Describing People - livemocha exercise
The task was:
Describe six different people, using two descriptive words each: a woman, a man, a boy, a girl, you and me. Ex. The boy is young. The boy is tall.
My text was:
Nainen on nuori ja kaunis. Mies on juopunut ja töykeä. Poika on blondi ja vireä. Tyttö on kiva ja tahdikas. Olet haikea ja syrjäinen. Olen nälkäinen ja raukea
Here is the original:
http://www.livemocha.com/finnish/writing/exercises/11977097
Describe six different people, using two descriptive words each: a woman, a man, a boy, a girl, you and me. Ex. The boy is young. The boy is tall.
My text was:
Nainen on nuori ja kaunis. Mies on juopunut ja töykeä. Poika on blondi ja vireä. Tyttö on kiva ja tahdikas. Olet haikea ja syrjäinen. Olen nälkäinen ja raukea
Here is the original:
http://www.livemocha.com/finnish/writing/exercises/11977097
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Olet haikea ja syrjäinen. // basically correct, but you could replace "syrjäinen" with "etäinen" (distant) or "syrjäänvetäytyvä" (withdrawn)