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Tervetuloa, Welcome to Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers and kiitos for taking on elementary traveler Finnish. [[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 and '''kiitos''' for taking on elementary traveler Finnish. [[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" | ||
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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. | ||
Knowing the [[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] helps greatly in this task as nearly all Finnish letters are pronounced as they are written and the IPA equivalent reads pretty much the same. | Knowing the [[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]] helps greatly in this task as nearly all Finnish letters are pronounced as they are written and the IPA equivalent reads pretty much the same. | ||
== 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 sim card ('''prepaid simkortti''') from [https://www.r-kioski.fi/ R-kioski]. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day public transport 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 sim card ('''prepaid simkortti''') from [https://www.r-kioski.fi/ R-kioski]. You will be going to the R-kioski anyways to get a (multi)day public transport 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). | |||
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. | ||
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Lets get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland. | Lets get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland. | ||
* Use [https://www.hsl.fi/en/tickets-and-fares Ticket types and fares of the Metropolitan Helsinki area (in English)] to figure out the best choice of public transport ticket for yourself. Available types are single ticket, day and multi-day passes (1-7 days) and long duration pass (14-365 or more days). The longer period you purchase the lower the per time unit price gets. | |||
* [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | * [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go. | ||