Title: Greeting people
Course: Viestintä ja vuorovaikutus toisella kotimaisella, suomi 2 op > Section: Courtesies

Greeting people = Tervehtiminen

1. Watch a short video:

Learn Finnish! Lesson 2: Greetings - Tervehdyksiä (youtube.com)

2. Read this file: Greetings

3. Read the following expressions:

Mitä kuuluu? means How are you?

The answer is: Kiitos hyvää or Hyvää, kiitos (I’m fine, thanks).

You might also want to say Entä itsellesi? Which is a way of returning the question. It literally means What about yourself?

Anteeksi! means I’m sorry.

The answer is Ei se mitään! (no worries).

Ole hyvä! means Here you are.

The answer is Kiitos! (thank you).

Tervetuloa! means Welcome.

The answer is Kiitos! (thank you).

Saisinko? means could I please.

An example would be Saisinko kysyä? meaning Could I please ask something or Saisinko apua? meaning Could I please have some help.

4. Listen to a song:

Kielinuppu - Hienoja sanoja on paljon (youtube.com)