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Here's an example, somewhat ordered by increasing politeness: Do this => Tee näin Can you do this => Voitko tehdä näin Could you do this => Voisitko tehdä

Here's an example, somewhat ordered by increasing politeness: Do this => Tee näin Can you do this => Voitko tehdä näin Could you do this => Voisitko tehdä näin Would you kindly do this => Olisitko ystävällinen ja tekisit näin A too literal translation of the last would be: Could you be friendly and do this. "Would you do this, please?" I think would work in English, with approximately same politeness level.

StavrosK 13y ago
Ah, that's similar to what we do in Greek. We have a word for "please", but very rarely use it. Instead, it also goes "do this", "do this for a bit" (it's a sort of colloquial "do me a favour"), "can you do this", "could you do this", "could you please do this"? That was an interesting fact about Finnish. Also, in England, it goes "Do this", "Could you please do this", with omission of the "please" considered rather rude :P