🇫🇮 Finnish
Suomi • Latin
Pattern: “I don’t understand” (negation in real life)
A survival phrase — and your first reliable negative sentence.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Say the positive and negative back‑to‑back (understand ↔ don’t understand).
- Keep the negation placement exactly like native sentences.
En ymmärrä.
I don't understand.
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
En tiedä.
I don't know.
Emme ymmärrä.
We don't understand.
Olen täällä.
I am here.
Haluan vettä.
I want water. (partitive)
Puhutko englantia?
Do you speak English?
Missä on wc?
Where is the bathroom/toilet?
Drills
Build the pattern
I don't understand.
Your sentence
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Which sentence matches “I don't understand.”?