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Default Lesson 10 - Greetings, words etc..

So, this is a bit different than the previous letters..

HEI! MITÄ KUULUU? KIITOS HYVÄÄ!
Hello! How are you? Fine thanks!

text:
- Hei! Mitä kuuluu?
- Kiitos hyvää. Entä sinulle?
- Ihan hyvää kiitos.

- Näkemiin, hauskaa päivänjatkoa!
- Samoin!
- Nähdään ensi viikolla!
- Joo, nähdään maanantaina!



Huomenta / Hyvää huomenta
Morning / Good morning

Päivää / Hyvää päivää
Good day / Good afternoon / Hello

Iltaa / Hyvää iltaa
Good evening (until bedtime)

Hyvää yötä
Good night (as when you go to bed)

Näkemiin
Goodbye

Ensi viikko
Next week

Samoin
Same to you

Joo
Yeah


Informal greetings can be used at any time.. and they are especially used between friends and young people. Here are some:

Hei! Moi! Terve!
Hi! Hello!

Heippa! Hei hei! Moi moi!
Bye!

Nähdään!
See you

Kiitos
Thank you

Kyllä kiitos
Yes, please (when someone's offering you something)

Ei kiitos
No, thanks (when someone's offering you something)

Kiitos paljon
Thank you very much

Paljon kiitoksia
Many thanks

Kiitti
Thanks (Colloquial)

Ole hyvä
Here you go/are

Ei kestä
You're welcome

Olkaa hyvä
Here you are (formal and plular)


The phrases ole hyvä, olkaa hyvä are used when giving something to someone, or, say, letting someone to go ahead you, or giving someone a permission to do something.

Voi anteeksi!
Oh, I'm sorry!

Ei se mitään.
It's alright / Never mind


Partitive is much used in greetings.. as you can see..

Päivä - Day
Päivää - Good day! Hello!

Hauska ilta - Nice evening
Hauskaa iltaa - Have a nice evening!

Hauska viikonloppu - Nice weekend
Hauskaa viikonloppua! - Have a nice weekend!

Note that hauska means also funny.


MILLOIN? When?

in many cases you just add the ending of adessive (-lla, -llä)

aamu - aamulla
morning - in the morning

päivä - päivällä
day - in the daytime

ilta - illalla
evening - in the evening

yö - yöllä
night - at night

There are some exceptions anyhow:

maanantai - maanantaina (essive, you don't know about it yet..)
monday - on monday

tammikuu - tammikuussa (inessive)
januray - in january

heinäkuu - heinäkuussa
july - in july

etc.

EXERCISES

1. How would you greet a person
a) in the morning
b) in the evening
c) when going to bed
d) at any time of the day?

2. What would you say to
a) a friend
b) a stranger
when giving him/her something?

3. Fill in these dialogues:
a)
- Hei! Mitä kuuluu?
- Kiitos...

b)
- Näkemiin, hauskaa viikonloppua!
- Näkemiin, kiitos...

c)
- Voi anteeksi!
- ...

5. If someone asks you if you'd like to have some coffee. What wouls you say if..
a) you'd liket to have some b) you don't want any

6. Can you answer these questions in Finnish??
a) When do people usually have breakfast? (in the morning)
b) When do people normally sleep?
c) When do people normally work?

7. Translate the text into English.
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