Title: Introducing oneself
Course: Viestintä ja vuorovaikutus toisella kotimaisella, suomi 2 op > Section: Courtesies

Read the whole task first, especially the instructions.

Then practice the following presentation about yourself until you know it by heart!

Then record it on your phone and turn it in by adding the audiofile.

Minun nimeni on _________________________________ (nimi = name)

Minä olen _____________________________________ - vuotias (ikä=age)

Minä olen kotoisin ______________________________________-sta (kotimaa = homeland)

Minä opiskelen _________________________________________-ksi (ala = field of study)

Minä puhun ________________________________________ -a (kieli = language)

Tips and hints

HAUSKA TUTUSTUA = nice to meet you (nice to get to know you)!

Example: Minun nimeni on Maria Silva. Minä olen kaksikymmentäviisi-vuotias (25). Minä olen kotoisin Brasiliasta. Minä opiskelen lähihoitajaksi. Minä puhun portugalia, englantia, ruotsia ja vähän suomea.

(My name is Maria Silva. I am 25 years old. I come from Brazil. I study to become a practical nurse. I speak Portuguese, English, Swedish and some Finnish.)

Please note that the Finnish language uses endings instead of prepositions. The ending -sta/stä means from. The ending -ksi indicates a transformation (you study to become, to turn into something).

The ending a/ä that is added to the languages you speak indicates an indefinite, innumerable amount. We cannot measure our speaking, which is why the languages are in the partitive case with the ending a/ä.