Limbs wrote:
do you have different ways of greeting people depending on who they are? like are certain words only for certain people. i'm just curious
i only use "heippa" for people i'm very close to, n it always startles me when someone i don't know says it to me lol. "moi" or "moikka" is for friends and acquaintances, and "terve" is for complete strangers, it feels weird to say it to someone i know. and "hei" is for strangers when it's more formal than casual