| - Ne ovat kottaraisia. | They're starlings. |
| Kuuntelen kottaraisia. | I listen to the starlings. |
| Ne ovat kottaraisia. | They're starlings. |
| - En pidä kottaraisista. | - I don't like starlings. - Why not? |
| - Paljonko pyydät kottaraisista? | - How much for the starlings? |
| Ja sitten piti sanoa jotain kottaraisista, jotka lentavat... Tai jotain romanttista. | I was supposed to say something about starlings flying... |
| Ammuitte kottaraisen | You were shooting a starling, all right? |
| Katsoin molempiin suuntiin ja huomasin kottaraisen hakissa. | "l looked up and down the passage and saw a starling in a little cage." |
| Tämä on kottaraisen muna. | It's a starling's egg. |
| Kuin kottaraisella. | You must feel like a starling. |
| "Ei", sanoi kottarainen. | "'No,' said the starling." |
| "En paase ulos", sanoi kottarainen. | "'l can't get out, I can't get out! ' said the starling." |
| - Kuollut kottarainen. | - A dead starling. |
| Mutta miten kottarainen pääsi baariin? | But, Fawlty, how did the starling get in the bar? |
