r/LearnFinnish • • 13h ago

I translated (in my opinion) the best song in Finnish Hip-hop: Gettomasa - Pelkuri (Coward)

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Hi!

I recently was showing my international friends some Finnish rap and I wanted to show Pelkuri, which is a full 9 minute bitter track Gettomasa made about his alcoholic and physically violent/abusive father. It's an emotionally very heavy hitting song, which also opens up some deep generational trauma in many Finns (you can check the youtube comments on the song, this song has struck a nerve)

I tried to show the automatically translated lyrics for this song, but they just didn't do the song justice and decided to do the slow translation work, with correct meanings on the slang and references used (overall translating apps have some trouble translating Finnish slang and dialects). I think the song deserves even more recognition also internationally, so now there's a translation for the song, made by a person who's fluent in both English and Finnish.


r/LearnFinnish • • 19h ago

Word of the Day Makeutusaine – Finnish Word of the Day – 15. Lokakuuta 2026

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Makeutusaine (n.) – Sweetener, sugar substitute

”Makeutusaine” is a compound of “makeutus” (sweetening) and “aine” (substance).

Example: Tuoteselosteesta voi tarkistaa, mitä makeutusainetta elintarvike sisältää.

Translation: You can check the ingredient list to see what sweetener a food product contains.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative makeutusaine makeutusaineet
Accusative (nom.) makeutusaine makeutusaineet
Accusative (gen.) makeutusaineen makeutusaineet
Genitive makeutusaineen makeutusaineiden; makeutusaineitten
Partitive makeutusainetta makeutusaineita
Inessive makeutusaineessa makeutusaineissa
Elative makeutusaineesta makeutusaineista
Illative makeutusaineeseen makeutusaineisiin; makeutusaineihin
Adessive makeutusaineella makeutusaineilla
Ablative makeutusaineelta makeutusaineilta
Allative makeutusaineelle makeutusaineille
Essive makeutusaineena makeutusaineina
Translative makeutusaineeksi makeutusaineiksi
Abessive makeutusaineetta makeutusaineitta
Instructive — makeutusainein

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