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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Finnish
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Finnish words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Finnish phrases in this lesson
- Kuinka voitte?KUIN-ka VOIT-te
- How are you?
- Hyvää, kiitosHÜ-vää, KII-tos
- I'm fine, thanks
- Entä te?EN-tä TE
- And you?
- Mikä sinun nimesi on?MI-kä SI-nun NI-me-si ON
- What's your name?
- Nimeni on...NI-me-ni ON
- My name is...
- Mistä olet kotoisin?MIS-tä O-let KO-toi-sin
- Where are you from?
- Olen kotoisin...O-len KO-toi-sin
- I'm from...
- Pidän tästäPI-dän TÄS-tä
- I like it
- Se on kaunisSE ON KAU-nis
- It's beautiful
- TervetuloaTER-ve-tu-lo-a
- Welcome
A formal or plural question about how someone is. Mitä kuuluu? works in many everyday conversations without choosing a formal or informal you.
A natural answer to mitä kuuluu? The adjective hyvää fits that question. Hyvin, kiitos is used with questions about how things are going, such as miten menee?
Polite or plural. To one person casually: entä sinä?
Finns use the casual sinä with almost everyone.
The country takes -sta: olen kotoisin Kanadasta.
Literally "I like this".