| -Tosta voi alottaa. | - You can start with this. |
| Mä voin varmaan alottaa heti ku Erik tulee Suomeen. Tai ottaa vaikka palkkaennakkoa. | I'm sure I can start once Erik returns to Finland. |
| Tuntu taas turhalta alottaa kaikki alusta. | Feels frustrating having to start everything from scratch. |
| Voimmeko... Voimmeko alottaa alusta? | Can we... can we start again? |
| - Ois kauheen kiva, jos me luettais hiljasia signaaleja - ja ennakoitais ennen kun mä alotan mun duunini mutta... | -It would be great if we could read quiet signals - and anticipate things before I start my work, but... |
| Mä alotan pääsykokeisiin lukemisen tosi ajoissa. Ei se kyl koskaan auta. | I start studying for the entrance exam early on, but it never pays off. |
| Sinä alotat, ok? | You start, okay? |
| Tuli homobaarista mieleen. Sillon ku mä alotin Niinan kans seurustelemaan... niin mää olin semmonen -jos jostain tuli joskus puheeksi -... | Speaking of gay, when I first started dating Niina... and if the topic came up somehow, I was like: |
| Sä olet hullu! -Itehän sie alotit! | You started it. |
| - Ne alotti! | - Dirty fighting. - They started it. |
| -Mitä mie tein? Tuo alotti! | - He started it! |
| Achmed alotti sen. | Achmed started it. |
| Se alotti. -Se on vanhus. | - He started it. |
| Tosta se Grönholmikin alotti! | Rally drivers started somewhere too! |
| -Älä alota. | Don't start. |
| Älä alota mummi, pliis. | Don't start, grandma. Please. |
| Hän on AA:ssa. Hän on alottamassa alusta. | She signed up for AA, she's starting her life again. |
| Me olemme vasta alottamassa. | We're just starting. |
