07-18-2005, 01:09 PM
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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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07-18-2005, 04:47 PM
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now this is the type of lessons that I like too much
 i will do my homework later this evening , may , i just wanted to say Paljon kiitoksia btw , where can i get the cases in my computerr ?? do i have to search for Finnish language , i guess it is installed , but i am not sure though. |
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07-18-2005, 05:00 PM
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i thought you'd like it ya nani
 btw , where can i get the cases in my computerr ?? do i have to search for Finnish language , i guess it is installed , but i am not sure though. ana mesh fahim *help me* what cases and what is installed?
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what i mean is those letters : ( ä , Ä ).. okay , so far am doing this by copy and paste .. but i guess i knew where to find these .. i can use e insert option in MS word .. but here in explorer i can't find them :P
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1. How would you greet a person
a) in the morning : Hyvää huomenta b) in the evening: Hyvää iltaa c) when going to bed: Hyvää yötä d) at any time of the day?: Hei .. Päivää |
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07-18-2005, 06:06 PM
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your question with dots
do you have a key with " ¨ " ? first press it and then a or o. ä ö i have them as seperated keys here  exercise 1 correct exercise 2 correct nani's doing gooood!
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