In these videos Niklas, Salomon and Johanna are asking questions.

They use spoken language forms of the verb "olla" to be.

Mä oon. (Minä olen.)
Sä oot
. (Sinä olet.)

They also use spoken language question forms in which the question suffix (-ko/-kö) either disappers altogether or shortens to "-ks" .

Ootsä? (Oletko sinä?)
Haluutsä? (Haluatko sinä?)
Onks se? (Onko se?)

In their speech vowel combinations change into long vowels: kahvii (kahvia) maitoo (maitoa).

In addition, they use different response particles: Ai jaa, Joo , Okei.


Niklas: Kuka sä oot? Who are you?
Solomon: Mä oon Solomon. I am Salomon.
Niklas: Ootsä opiskelija? Are you a student?
Solomon: En, mä olen töissä Aalto-yliopistossa. No, I am working at Aalto University.
Niklas: Onks toi printteri vapaa? Is that printer available?
Solomon: On se. Kyllä se on. Yeah, it is available.
Niklas: Okei. Okay.



Johanna: Haluut sä kahvii? Would you like to have some coffee?
Niklas: Joo, se ois kiva. Yeah, that would be nice.
Johanna: Okei, mä voin tarjota. Iso vai pieni? Ok, on my treat. Big or small one?
Niklas: Pieni on ihan okei, ei maitoo. Small one is okay, no milk.
Johanna: Okei. Okay.

Senast redigerad: torsdag, 5 november 2020, 10:23