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== At the airport == | == At the airport == | ||
fi."Kiitos" is literally translatable to "a thank". This is the most common way to thank a person in Finnish. | fi."'''Kiitos'''" is literally translatable to "a thank". This is the most common way to thank a person in Finnish. | ||
Just talk English as "everyone" talks English here but feel free to use 'kiitos' and everyone will be impressed how well versed you are in Finnish as a foreigner. | Just talk English as "everyone" talks English here but feel free to use 'kiitos' and everyone will be impressed how well versed you are in Finnish as a foreigner. | ||
While you are at the airport, port or train station we could interest you in purchasing a prepaid-data sim card from R-kioski | |||
== To the sauna == | == To the sauna == | ||
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=== Getting to the sauna === | === Getting to the sauna === | ||
* fi."Missä?" is equivalent to the English expression en."Where?" | * fi."'''Missä?'''" is equivalent to the English expression en."Where?" | ||
* fi."on" is the verb 'to be' for singular in present tense | * fi."'''on'''" is the verb 'to be' for singular in present tense | ||
* fi."Missä on sauna?" == en."Where is the sauna?" | * fi."Missä on sauna?" == en."Where is the sauna?" | ||
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This is usually the start of nudity area but sometimes people may go to the shower room with swim wear on and only there remove it to go to shower, sauna, shower and hit the pool. | This is usually the start of nudity area but sometimes people may go to the shower room with swim wear on and only there remove it to go to shower, sauna, shower and hit the pool. | ||
* fi."päin" == en."towards, the direction of" | * fi."'''päin'''" == en."towards, the direction of" | ||
* "Missä päin on sauna?" == en."In which direction the sauna is?". Follow the waves. | * "Missä päin on sauna?" == en."In which direction the sauna is?". Follow the waves. | ||
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=== In the sauna === | === In the sauna === | ||
* fi."lisää" == en."more" | * fi."'''lisää'''" == en."more [of x]" | ||
* fi."löyly" could be translated to "steam" but infact löyly is a far wider concept i.e. it is not only about the humidity percent. In this context it means you are requesting more water thrown on stove stones. Let's learn that. | * fi."'''löyly'''" could be translated to "steam" but infact löyly is a far wider concept i.e. it is not only about the humidity percent. Löyly can also be used to refer to the quality of the löyly in a certain sauna. | ||
* The suffix '-ä' or '-a' (determined if there are umlauted characters present in the word body or not) forms the partitive case. | |||
In this context it means you are requesting more water thrown on stove stones. Let's learn that. | |||
* The suffix ''''-ä'''' or ''''-a'''' (determined if there are umlauted characters present in the word body or not) forms the partitive case. | |||
Lets put that all together: | Lets put that all together: | ||
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* fi."Lisää löylyä" == en."Throw some more water on the stones." | * fi."Lisää löylyä" == en."Throw some more water on the stones." | ||
* fi."Hyvä" == en."good" (plural "Hyvät") | * fi."'''Hyvä'''" == en."good" (plural "Hyvät") | ||
* fi."Hyvät löylyt." == en."These are good löylyt" | * fi."Hyvät löylyt." == en."These are good löylyt" | ||
* fi."Helvetti" == en."Hell" | * fi."'''Helvetti'''" == en."Hell" | ||
* fi."liian" == en."too much" | * fi."'''liian'''" == en."too much" | ||
* fi."kuuma" == en."hot" | * fi."'''kuuma'''" == en."hot" | ||
* fi."Helvetti, liian kuuma" == en."Hell, it is too hot here." | * fi."Helvetti, liian kuuma" == en."Hell, it is too hot here." | ||