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Telephone conversation - Puhelinkeskustelu

Non-verbal communication is an important part of the communication. On the telephone you cannot use it, so you need to put extra effort to get understood.

Matti soittaa Maijalle.

Lexicon           
soittaa to call
muistaa to remember
muistatko do you remember
ympärilläaround
melutato make noice
tottakai of course
kovempaalouder
elokuvamovie
miesa man
ilmanwithout
menneisyys past
näyttääto show
teatteritheather, filmtheather

Passive

Finnish passive is used, when the grammatical subject is unknown.

In these examples, it's not important who is making noise or who is showing the film.

Often, in spoken language passive is used when talking about us(1 person plural):



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