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Fenno-Urgic speech is used mainly in Finland but (due to emigration during World War II) also by people of Finn origin across Scandinavia, Canada, and the United States. Finnish belongs to the Uralian family of languages, which includes Estonian, Hungarian, Lapp and several tongues spoken in Russia by small ethnic groups. |
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Finnish Greetings |
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Yes | Kyllä | kull-lah |
No | Ei | ey |
Hello | Terve | ter-vey |
Good Morning | Hyvää huomenta | hoov-a hua-men-tah |
Good Afternoon | Hyvää päivää | hoov-a pie-vaah |
Good Evening | Hyvää iltaa | hoov-a ill-tah |
Goodbye | Näkemiin | nah-kem-een |
Please | Pyydän | ? |
Thank You | Kiitos | key-toss |
Small Talk | ||
How are you? | Mitä kuuluu | mi-tah ko-lo |
Fine, Thanks | Kiitos hyvää | key-toss huv-a |
Not Good | Huonoa | hua-noah |
So-So | Ei erikoista | ey erey-koy-stah |
What's Your Name? | Mikä on sinun nimi | mick-ah on sin-un ni-mi |
Nice to meet you | Kiva tavata | kay-vah tah-va-tah |
Hockey Talk | ||
Hockey | Jääkiekko | yah-kiec-oh |
Puck | Kiekko | kiec-oh |
Goal! | Maali | maah-lih |
Forward | Hyökkääjä | hyoc-ka-ya |
Defenseman | Puolustaja | puoh-lush-taya |
Goaltender | Maalivahti | mah-liv-ahti |