A coke, please.

[Encolpius]

Hello, I do not speak Finnish at all, but I saw somewhere if you want to have a coke in a bar you say "Yksi koki, kiitos", is that true? How do you say "A coke, please" in Finnish? Yksi kokis kiitos sounds so beautiful to my ears. ❤️❤️❤️ I just want to be sure.
Thanks. Encolpius

 

[Maunulan Pappa]

Yes, that's correct. Yksi kokis, kiitos translates literally to One Coke, thank you.

Kokis is an everyday word for Coca-Cola and as a proper name it should be written with a capital K, but it's become so much a common name that you can see it written kokis as well.

 

[Encolpius]

Oh, so kiitos is not please but thank you, interesting. So it is uncommon to say please when you order something in Finnish?

 

[Maunulan Pappa]

There is no exact equivalent for please in the Finnish language. To make a polite request, you may use kiitos in the end of the sentence, or you can begin your order with, e.g., saisinko... (could I have...).

 

[Encolpius]

Oh, interesting.