Scandinavian language basics
Last Updated: Feb. 06, 2009
English is a very widely spoken and understood language throughout Sweden, Norway and Denmark while Finland is also officially bi-lingual with Swedish and Finnish as official languages.
Scandinavian language basics
| English | Finnish | Swedish | Norwegian | Danish |
| Good Morning | Hyvää päivää/Hei | God dag | God morgen | Godmorgen |
| Good Bye | Näkemiin/Hei hei | Hej då | Hade | Farvel/Hej |
| Please | Does not translate | Does not translate | Vær så snill | Vær så venlig |
| Thank You | Kiitos | Tack | Tusen takk | Tak |
| Yes | Kyllä | Ja | Ja | Ja |
| No | Ei | Nej | Nei | Nej |
| Where is? | Missä on | Var är | Hvar er | Hvor er |
| The toilet | Toaletti | Toaletten | Toalettet | Toilettet |
| The bank | Pankki | Bank | Bank | Bank |
| Post office | Posti | Postkontoret | Postkontor | posthus |
| How much? | Kuinka paljon? | Vad kostar? | Hvor mye koster? | Hvad koster? |
| The bill | Lasku | Notan | Regningen | Regning |
| Ladies | Naiset | Damtoalett | Damer | Damer |
| Gents | Herrat/Miehet | Herre | Herrer | Herrer |
| One/two | Yksi/kaksi | En/två | En/to | En/to |
| Three/four | Kolme/neljä | Tre/fyra | Tre/fire | Tre/fire |
| Five/six | Viisi/kuusi | Fem/sex | Fem/seks | Fem/seks |
| Seven/eight | Seitsemän/kahdeksan | Sju/åtta | Syv/åtte | Syv/otte |
| Nine/ten | Yhdeksän/kymmenen | Nio/tio | Ni/ti | Ni/ti |
| Open | Auki/Avoinna | öppen | åpen | åbn |
| Closed | Kiinni/Suljettu | Sluten | Sluttet | Sluttene |
| Hot | Kuuma | Het | Het | Het |
| Cold | Kylmettyminen | Kall | Kald | Kild |
| Water | Vettä | Watten | Vann | Vand |
| Tea | Teetä | Te | Te | Te |
| Coffee | Kahvia | Kaffe | Kaffe | Kaffe |
| Beer | Olutta | öl | øl | øl |
| Wine | Viiniä | Vin | Vin | Vin |
| Excuse me (sorry) | Anteeksi | Förlåt | Orsak meg | Undskyld |
| Cheers | Kippis | Skal | Skal | Skal |
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I’m Scandinavian and I can see a lot of mistakes here….Some of the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian is mixed up….(e.g. Excuse me = undskyld meg (Norwegian), “orsak meg” is more Swedish). Cheers = Skål
Closed = stengt (not “sluttet”, that word mean something else).
Viking
posted on Jun. 30, 2009
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