Signification
Checking if clothing fits.
Contexte culturel
Finns are very honest. If you ask a friend 'Miltä tämä näyttää?' (How does this look?) while trying on clothes, expect a very direct answer. In many Finnish stores, you must take a number tag before entering the fitting room to show how many items you are bringing in. Finns are increasingly conscious of 'vaatteiden kokeileminen' just for fun (window shopping) due to environmental concerns. Trying on winter clothes in Finland is a workout. You often have to take off many layers just to 'kokeilla' a new coat.
The 'Sovituskosketus'
If you are unsure if you can try something on, just point and ask 'Voiko tätä kokeilla?'
Makeup Alert
In Finland, it's polite to be careful not to get makeup on white shirts while 'kokeilemassa vaatteita'.
Signification
Checking if clothing fits.
The 'Sovituskosketus'
If you are unsure if you can try something on, just point and ask 'Voiko tätä kokeilla?'
Makeup Alert
In Finland, it's polite to be careful not to get makeup on white shirts while 'kokeilemassa vaatteita'.
Partitive Power
Always use 'vaatteita' (plural partitive) for the general act. It makes you sound much more native than using the nominative 'vaatteet'.
Teste-toi
Täytä puuttuva sana oikeassa muodossa.
Haluaisin _______ tätä paitaa. Missä on sovituskoppi?
After 'haluaisin' (I would like), we use the infinitive form.
Valitse oikea vaihtoehto.
Mitä sinä teet sovituskopissa?
You try on clothes in a fitting room, you don't eat them or (usually) pay for them there.
Yhdistä sanat.
Match the Finnish and English phrases.
These are all essential shopping and dressing verbs.
Täytä dialogi.
Asiakas: Anteeksi, voinko kokeilla tätä? Myyjä: Totta kai. _______ ovat tuolla.
The shop assistant points to the fitting rooms.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Shopping Vocabulary
Action
- • kokeilla
- • sovittaa
- • ostaa
Object
- • vaatteita
- • paita
- • housut
Place
- • kauppa
- • sovituskoppi
- • kassa
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesHaluaisin _______ tätä paitaa. Missä on sovituskoppi?
After 'haluaisin' (I would like), we use the infinitive form.
Mitä sinä teet sovituskopissa?
You try on clothes in a fitting room, you don't eat them or (usually) pay for them there.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
These are all essential shopping and dressing verbs.
Asiakas: Anteeksi, voinko kokeilla tätä? Myyjä: Totta kai. _______ ovat tuolla.
The shop assistant points to the fitting rooms.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsYes! 'Kokeilla kenkiä' is perfectly correct.
Slightly, but they are mostly interchangeable in shops.
It is called a 'sovituskoppi'.
No, 'kokeilla' takes a direct object in the partitive case.
Yes, that means 'let's try'.
Usually 'vaatteita' because the action is open-ended.
Missä on peili? (Where is the mirror?)
Usually no, for hygiene reasons. Look for signs or ask.
You can say 'Nämä eivät sovi' (These don't fit).
It is spoken slang for 'kokeilla'.
Expressions liées
sovittaa vaatteita
similarTo fit clothes
shoppailla
builds onTo go shopping
pukeutua
contrastTo dress up
testata tyyliä
specialized formTo test a style
