Looking for practical Finnish to Sami North phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Finnish phrase first, then the Sami North translation (Sami North) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Sami North.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Sami North-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Hei
Bures(bures)
Kiitos
Giitu(giitu)
Hyvää huomenta
Buorre eahket(buorre eahket)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Buorre beaivi(buorre beaivi)
Hyvää iltaa
Buorre iđit(buorre iđit)
Hyvää yötä
Buorre natti(buorre natti)
Nähdään myöhemmin
Bures boahtin(bures boahtin)
Näkemiin
Ráhkisvuohta(ráhkisvuohta)
Mikä sinun nimesi on?
Mii du namma lea?(mii du namma lea)
Nimeni on John
Mun namma lea John(mun namma lea John)
Miten voit?
Gii du lea?(gii du lea)
Hauska tavata
Bures boahtin(bures boahtin)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Puhutko englantia?
Don leat englalaš?(Don leat englalaš?)
En puhu hindia hyvin.
Mun in lea hindi gohčodaga(Mun in lea hindi gohčodaga)
En ymmärrä.
Mun in boahtte(Mun in boahtte)
Puhu, ole hyvä, hitaasti.
Váldde čáhkkáldat(Váldde čáhkkáldat)
Voisitko sanoa sen uudelleen?
Várra gohččat dán again?(Várra gohččat dán again?)