🇫🇮 Finnish
Suomi • Latin
Pattern: “Do you speak …?” (questions + politeness)
A reusable question pattern for travel and conversation.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Swap the language word: English → French → Spanish (etc.).
- Watch formality (formal vs informal ‘you’) — it often changes the verb form too.
Puhutko englantia?
Do you speak English?
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
Missä asut?
Where do you live?
Puhutko suomea?
Do you speak Finnish?
Minä olen täällä.
I am here.
Hän on ystäväni.
He/She is my friend.
Olen täällä.
I am here.
Haluan vettä.
I want water. (partitive)
Drills
Build the pattern
Do you speak English?
Your sentence
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Tokens
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Which sentence matches “Do you speak English?”?