Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Finnish Vasta (Vihta).jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Vihta''' (Western Finland dialect) or '''vasta''' (Eastern Finland dialect) is an essential sauna culture thing. It is a bunch of birch branches tied together with a birch branch and it is used for whacking self and/or others with it. Believe it or not it actually makes the sauna even more soothing in the end-game.]]
[[File:Finnish Vasta (Vihta).jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Vihta''' (Western Finland dialect) or '''vasta''' (Eastern Finland dialect) is an essential sauna culture thing. It is a bunch of birch branches tied together with a birch branch and it is used for whacking self and/or others with it. Believe it or not it actually makes the sauna even more soothing in the end-game.]]
[[File:Cooling down near sauna.jpg|thumb|right|420px|The guy on the left has had it with the cold and heads back to the sauna with haste.]]
[[File:Icehole.jpg|right|thumb|420px|[[w:Winter swimming|Winter swimming]] is a high speed way to cool off and it releases a variety of wonderful chemicals onto the blood stream. For an even more intense rush you of course go for fi."Kieritään lumessa!" == en."Lets roll in the snow!"]]
* fi."'''Vihdo'''" == en."[you] whack with vihta"
* fi."'''Vihdo'''" == en."[you] whack with vihta"
* fi."'''lujempaa'''" == en."harder"
* fi."'''lujempaa'''" == en."harder"
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=== Getting out of the sauna ===
=== Getting out of the sauna ===
[[File:Icehole.jpg|right|thumb|420px|[[w:Winter swimming|Winter swimming]] is a high speed way to cool off and it releases a variety of wonderful chemicals onto the blood stream. For an even more intense rush you of course go for fi."Kieritään lumessa!" == en."Lets roll in the snow!"]]
* fi."'''mennään'''" == en."lets go"
* fi."'''mennään'''" == en."lets go"
* fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming"
* fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming"
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'''June'''
'''June'''
* [[w:Midsummer|Midsummer]] sauna with fresh vihta is enjoyed on the Friday closest to the summer [[w:solstice|solstice]]
* [[w:Midsummer#Finland|Juhannus]] sauna with fresh vihta is enjoyed on the Friday closest to the summer [[w:solstice|solstice]]


'''July'''
'''July'''