Bedeutung
Asking for the current day of the week.
Kultureller Hintergrund
Thursdays are traditionally 'Pea Soup and Pancake Day' in schools and workplaces. If you ask the day and it's Thursday, expect pea soup! Saturday is the most common day for the traditional Finnish sauna. Asking 'Mikä päivä tänään on?' on a Saturday often leads to sauna plans. Finnish days of the week are not capitalized. This is a common mistake for English speakers. The Finnish week starts on Monday, not Sunday. This affects how people visualize their calendars.
The 'On' Rule
Always remember the 'on' at the end. Finnish questions usually keep the verb.
No Capitals
Don't capitalize 'maanantai', 'tiistai', etc., unless they start a sentence.
Bedeutung
Asking for the current day of the week.
The 'On' Rule
Always remember the 'on' at the end. Finnish questions usually keep the verb.
No Capitals
Don't capitalize 'maanantai', 'tiistai', etc., unless they start a sentence.
Use 'Viikonpäivä'
If you want to sound very precise or professional, use 'Mikä viikonpäivä tänään on?'.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the missing word to ask what day it is.
Mikä ______ tänään on?
We use the nominative case 'päivä' here.
Which of these is the most natural way to ask the day?
Choose the correct sentence:
It uses the correct pronoun 'mikä' and the necessary verb 'on'.
Match the Finnish day with its English equivalent.
Match the pairs:
These are the standard translations.
Complete the dialogue.
A: Mikä päivä tänään on? B: Tänään on _________ (Wednesday).
Keskiviikko is Wednesday in Finnish.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Days of the Week in Finnish
Weekdays
- • maanantai
- • tiistai
- • keskiviikko
- • torstai
- • perjantai
Weekend
- • lauantai
- • sunnuntai
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenMikä ______ tänään on?
We use the nominative case 'päivä' here.
Choose the correct sentence:
It uses the correct pronoun 'mikä' and the necessary verb 'on'.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
These are the standard translations.
A: Mikä päivä tänään on? B: Tänään on _________ (Wednesday).
Keskiviikko is Wednesday in Finnish.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
4 FragenIt's understood but sounds like an exclamation ('What a day!'). Better to use the full phrase.
'Mikä' is used for identifying a specific thing from a group (like a day from the week).
Say 'Mikä päivä eilen oli?'.
Yes, especially in winter or during holidays when routines break.
Verwandte Redewendungen
mikä päivämäärä tänään on
similarWhat is the date today?
paljonko kello on
similarWhat time is it?
eilen oli
builds onYesterday was...
huomenna on
builds onTomorrow is...
