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A non-exhaustive list of ways to congratulate somone on their birthday in Finnish
Hyvää syntymäpäivää! – Hyvät synttärit! – Hyviä synttäreitä!
Onnea! – Onnee! – Paljon onnea! – Onnea päivän sankkarille! – Onneksi olkoon!
Onnittelut!
The traditional song to sing on a birthday:
Paljon onnea vaan!
Paljon onnea vaan!
Paljon onnea <name of the celebrated person>!
Paljon onnea vaan!
Finnish Easy Reading Book Series
FINNISH EASY READING is an easy-to-read book series in simple Finnish, on three levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced). The books are adapted following the author’s original style. They are suitable for those who study Finnish, as well as for Finnish natives who find the language complexity of the original texts too challenging.
I spoke finnish as a child and I forgot some of the ways of saying congratulations. Thanks for the reminder!