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Finnish (listen) English Hyvää päivää https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/paivaa.m4a (literally: Good day) How do you do?/Hello Mitä kuuluu? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mita_kuuluu.mp3 How are you? Hei! https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hei.mp3 Hi! Tervetuloa

https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tervetuloa.mp3 Welcome Hauska tavata https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hauska.mp3 Nice to meet you! Hyvää huomenta https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/huomenta.mp3 Good morning Hyvää iltaa https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/iltaa.mp3 Good evening Hyvää yötä https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/yota.mp3 Good night Kaunis ilma tänään https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ilma.mp3 Nice weather today Anteeksi https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/anteeksi.mp3 Excuse me/Sorry Näkemiin https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nakemiin.mp3 Goodbye Anteeksi, en puhu suomea https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/suomi.mp3 Sorry, I don’t speak Finnish Puhutteko englantia? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/englanti.mp3 Do you speak English? Saisinko ruokalistan? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lista.mp3 Could I have the menu, please? Saisinko viinilistan? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/viini.mp3 Could I have the winelist, please? Paljonko tämä maksaa? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/paljonko.mp3 How much does this cost? Saisinko yhden oluen? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/olut.mp3 Could I have a beer, please? Saisinko kupin kahvia? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kahvi.mp3 Could I have a cup of coffee, please? Saanko laskun? https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lasku.mp3 Can I have the bill, please? Kiitos https://finland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kiitos.mp3 Thank you

By Peter Marten