aivan sama

 aivan sama

MEANING:

Phrase: whatever, (adjective) identical, exactly the same.

DERIVED FROM:

Aivan means ”exactly,” ”precisely” or ”totally.” Or as an exclamation ”indeed!”

Sama means ”the same.”

EXTRA CREDIT:

Hintaa meinaan means ”I mean the price.”

The advertisement is a bit of a play on words as ”aivan sama” means both the polite ”exactly the same” and the teenage exclamation of ”whatever!”

tsemppiä

 tsemppiä!

MEANING:

Interjection: Good luck!

DERIVED FROM:

Tsemppiä is an interjection made from the slang term tsemppi which means ”fighting spirit,” ”spirit,” ”energy.”

Tsemppi comes from the Swedishkämpa (“to fight”).

EXTRA CREDIT:

The phrase ”Tsemppiä uuteen työhön” means ”Good luck with the new job!”

tervemenoa

 tervemenoa

MEANING:

Interjection: good riddance! (An informal way to indicate that a loss of something or departure of someone or something is welcome.)

DERIVED FROM:

Tervemenoa is the opposite of tervetuloa (“welcome”); meno is an antonym to tulo (”coming”).  Literally, it might mean ”well” or ”healthy going.”