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In the following section, you will learn the days of the week.
Case suffixes throughout the lesson will be marked in red to help you become more acquainted with them.
Days of the week
Days of the week
maanantai
Monday
tiistai
Tuesday
keskiviikko
Wednesday
tuorestai
Thursday
perjantai
Friday
lauvantai
Saturday
pyhä
holiday, weekend, Sunday
sunnuntai
Sunday
pyhäpäivä
holiday, Sunday
Maanantai oon arkipäivä / arki.
Monday is a weekday
Lauvantai ja sunnuntai oon viikonloput / pyhät.
Lauvantai ja sunnuntai oon viikonloppu / pyhä.
Saturday and Sunday are weekends.
Saturday and Sunday are the weekend.
arki / arkipäivä
a weekday
pyhä / viikonloppu
a weekend
Days of the week as adverbials
Days of the week as adverbials
We use essive "-na" to turn them into temporal adverbs.
maanantaina
on Monday
tiistaina
on Tuesday
keskiviikkona
on Wednesday
tuorestaina
on Thursday
perjantaina
on Friday
lauvantaina
on Saturday
pyhänä
on a holiday, on weekend, on Sunday
sunnuntaina
on Sunday
pyhäpäivänä
on Lord's Day, on Sunday
arkena / arkipäivänä
on the weekday
pyhänä / viikonloppuna
on the weekend
The ending "-sin" is used to express distributive adverbs.
maanantaisin
on Mondays
tiistaisin
on Tuesdays
keskiviikkoisin
on Wednesdays
tuorestaisin
on Thursdays
perjantaisin
on Fridays
lauvantaisin
on Saturdays
pyhisin
on holidays, on weekends, on Sunday
sunnuntaisin
on Sundays
pyhäpäivisin
on Lord's Days, on Sundays
arkisin / arkipäivisin
on weekdays
pyhisin / viikonloppuisin
on weekends
For weekdays and weekends, we can also use essive plural instead of the suffix "-sin."
arkina / arkipäivinä
on weekdays
pyhinä / viikonloppuina
on weekends
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 1
A: Mitä sie tehet pyhisin?
B: No mie en tavalisesti mene ulvos ko olen vaphaala töistä. Minulahan oon harvoi ystävii, ja olen pöräti sisäletkäsin suunattu. Mutta reissaan Tromsshaan tänä perjantaina.
A: Mieki oli sielä äskön mun perheen kaha, ittee assiissa se oli viimi keskiviikkona. Menen takasin sinnet uuesti ensi tuorestaina.
A: What do you do on weekends?
B: Well, I don't usually go out when I'm off from work. You see, I have few friends, and I am quite introverted. But I'm travelling to Tromsø on Friday.
A: I was there with my family last Wednesday. I'm travelling back there again next Thursday.
Word list
Word list
tavalisesti
olla vaphaala töistä
harva
pöräti
sisäletkäsin suunattu
äskön
ittee assiissa
uuesti
adv. usually, commonly, frequently
v. to be off from work
adj. few
adv. quite
adj. introverted
adv. recently
adv. actually, in fact
adv. again, anew
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