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Hei! Minä haluaisin tietää, milloin minä pidän sanoa "sinä" ja milloin minä pidän sanoa "te", kun minä puhun yhdelle ihmiselle. Kiitos apuastanne!

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Migu96 profile picture Migu96March 2013
say"te" when you dont know the person and "sinä" when you know, it's for polite reasons
  • mpalin profile picture mpalinSeptember 2020
    I agree with fineca and chocoraberii. In my opinion, the general culture in Finland allows for rather informal way of speaking.
  • chocoraberii profile picture chocoraberiiJune 2015
    I would never use "te" with all the people I don't know, that would just be weird. Like fineca says, it's very rare nowadays. I sometimes automatically use "te" if I'm speaking to an old lady or man in a very formal situation (like work etc.), but even then it's not required.
  • fineca profile picture finecaApril 2013
    Well, "te" is very rare nowadays, you can practically say "sinä" to everyone.
Azraeth profile picture AzraethAugust 2014
"Te" is more formal.
  • Hexen profile picture HexenNovember 2015
    You use the pronoun "te" when you talk to an oler person (older than 60) in my opinion.
AleksaSkot profile picture AleksaSkotNovember 2015
Hei, Haluan oppia suomea, hän vain tietää Venäjän, voit interisuet venäjän oppimista?