Suomi-koulu
End-of-semester review sheet
January 2001
Part A. Fill in the correct form of the verb olla 'to be' or puhua 'to speak'� Before you start, here is some useful information:
Remember: min� = I,� sin� = you,� h�n = he/she,� se = it
olla 'to be'����������������������������������������� puhua 'to speak'�
verb stem: OLE�������������������������������� verb stem: PUHU
min� olen��������� I am���������������������������� min� puhun������ I speak
sin� olet����������� you are������������������������ sin� puhut�������� you speak
h�n on������������� he/she is���������������������� h�n puhuu�������� he/she speaks
se on��������������� it is������������������������������ se puhuu���������� it speaks
Summary: In the present tense, the first person singular (min� = I) has an 'n' added to the verb stem (puhu-n, ole-n).� The second person singular (sin� = you) has a 't' added to the stem (puhu-t, ole-t).� The third person singular (h�n = he/she and se = it) is irregular (puhuu, on).
Step 1: In the following sentences, fill in the correct form of the verb.� The basic infinitival form (olla 'to be' or puhua 'to speak') is given in brackets.� An example is given below.
Step 2: Next, translate the sentences into English.� (Try to see what you can remember without looking at your books or notes, but if you�re stuck, feel free to check in the book or your notes).
Step 3: When you are done, you can check your work by clicking on the Answers link at the bottom of this exercise.
Example:
Min� ___________ (olla) Elsi.�� = Min� olen Elsi.� I am Elsi.
Pekka ___________ (puhua) englantia. = Pekka puhuu englantia.� Pekka speaks English.
(1) Sin� ___________ (olla) mies.
(2) Anna ___________ (olla) nainen.
(3) Pekka ___________ (puhua) suomea.
(4) John ___________ (puhua) englantia.
(5) Se ___________ (olla) auto.
(6) Min� ___________ (olla) suomalainen.
(7) H�n ___________ (olla) amerikkalainen.
(8) Mary ___________ (olla) englantilainen.
(9) Matti ___________ (puhua) suomea.
(10) Sin� ___________ (puhua) v�h�n englantia.
(11) H�n ___________ (puhua) hyvin suomea.
(12) Antti ___________ (olla) mies.
(13) Tanja ___________ (olla) vanha.
(14) Auto ___________ (olla) pieni.
(15) Huone ___________ (olla) iso.
Click on this Answers link to check your work.
Part B. Saying 'no'
Look carefully at the following examples:
(1) Min� olen suomalainen.��
I am Finnish.
For sentence (1), the verb 'olen' is the STEM 'ole' plus the ending 't' for the first person (min� = I), just like we talked about earlier.� Now let's look at the negative form of sentence (1), as shown in (2):
(2) Min� en ole suomalainen.
I am not Finnish.
In sentence (2), we have the negative word 'en' and then the verb stem 'ole'.� When we want to make a negative sentence in Finnish, we use the basic verb stem and then a form of the negative word.� Look at example (3):
(3) Sin� et ole suomalainen.
You are not Finnish.
Here, we have the stem 'ole' again, and the negative word is 'et'.� So basically, the endings ('n' for min�, 't' for sin� etc) that we were adding to the stem (ole, puhu) in part A is now added to the negative word.� This is shown below:
(4a) Min� en + verb stem��� e.g. Min� en ole suomalainen. = I am not Finnish.
(4b) Sin� et + verb stem��� e.g. Sin� et ole amerikkalainen. = You are not American.
(4c) H�n ei + verb stem��� e.g. H�n ei ole suomalainen. = He/she is not Finnish.
(4d) Se ei + verb stem��� e.g. Se ei ole auto. = It is not a car.
The same pattern holds for the verb puhua 'to speak.'� The stem is 'puhu'.
Min� en puhu englantia. = I do not speak English.
Sin� et puhu suomea. = You do not speak Finnish.
H�n ei puhu italiaa. = he/she does not speak Italian.
NOTE:� English adds an extra word �do� in negative sentences (I speak, I DO not speak), but Finnish does not do this.� In Finnish you just use the right form of the negative word and the verb stem.
Part B. Now, for this next exercise, make the sentences from part A into negative sentences.� Once again, you can check you work by clicking on the answers link at the bottom.
Example:
Min� ___________ (olla) Elsi.�� = Min� en ole Elsi.� I am not Elsi.
Pekka ___________ (puhua) englantia. = Pekka ei puhu englantia.� Pekka does not speak English.
(1) Sin� ___________ (olla) mies.
(2) Anna ___________ (olla) nainen.
(3) Pekka ___________ (puhua) suomea.
(4) John ___________ (puhua) englantia.
(5) Se ___________ (olla) auto.
(6) Min� ___________ (olla) suomalainen.
(7) H�n ___________ (olla) amerikkalainen.
(8) Mary ___________ (olla) englantilainen.
(9) Matti ___________ (puhua) suomea.
(10) Sin� ___________ (puhua) englantia.
(11) H�n ___________ (puhua) hyvin suomea.
(12) Antti ___________ (olla) mies.
(13) Tanja ___________ (olla) vanha.
(14) Auto ___________ (olla) pieni.
(15) Huone ___________ (olla) iso.
Click on this Answers link to check your work.
Part C.� Vocabulary review.
Here are some important words you should know.� If you don't know a certain word, please look it up in your textbook and write the English translation next to the Finnish word.� All these words are from chapters 1-4 that we worked on in the fall. At the end there is a link that takes you to a list of all the words translated into English.� But please try them on your own first!
radio
televisio
auto
bussi
talo
huone
katu
kauppa
mies
nainen
poika
tytt�
t�m�
tuo
se
kuka
mik�
iso
pieni
vanha
uusi
huono
hyv�
suomalainen
amerikkalainen
ulkomaalainen
Mit� kuuluu?
Kiitos, hyv��.
Hyv�� p�iv��.
te
min�
sin�
h�n
Click on this Answers link to see these words translated into English.
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