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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 5 - Parting Finnish Greetings
Reeta: In this lesson, we'll introduce parting greetings.
A parting expression that we can use any time of the day to strangers or friends is hei hei, which literally means, "bye bye." Let’s break it down,hei hei. Once more,hei hei. To this it is possible to add nähdään taas, which literally means, "See you again." Let’s break it down,nähdään taas. The first part means, "Let's see," and it's a present passive form of the verb nähdä ("to see"). Taas means "again." This one is used with people that we know and we will possibly see again.
Another similar form is Moi moi, nähdään pian. This literally means, "Bye bye, see you soon." As we learned in the last lesson, moi and hei are both greetings when meeting with somebody.
When parting or saying goodbye, a more formal expression is näkemiin. This means "goodbye," or literally, "See you again." Let’s break it down, näkemiin. Once more, näkemiin. This is used mostly with people we don't know or we don't have a close relationship with.
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.
“Bye bye.” - Hei hei.
“Bye bye.” - Moi moi.
“Good bye.” - Näkemiin.
“See you again.”- Nähdään taas.
“See you soon.” - Nähdään pian.
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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