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Finnish
Etymology
A colloquial contraction of the phrase haluatko sinä (“do you want”).
Pronunciation
Phrase
haluutsä (colloquial)
- do you want (to), do you wanna...
Haluutsä yhen?- Do you want one?
Haluutsä mennä parille oluelle?- Wanna grab a couple of beers?
Haluutsä turpaan?- Are you asking for trouble?
2015, Simo Hiltunen, Lampaan vaatteissa:– Haluutsä mua, Milla kysyi kiertelemättä. Kivi tuijotti suoraan silmiin. – Totta kai.- – Do you want me, Milla asked straight off. Kivi stared her straight in her eyes. – Of course I do.
2010, Peter Franzén, Tumman veden päällä:”Siel takana on varmaan vähä hankala istuu. Nyt ku kukaan ei nää, niin haluutsä tulla tähä etupenkille?” Kake keskeyttää hätääntyneet ajatukseni. Minä nyökkään ja kapuan hankalasti kuskin viereiselle penkille.- "It must be a bit hard to sit back there. Now that nobody's looking, you wanna get to the front seat?" Kake interrupts my distressed thoughts. I nod and climb with difficulty to the seat next to the driver's seat.
- (polite) A phrase used to soften direct orders.
Haluutsä käydä viemässä roskat ulos.- Please take the trash out. (lit. "Do you want to take the trash out(?)")
Usage notes
Even though this phrase consists of two separate words, native speakers of Finnish often spell them together as one word.