This document provides information about Finnish housing and living customs. It describes common house types like detached houses (omakotitalo), apartments of different sizes (yksio, kaksio, kolmio), and buildings with multiple apartments. It discusses housebuilding traditions like talkoot where neighbors help each other. It also covers housewarming party etiquette like bringing salt and bread as a gift and taking shoes off inside. Overall, the document aims to teach English learners vocabulary and expressions related to Finnish homes, invitations, and social interactions.

1. TULKAA KÄYMÄÄN!
Come and see us!
Describing your home;
Talking about how Finns live;
Receiving and accepting an invitation
Ritva Tammi 2015

2. YOU LEARN TO…
Make invitations – and respond to them
Find out about lifestyle and living conditions
Talk about plans, and find out about other people’s plans
Thank people about hospitality
Deal with social courtesies
Ask and answer questions about personal details
Cope with follow-up questions

3. HOW THE FINNS LIVE
Many Finns build their own house or have it built to their own design
(…which is a dream come true to many, and house building skills are important)
 The majority of houses are OMAKOTITALO
TALKOOT means that neighbours and friends help in exchange of food and drink
TONTTI is a building plot where you build your house
TUPAANTULIAISET is a housewarming party

4. - OMAKOTITALO IS A BUNGALOW-TYPE BUILDING (DETACHED HOUSE) THAT FINNS LIKE A LOT,
WITH PUU AS BUILDING MATERIAL
- TALOPAKETTI IS A PREFABRICATED HOUSE READY TO BE ASSEMBLED ON THE SPOT
- A TERRACE OF HOUSES IS CALLED RIVITALO (SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE)
- KERROSTALO IS A BLOCK OF FLATS
- ASUNTO IS A GENERIC WORD FOR A ’PLACE TO LIVE’
- VUOKRA-ASUNTO IS A RENTED RESIDENCE
- YKSIÖ, KAKSIO, KOLMIO ARE DIFFERENT-SIZED FLATS
- PORRASKÄYTÄVÄ OR RAPPU IS THE STAIRWELL CONNECTING THE FLATS, USUALLY MARKED BY LETTERS:
A-RAPPU, B-RAPPU…
- - WHEN LOOKING AT A FINNISH ADDRESS, YOU CAN TELL WHETHER THE HOUSE IS A SINGLE- OR MULTIPLE-RESIDENCE BUILDING:
THE ADDRESS FOR A HOUSE (OMAKOTITALO) HAS ONE NUMBER, WHICH COMES AFTER THE NAME OF THE STREET:
OPINTIE 3;
KERROSTALO OR RIVITALO ADDRESSES GIVE THE NUMBER OF THE BUILDING IN THE STREET, WITH A LETTER MARKING
THE PART OF THE BUILDING, AND THE LAST PART OF AN ADDRESS IS THE NUMBER OF THE FLAT: TORIKATU 13 B 4.

5. HOUSEWARMING PARTY
”ON MUKAVAA, ETTÄ PÄÄSIT TULEMAAN!” (IT IS NICE THAT YOU COULD MAKE IT)
”TERVETULOA!” (WELCOME)
”KÄYKÄÄ(PÄ) PEREMMÄLLE!” (COME RIGHT IN)
”ONNEA UUTEEN KOTIIN! (GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW HOME)
THE TRADITIONAL GIFT TO BE GIVEN FOR YOUR HOSTS IS SUOLA JA LEIPÄ (SALT AND BREAD), AS SYMBOLS OF HEALTH AND WEALTH.
ISÄNTÄ IS THE HOST; EMÄNTÄ IS THE HOSTESS.
- NOWADAYS PRESENTS CAN RANGE FROM HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO JOKEY PRESENTS
- YOU WISH THE FAMILY GOOD LUCK IN THEIR NEW HOUSE
- YOU ARE GIVEN A GUIDED TOUR IN THE HOUSE
… BUT OTA KENGÄT POIS (TAKE SHOES OFF)
AS SOON AS YOU COME INSIDE 

6. BUILD UP VOCABULARY -> VERBS
 TEHDÄ (to do/ to make)
 RAKENTAA (to build)
 MUUTTAA (to move)
 ASUA (to live)
 ISTUTTAA (to plant)
 TUTUSTUA (to get to know)
 NÄYTTÄÄ (to show)
 KUTSUA (to invite)
 VIERAILLA (to visit)

7. -> NOUNS
TUPAANTULIAISET (housewarming party)
TILA (space, room)
RANTA (shore)
JÄRVI (lake)
NÄKÖALA (view)
TONTTI (a plot of land a house is built on)
LAHJA (present)
KUTSU (invitation)
MAKUUHUONE (bedroom), OLOHUONE (living room), KEITTIÖ (kitchen), TAKKAHUONE (lounge),
PESUHUONE (shower room), ETEINEN (hall), VESSA (toilet), KUISTI (terrace), VARASTO (storeroom),
TAKAPIHA (backyard), AUTOTALLI (garage), KUIVAUSKAAPPI (airing cupboard),
LEIVINUUNI (wood-burning owen), SAUNA (sauna)

8. EXPRESSIONS
KIVA TAVATA! (nice to meet you)
MITÄ SINULLE KUULUU? (how are things, how are you?)
- ENTÄ ITSELLESI? (and how are you?)
KIITOS KUTSUSTA! (thank you for the invitation) KUTSU = invitation
VOISIT(TE)KO (TE) TULLA…? (could you come…?)
TULE KÄYMÄÄN! (come and visit me/us)
MILLOIN? (when?)
MIKÄ ON OSOITTEESI? (what is your address?) OSOITE = address
TULEMME MIELELLÄMME. (we would love to come)
ANTEEKSI, ETTÄ EN PÄÄSSYT TULEMAAN. (I’m sorry I couldn’t make it)
OLIPA HAUSKAA ETTÄ PÄÄSIT TULEMAAN. (I’m glad you could make it)
KAHVI ON PÖYDÄSSÄ! (please, come and have some coffee!)
KIITOS! (thank you)
MINUN PITÄISI NYT MENNÄ. (I should be leaving now)
TERVEISIÄ KAIKILLE! (greetings to everybody!)

9. REVIEW
1. Flats are described as YKSIÖ, KAKSIO and KOLMIO in Finnish.
 What do you think of their size?
2. You make friends with a boy who lives in Opintie 3.
 What type of home does he have?
3. What is the word for ’neighbours and friends helping you to build a house’ ?
4. What kind of house is an OMAKOTITALO?
5. What are the Finnish words for …
WOOD, BLOCK OF FLATS , DETACHED HOUSE, ADDRESS, INVITATION, LAKE, TOILET, THANK YOU ?

10. 6. WHICH ROOM IN A HOUSE IS THE ’VESSA’?
7. WHICH ROOM WOULD BE NEXT TO THE ’PESUHUONE’ IN A FINNISH HOUSE?
8. WHAT DO YOU KEEP IN THE ’AUTOTALLI’?
9. WHAT IS MEANT BY ’TERVETULOA”!
10. YOUR HOSTESS CALLS OUT: ”KAHVI ON PÖYDÄSSÄ!” - WHAT ARE YOU INVITED TO DO?
11. HOW WOULD YOU SAY ’’THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION”?
12. YOU HOST SAYS ”KÄYKÄÄ PEREMMÄLLE!” - WHAT DOES HE WANT YOU TO DO?