"This is my bus stop"

[teddibiase]

You know, for when you're on a crowded bus, window seat....


"Tämä on bussipysäkkini" ?

Something colloquial would be preferable...

Thanks

[Jarkka]

A real Finn will of course say nothing and just kick others out of the way, but a polite person might say "Anteeks, mä jään tässä pois"...

[sammy]

The traditional way, of course, would be just to squeeze past without saying a word - okay maybe a Neanderthal grunt

But... more seriously... you can say e.g. "anteeks(i), jään tässä pois"

edit: the ancient skill of mind-reading...

[teddibiase]

The traditional way, of course, would be just to squeeze past without saying a word - okay maybe a Neanderthal grunt

But... more seriously... you can say e.g. "anteeks(i), jään tässä pois"

edit: the ancient skill of mind-reading...

excuse me, i stay here ... out?

[EP]

excuse me, i stay here ... out

No "anteeksi, jään tässä pois" means Excuse me, I will get out here.

But "jään tänne" means I will stay here.

[sinikala]

The traditional way, of course, would be just to squeeze past without saying a word - okay maybe a Neanderthal grunt

But... more seriously... you can say e.g. "anteeks(i), jään tässä pois"

edit: the ancient skill of mind-reading...

excuse me, i stay here ... out?

Easier to say just "aanteeks, mä jään pois"

"jään pois" goes together it's equivalent to "I'm getting off", Sammy stuck a tässä in the middle which has thrown you out.

Practically Finns don't need to do this... shuffling of the paper in their hand or action of putting on hat, gloves & a raise of the eyebrows as the other looks across means that no words need to be exchanged. You like? I like, is naice! Yegshemash!

[sammy]

Easier to say just "aanteeks, mä jään pois"

"jään pois" goes together it's equivalent to "I'm getting off", Sammy stuck a tässä in the middle which has thrown you out.

If one really wants to avoid wasting words, a mere "anteeks" will suffice (that's what most people use actually)

(although that's just one slip away from not saying anything at all )

You can of course also say:

Anteeksi hyvä herra/rouva/neiti, pahoittelen etukäteen aiheuttamani vaivaa, mutta olisikohan Teidän mitenkään mahdollista suorittaa parhaaksi katsomallanne tavalla sarja asianmukaisia väistöliikkeitä, jotta joukkoliikennevälineen poistumiskäytävälle siirtymiseni helpottuisi hieman. Jollen nimittäin vallan erehdy, olemme juuri kohtsillään saapumassa reittimme siihen pisteeseen jossa minun osaltani matkan on määrä päättyä.

...or...

väistännysaatana!

[sinikala]

Easier to say just "aanteeks, mä jään pois"

"jään pois" goes together it's equivalent to "I'm getting off", Sammy stuck a tässä in the middle which has thrown you out.

If one really wants to avoid wasting words, a mere "anteeks" will suffice (that's what most people use actually)

(although that's just one slip away from not saying anything at all )

You can of course also say:

Anteeksi hyvä herra/rouva/neiti, pahoittelen etukäteen aiheuttamani vaivaa, mutta olisikohan Teidän mitenkään mahdollista suorittaa parhaaksi katsomallanne tavalla sarja asianmukaisia väistöliikkeitä, jotta joukkoliikennevälineen poistumiskäytävälle siirtymiseni helpottuisi hieman. Jollen nimittäin vallan erehdy, olemme juuri kohtsillään saapumassa reittimme siihen pisteeseen jossa minun osaltani matkan on määrä päättyä.

...or...

väistännysaatana!

I would say that 90% of the time, the only word actually exchanged is "Kiitos!" after the person on the aisle has allowed you out of your seat. The rest is body language.

[Phil]

The best is when you're at the grocery store and you're in someone's way but don't it. They'll just stand there in silence forever until you move. A simple "excuse me" would save everyone a lot of time.

[Mark I.]

There's a nonverbal system (at least) in trams - say you sit by a window seat and someone next to you by corridor seat, and your stop comes; The first thing is to make small movements, like taking a hold on a seat in front of you, so that person next to you gets it that you are leaving. Then he/she steps besides, and you might thank him/her for that. Sometimes you might say "anteeks". "Anteeks, mä jään pois tässä" is so long, that Helsinkian might think there's something wrong with you, like you're from countryside, or something. From Espoo . (joking)

Well, trying to explain these things feels stupid - just go, with a flow.

[teddibiase]

There's a nonverbal system (at least) in trams - say you sit by a window seat and someone next to you by corridor seat, and your stop comes; The first thing is to make small movements, like taking a hold on a seat in front of you, so that person next to you gets it that you are leaving. Then he/she steps besides, and you might thank him/her for that. Sometimes you might say "anteeks". "Anteeks, mä jään pois tässä" is so long, that Helsinkian might think there's something wrong with you, like you're from countryside, or something. From Espoo . (joking)

Well, trying to explain these things feels stupid - just go, with a flow.

Yes, yes, I get the body language thing.

BUT, language is fun. Noam sane? And sometimes things are said to me, if I'm reading and being oblivious... I'm curious as to what they say..

[EP]

Yesterday somebody said on TV that 93 % of communication is non-verbal.

[sammy]

Yesterday somebody said on TV that 93 % of communication is non-verbal.

[EP]

Is that for me?

[sammy]

Is that for me?

Naaah, just a joke... come to think of it, I should have put in



the joke sort of misfired, sorry