

panet - paat - (you sing.) put

panee - panee - (he/she/it) puts

panemme - pannaan - (we) put

panette - paatte - (you pl.) put

panevat - panee - (they) put

ei pane - ei paa - doesn't put

(Note: this verb can also mean "to fuck" (to have sex), if the n is not removed and object is in partitive case).

• Tarvita - tarvita /tarttea - To need
  

tarvitsen - tarviin /tartten - (I) need

tarvitset - tarviit /tarttet - (you sg.) need

tarvitsee - tarvii /tarttee - (he/she/it) need

tarvitsemme - tarvitaan /tarttetaan - (we) need

tarvitsette - tarviitte /tarttette - (you pl.) need

tarvitsevat - tarvii /tarttee - (they) need

ei tarvitse - ei tarvii /tartte - doesn't need

• Tietää - tietää - To know
  

tiedän - tiiän - (I) know

tiedät - tiiät - (you sg.) know

tietää - tietää - (he/she/it) knows

tiedämme - tiietään - (we) know

tiedätte - tiiätte - (you pl.) know

tietävät - tietää - (they) know

ei tiedä - ei tiiä - doesn't know

• Tulla - tulla - To come
  

tulen - tuun - (I) come

tulet - tuut - (you sing.) come

tulee - tulee - (he/she/it) comes

tulemme - tullaan - (we) come

tulette - tuutte - (you pl.) come

tulevat - tulee - (they) come

ei tule - ei tuu - doesn't come

• Others:

Kannattaa - kandea/kantsia - To be worth/better to...

• Kannattaako meidän mennä? - Kandeeko/kantsiiko meiän mennä? - Is it a good idea for us to go?
  

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