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Finnish vocabulary A1: Common adjectives and adverbs

A1 Catalogue 88 cards

Common adjectives and adverbs for qualities, feelings, sizes, colours and amounts, with a few set phrases: hyvä, iso, sininen, väsynyt, erittäin.

88 Finnish words at level A1, with their translation.

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SuomiEnglish
sama samealso: the same
kunnossa fine (not ill or hurt)also: OK, okay, all right, alright
hauska funny
hyvä good
Hienoa! That's great!also: That's good!
uusi new
mukava nicealso: pleasant
vanha old
valmis ready
huono bad
kaunis beautifulalso: pretty, lovely
paras best (adjective)
parempi better
pienialso: pikku smallalso: little
Olen pahoillani. I'm sorry.also: I am sorry
ainoa the only onealso: only one
väsynyt tired
erittäin very
tärkeä important
näin like thisalso: this way
pikkualso: pieni little (before a noun)also: small
pitkä longalso: tall
iso bigalso: large
musta black
todella reallyalso: real
punainen red
oikea right (not wrong)also: correct
surullinen sad
hyvin paljon very much
hyvin well (in a good way)
valkoinen white
väärä wrong
nuori young
mahtava great (excellent)also: fantastic
onnellinen happy
kuuma hot
vaikea difficultalso: hard
helppo easy
nopea fastalso: quick
suljettu closedalso: shut
kylmä cold
rakas dear
erilainen different
sininen blue
tylsistynyt bored
tylsä boring
ruskea brown
halpa cheap
puhdas clean (adjective)
nälkäinen hungry
kiinnostava interesting
vaalea light (colour)also: pale
paikallinen local
lämmin warm
tervetullut welcome (adjective)
keltainen yellow
turvallinen safe
lyhyt short
hoikka slimalso: slender
hidas slow
innostunut excited
jännittävä exciting
kallis expensive
kuuluisa famous
lihava fat
vaikeampi more difficultalso: harder
avoin open (adjective)
köyhä poor
mahdollinen possible
oranssi orange (the colour)
parhaiten best (adverb)
voida paremmin to feel better
voida hyvin to feel wellalso: to be well
älykäs cleveralso: intelligent, smart
väri colour (noun)also: color
tumma dark (colour)
herkullinen delicious
suosikki favouritealso: favorite
harvat few
taitava skilledalso: skilful, skillful, good at
ystävällinen kind (to people)also: friendly
terveellinen healthy (good for you)also: good for you
vihreä green
harmaa greyalso: gray
ahkerasti hard (with effort)also: diligently
luminen snowy
makea sweet
liian iso too bigalso: too large

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