LC-7003 Survival Finnish Online 3.5.-9.6.2024
Video: Consonants
Summary
- There are short and long consonants in Finnish. Compare:
- muta mud
- mutta but
- Note that some consonants are not doubled.
Examples
[be:] banaani [bana:ni] 'banana' lobbaus [lobbaus] 'lobbying'
[ce:] celsius [selsius] 'Celsius'
[de:] side [side] 'bandage' addiktio [addiktio] 'addiction'
[æf] faarao [fa:rao] 'pharaoh' muffinssi [muffinssi]
[ge:] gorilla [gorilla 'gorilla'
[ho:] hotelli [hotelli] 'hotel'
[ji:] joulu [joulu] 'Christmas'
[ko:] kuka [kuka] 'who' kukka [kukka] 'flower'
[æl] palo [palo] 'fire' pallo [pallo] 'ball'
[æm] suma [suma] 'backlog' summa [summa] 'sum'
[æn] sana [sana] 'word' Sanna [sanna] 'female name'
[pe:] nupi [nupi] ‘tack' nuppi [nup:i] 'knob'
[ku:] Qatari [katari] 'Qatar'
[ær] varas [varas]'thief' varras [var:as] 'skewer'
[æs] kisa [kisa] ‘race’ kissa [kissa] 'cat'
[hattu-š] Tšekki 'Czech Republic'
[te:] mato [mato] 'worm' matto [matto] 'carpet'
[ve:] kuva [kuva] 'image
[kaksoisve:] watti [vatti] 'watt'
[æks] Luxemburg [luksemburg] 'Luxembourg'
[tset] zeniitti [zeniitti] 'zenith'
[hattu-tset] Žukov