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Tervetuloa, Welcome to Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers. [[File:Suomen lippu valokuva.png|right|thumb|150px|You are welcome to Apotheker [[User:Jukeboksi|Jukeboksi's]] guide intended for learning meaningful Finnish you might actually use.]] | Tervetuloa, Welcome to Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers. [[File:Suomen lippu valokuva.png|right|thumb|150px|You are welcome to Apotheker [[User:Jukeboksi|Jukeboksi's]] guide intended for learning meaningful Finnish you might actually use.]] | ||
* fi."terve" == en."healthy" | * fi."'''terve'''" == en."healthy" | ||
* fi."tuloa" == en."of coming" | * fi."'''tuloa'''" == en."of coming" | ||
::* -> fi."Tervetuloa" == en."of healthy coming, to welcome" | ::* -> fi."'''Tervetuloa'''" == en."of healthy coming, to welcome" | ||
The way to thank people in Finnish is "'''Kiitos'''" which literally translates to "a thank" (plural is ''''kiitoksia'''' and is a slightly more thanking expression). 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. | |||
Vast majority of Finns will switch to English if they encounter foreigners trying to apply less than perfect Finnish. This does not mean they do not appreciate the effort to try to learn some command of Finnish and to apply it but Finns just figure out the foreigners will not bother to learn the language spoken only by some 5 mln people. Assumption of English being the highest in common language is due to desire to be hospitable towards the non-native. | Vast majority of Finns will switch to English if they encounter foreigners trying to apply less than perfect Finnish. This does not mean they do not appreciate the effort to try to learn some command of Finnish and to apply it but Finns just figure out the foreigners will not bother to learn the language spoken only by some 5 mln people. Assumption of English being the highest in common language is due to desire to be hospitable towards the non-native. | ||
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== At the airport / port / terminal == | == At the airport / port / terminal == | ||
While you are at the airport, port or train station we could interest you in purchasing a prepaid-data sim card '''prepaid dataliittymä''' from '''R-kioski'''. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day pass '''matkakortti''' for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region). | While you are at the airport, port or train station we could interest you in purchasing a prepaid-data sim card '''prepaid dataliittymä''' from '''R-kioski'''. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day pass '''matkakortti''' for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region). | ||