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Just talk English as "everyone" talks English here but feel free to use 'kiitos' and everyone will be impressed how well versed you are in Finnish as a foreigner.  
Just talk English as "everyone" talks English here but feel free to use 'kiitos' and everyone will be impressed how well versed you are in Finnish as a foreigner.  


Let's get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland.
Lets get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland.


* [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go.
* [https://www.reittiopas.fi/ Helsinki-region traveler router] will whisk you where you need to go.
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* fi."'''uimahousut'''" == en."swimming trunks"
* fi."'''uimahousut'''" == en."swimming trunks"
* fi."'''uimapuvun'''" == en."a swimsuit"  
* fi."'''uimapuvun'''" == en."a swimsuit"  
Let's apply with what we know so far:
Lets apply with what we know so far:
::* "Tarvitsenko pyyhkeen?" == en."Do I need a towel?"
::* "Tarvitsenko pyyhkeen?" == en."Do I need a towel?"
::* "Onko kaljaa?" == en."Are there any beers?"
::* "Onko kaljaa?" == en."Are there any beers?"
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=== Getting out of the sauna ===
=== Getting out of the sauna ===
[[File:Icehole.jpg|right|thumb|420px|Ice swimming is a high speed way to cool off and it releases a variety of wonderful chemicals onto the blood stream. For higher rush you of course go for fi."Kieritään lumessa!" == en."Lets roll in the snow!"]]
[[File:Icehole.jpg|right|thumb|420px|Ice swimming is a high speed way to cool off and it releases a variety of wonderful chemicals onto the blood stream. For higher rush you of course go for fi."Kieritään lumessa!" == en."Lets roll in the snow!"]]
* fi."'''mennään'''" == en."let's go"
* fi."'''mennään'''" == en."lets go"
* fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming"
* fi."'''uimaan'''" == en."to swimming"
::* -> fi."Mennään uimaan" == en."Let's go swimming"
::* -> fi."Mennään uimaan" == en."Lets go swimming"


* fi.''''-lle''''-suffix == en."for someone/something, to somewhere, to somebody's place"
* fi.''''-lle''''-suffix == en."for someone/something, to somewhere, to somebody's place"
:: -> fi."Mennään kaljalle." == en."Let's go have a beer."
:: -> fi."Mennään kaljalle." == en."Lets go have a beer."


Then we go for the more extreme sauna cool down
Then we go for the more extreme sauna cool down


* fi."'''Hypätään'''" == en."let's jump"
* fi."'''Hypätään'''" == en."lets jump"
* fi."'''avanto'''" == en."ice hole"
* fi."'''avanto'''" == en."ice hole"
* fi.''''-on'''' / ''''-ön''''-suffix == en."to inside"
* fi.''''-on'''' / ''''-ön''''-suffix == en."to inside"


::* -> fi."Hypätään avantoon" == en."Let's jump into the ice hole."
::* -> fi."Hypätään avantoon" == en."Lets jump into the ice hole."


* fi."'''kieritään'''" == en."let's roll"
* fi."'''kieritään'''" == en."lets roll"
* fi."'''lumi'''" == en."snow"
* fi."'''lumi'''" == en."snow"
* fi.''''-ssa'''' / ''''-ssä''''-suffix == en."in something"
* fi.''''-ssa'''' / ''''-ssä''''-suffix == en."in something"
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* fi."'''lonkero'''" == lit. "tentacle" but means a classic drink made of gin and fizzy grapefruit soda sold in bottles ever since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. An alternative after sauna drink.
* fi."'''lonkero'''" == lit. "tentacle" but means a classic drink made of gin and fizzy grapefruit soda sold in bottles ever since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. An alternative after sauna drink.
* fi."'''grillataan'''" == en."lets bbq"
* fi."'''grillataan'''" == en."lets bbq"
* fi."'''lähdetään'''" == en."let's go"
* fi."'''lähdetään'''" == en."lets go"
* fi."'''ravintolaan'''" == en."to a restaurant"
* fi."'''ravintolaan'''" == en."to a restaurant"


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