Finnish for healthcare workers

Finnish for healthcare workers: Emotional support in Finnish

Lost for words when talking with a patient in Finnish? It can be hard to express yourself in Finnish when you need to address difficult things. This blog post focuses on how nurses, doctors etc. can support their patients in Finnish in difficult times, but of course, these expressions are useful for anyone to learn!

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Mikä se on? vs. Mitä se on?

“Mikä se on?” or “Mitä se on?” – What’s the difference? The interrogatives ‘mitä’ and ‘mikä’ can be tough, but here’s a video that explains the choice between those two questions.

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Why on earth? Why the h***?

When you don’t understand why someone is doing what they’re doing, you can express your confusion or perplexity in English by saying “Why on earth?” Read on to find out how to say this in Finnish and how to tweak this sentence further. (NB! The end of the article contains swear words, both in the text and the audio.)

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