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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Finnish Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone when you arrive and what to say when you part in Finnish.
Body
Becky: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi.' in Finnish.
Nico: [Normal] Hei.
Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hi'
Nico: [Normal] hei [Slow] hei
Becky: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Hi.'
Nico: [Slow] Hei. [Normal] Hei.
Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Good day.'
Nico: [Normal] Hyvää päivää.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'good'
Nico: [Normal] hyvää [Slow] hyvää
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'day'
Nico: [Normal] päivää [Slow] päivää
Becky: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day.'
Nico: [Slow] Hyvää päivää. [Normal] Hyvää päivää.
Becky: Next up is the informal way to say 'See you again.'
Nico: [Normal] Nähdään taas.
Becky: First is a word meaning 'see you'
Nico: [Normal] nähdään [Slow] nähdään
Becky: Last is the word meaning 'again'
Nico: [Normal] taas [Slow] taas
Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'See you again.'
Nico: [Slow] Nähdään taas. [Normal] Nähdään taas.
Becky: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'Goodbye.'
Nico: [Normal] Hyvästi.
Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'goodbye'.
Nico: [Normal] hyvästi [Slow] hyvästi
Becky: Listen again to the formal word meaning 'Goodbye.'
Nico: [Slow] Hyvästi. [Normal] Hyvästi.
Cultural Insight
Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Nico: Greetings like hei and moi are casual, but common, and often used among friends and colleagues. Shop staff may greet you this way as well, if the atmosphere in the shop is casual. Hyvää päivää is more of a formal greeting, but it's still a common greeting among the older generation. When parting, you can just say hei-hei, moi, or nähdään taas, which means "see you again!" Hyvästi used to be just a normal way to say "goodbye," but nowadays has a definitive tone to it, meaning when you say goodbye, you really mean goodbye.

Outro
Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Nico: Hei hei!

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