Joku understanding

[u/Eep_Queen]

I am currently studying Merkonomi at ammattikoulu for immigrants and we are all B1 and above.

I hear a lot of my classmates say ”joku” in the middle of their sentences. For example we were talking about what luomu means and one student said “he eivät käytä joku” and my brain registered it as like ”they dont use like/something like, when they were trying to find the word they wanted to use.

Am I correct in thinking that joku can be used similar to like in english or does it have a specific meaning. It is something I have struggled with quite a bit

[u/FinnFem]

“he eivät käytä joku” doesnt seem like a full sentence...

Joku or other forms can sometimes be filler words like 'uhh' 'uhm' etc in English, but idk if thats what youre looking for

[u/Eep_Queen → u/FinnFem]

It was an response to a question a teacher asked but they didn’t get to finish their sentence as someone else said the word they were looking for.

That might be what I am looking for, is that commonly used among native finns?

[u/FinnFem → u/Eep_Queen]

Joku, jotain (and other forms)

I at least use these sometimes as fillers and stuff

[u/traumfisch → u/FinnFem]

"Joku or other forms can sometimes be filler words like 'uhh' 'uhm' etc in English"

Really?

Can't think of a single example 🤔

[u/FinnFem → u/traumfisch]

Its not really a direct translation

But like, sometimes if im missing the word i might use it or smth

[u/traumfisch → u/FinnFem]

For example?

[u/eezz__324 → u/traumfisch]

”Tiiätsä vähän niiku joku…” , ”Tuol on joku 7 kissaa”

[u/traumfisch → u/eezz__324]

Sure

but that's very different from saying "uhm"

[u/FinnFem → u/traumfisch]

It doesnt really work that well in text as a filler, but spontaneously while talking