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| Jessi: Hello, and welcome to Finnish Survival Phrases, brought to you by FinnishPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Finland. You'll be surprised at how far a little Finnish will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by FinnishPod101.com and there you'll find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
| Finnish Survival Phrases lesson 4 - Basic Finnish Greetings |
| Reeta: In this lesson, we'll cover basic greetings for the appropriate time of the day. As there are quite a few to cover, let's jump right in. |
| We're going to start with the more formal ones first. |
| In Finnish, "Good morning" is Hyvää huomenta. Let’s break it down,Hyvää huomenta. Once more, Hyvää huomenta. The first word, hyvää, means "good." Huomenta, which in Finnish is "morning" in the accusative, follows this. Hyvää huomenta. |
| In Finnish, "Good afternoon" is Hyvää päivää. The second word, päivää, means "day." This is in the accusative form as well. The second way to say "Good afternoon" is hyvää iltapäivää. In this phrase the second word means "afternoon" and it is in the accusative form. |
| In Finnish, the evening greeting is hyvää iltaa. The first word, hyvää, as we've already mentioned, means "good." The second word, iltaa, means "evening." Upon leaving, you have to say, hyvää iltaa. |
| The expression for "good night" is hyvää yötä. The second word means "night" and it is in the accusative form. |
| You can use all of these in formal situations or with strangers. You can say hyvää huomenta ("Good morning") and hyvää yötä ("Good night") with your friends too. |
| Let's take a look at two ways of greeting your friends now. The most common word is moi. Moi in English is "hi." Use this only with people who you are already on friendly terms with or young people in restaurants, bars, or cafes. There are many other ways to say "hi" in Finnish, for example, hei. |
| Ok, to close out today's lessons, we’d like you to practice what you have just learned. I’ll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so Onnea! which means “Good luck!” in Finnish. |
| “Good morning.” - Hyvää huomenta. |
| “Good afternoon.” - Hyvää päivää. |
| “Good afternoon.” - Hyvää iltapäivää. |
| “Good evening.” - Hyvää iltaa. |
| “Good night.” - Hyvää yötä. |
| Jessi: Alright! That's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by FinnishPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment! |
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HideHello, Listeners! Let's practice Hello in Finnish!
Hi Maxine!
Hyvää huomenta! (Good morning!)
When greeting an elderly person in Finnish, it's often more respectful to use "Hei" (Hi) instead of "Moi" (Hi), as "Moi" is quite informal. If you want to be more formal, you can also use "Hyvää päivää" (Good day). 😊
Kiitos paljon (Thank you very much) for your question! ❤️
Have a great day!
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Hyvää huomenta! What will I use if I ment an elderly should it be Hei or Moi, or a formal way to say Hi in Finnish? Kiitos Paljon ❤️
Hello Karin,
Thank you for your kind feedback. Happy learning!
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Aarni
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Greetings were great and easy to learn, thank you so much.
Hello Glyn,
Thank you for the kind feedback!
Nice to meet you!
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Aarni
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😄😄. Great thanks. Very useful. Kitos
Hello K,
Thank you for your posting and feedback.
Apologies for the possible mistake here. We will have another look at it.
Let us know if you have any question.
Cheers,
Aarni
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Are they in accusative form? Not partitive?
Hello lumileopardi,
Thank you for your kind feedback.
We will check this and fix it when needed. ?
Let us know if you have any question.
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Aarni
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I thought that päivää, huomenta, yötä are partitive and not accusative??
Iltaa, Robert! Hyvää kiitos, entä sinulle? ?
Best Wishes,
Päivi
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Hyvää iltaa! Mitä kuuluu?
Kiitos~~~
How many times is the recommended number of listenings to get acquainted on each lesson?
Hi JoAnn!
Thank you for your question!
Your friend was also correct! "Hyvää päivää" can be translated to English as both "good afternoon" and "good day".
'Hyvä' is 'good', and 'päivä' is 'day', and they are in the partitive case in this expression.
'Hyvää iltapäivää' is another expression to say "good afternoon", as 'iltapäivä' is 'afternoon'. :smile:
Päivi
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I thought "Hyvää päivää" meant "Good day"? Or at least that's what I was taught by another person.
Hei Brian!
The equivalent for 'how's it going' in Finnish would be "miten menee?".
This expression is quite casual though, so I would advice to use it only in informal situations. You can say it to your friends for example, or you can use it also in relaxed parties, bars and such. :wink:
Best Wishes,
Päivi
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How would I say how's it going in Finnish? Can I say it to anyone if I walked outside in Finland?
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Hi=) I`m ingridsdatter. Nice to meet you! I`m a newbie, so I`ve decided to study flashcards to know som words first. I love the Finnish language, and hopefully I`ll manage to speak a little, however, as always when learning a new language, patiens is important, so reading, repeating these first words is my first goal:smile:
Hej hej..