The 50 Most Common Verbs in Finnish

Be, have, do, go and the other verbs you need first in Finnish, with English translations.

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English	Finnish
to be	olla
to have	omistaa
to do	tehdä
to go	mennä
to come	tulla
to see	nähdä
to look	katsoa
to know	tietää
to get	saada
to make	tehdä
to take	ottaa
to give	antaa
to say	sanoa
to tell	kertoa
to speak	puhua
to talk	puhua
to think	ajatella
to want	tahtoa
to need	tarvita
to like	pitää
to love	rakastaa
to eat	syödä
to drink	juoda
to sleep	nukkua
to work	työskennellä
to play	leikkiä
to read	lukea
to write	kirjoittaa
to listen	kuunnella
to hear	kuulla
to walk	kävellä
to run	juosta
to sit	istua
to stand	seisoa
to open	avata
to close	sulkea
to buy	ostaa
to pay	maksaa
to help	auttaa
to learn	oppia
to understand	ymmärtää
to remember	muistaa
to forget	unohtaa
to wait	odottaa
to start	aloittaa
to stop	pysähtyä
to live	elää
to find	löytää
to ask	kysyä
to answer	vastata

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