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How do you say this in Finnish? Please
How do you say this in Finnish? Please
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- Finnish
In Finnish language we don't have the word "please" at all. In some cases it can be translated as "kiitos" (thank you). Quite often the politeness of the word "please" is formed with the conditional mood (-isi-). Here are some examples:
Otan vettä. = I take water.
Ottaisin vettä. = I would take water.
Ottaisin vettä, kiitos. = I would take water, please.
- Ukrainian
- Spanish (Spain) Near fluent
How could it be? I always thought that the word "please"exists in every language. Don't you need it at all?
- Ukrainian
- Spanish (Spain) Near fluent
So "Kiitos" in Finnish means both "thank you" and "please"?
- Ukrainian
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Can the word "kysyn" be used in this role?
For example, as in Estonian (palun), Polish (proszę), Ukrainian (прошу).
(I do not know if google translator translated this word corectly, so I mean the verb "to ask" in the meaning "to ask for sth", not "to ask a question".)
For example, as in Estonian (palun), Polish (proszę), Ukrainian (прошу).
(I do not know if google translator translated this word corectly, so I mean the verb "to ask" in the meaning "to ask for sth", not "to ask a question".)
- Finnish
There really is no word "please". "Kiitos" is literally "thank you", but in some cases you can use in places where you would say "please". "Kysyä" is "to ask" as in to ask a question. Ask for something is "pyytää" (minä pyydän = I ask). I think that in elementary school, when I had my first English classes, we were told that we can think the word "please" to be "pyydän", though that's not what it actually is. So, no-one would really say "pyydän" in Finnish to replace "please", but it makes the idea of the word "please" more understandable.
- Finnish
Sometimes it can be translated as "ole kiltti" (if you would be so kind, literally "be kind").
Ole kiltti ja lopeta. = Please stop.
"Pyytää" (to ask) can also be used:
Pyydän, lopeta! = I beg of you, please stop!
But mostly politeness is expressed in other ways, as jerikofox explained.
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