15 FINNISH WORDS THIS WORLD NEEDS URGENTLY

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

Myötähäpeä happens because people feel empathy. A normal good person feels sorry for a person who makes mistakes. It is the same with other feelings - we are happy when a person on the screen is happy, etc.

[@AlenaTalks]

Yeah, I guess you’re right🤔

[@ES-ig4pm]

Poronkusema is interesting measurement of distance as reindeer can't urinate, when it is running and if it runs too long without urinating it may suffer stroke, so people who used reindeers to pull sleighs had to estimate when they need to give break for reindeers. So the distance that reindeers can run before they need to stop to urinate become known as poronkusema, so very on point as most Finish terms are.

[@AlenaTalks]

Wow, thank you for the backstory! Super interesting🤩

[@House_of_Caine]

Apparently it's about 11km or so...

[@torala]

Yes, it can be used only as a rough estimation of the distance, because it depence of the reindeere and the landscape. The average is 7,5km, and if the landscape is easy and flat it could be about 10km.

[@House_of_Caine]

"Vahingonilo" is a literal translation of German "Schadenfreude".

[@AlenaTalks]

Ah, heard of it in German!

[@tonikaihola5408]

Tuliainen can also mean things from abroad, when you bring stuff with you as gifts.

[@AlenaTalks]

Ah, good to know!

[@kaihomieli8226]

Hi Alena, lintukoto means a poetic form of bird's nest, home of a bird, located in peaceful forest far away from the restless world. So a nice hidden hut in forest or another nice peaceful place or region can be your lintukoto.

[@tonikaihola5408]

“Ng” occurs in many words in Finnish. Kenkä / kengät Kanki / kanget Etc. Lintukoto means just a safe place without worries, no cages 😅

[@leopartanen8752]

Also "ng" in Finnish makes [ŋ:] sound like this one: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal

[@TheYannir]

Pilkunnussija is a person that enjoys correcting other people. Just like me here. I've never heard of pukukummitus before, you know. Learned something here.

[@AlenaTalks]

Oh wow, cool that you’ve discovered a new word!

[@Misgu1]

Sun ääntäminen on parantunut edellisistä videoista. Hyvä! :)

[@AlenaTalks]

Kiitos!😊

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

A pilkunnussija can nussia in other areas too. e.g., if someone says: "it snowed 2 cm in Tampere today", he/she says: "actually, it was 2,4 cm".. But I am happy that you Alena are a little bit of a pilkunnussija irl, I am too :)

[@AlenaTalks]

I think many people are, they just hide it better😂

[@qwineth]

Finland certainly is lintukoto in this brutal world... A very good pick actually!

[@AlenaTalks]

Indeed! Thank you☺️

[@osclhelp]

Nice video Alena and you getting better everyday. Best part of Finnish language is you can "invent" new words if you like. Just find words what you like and of they rime and together mean something or action you can put them together. There you go you have new word. That's the beauty of combine words. Try, you might find your work in dictionary in the future. ;o)

[@AlenaTalks]

Fabulous😁 maybe, who knows, who knows..😄

[@valveillen]

some of these i hadn't even seen before, like pukukummitus :D maybe there aren't as many men in suits up here northern finland haha! some of my favourite words are 'nippanappa' which is when you have barely/just enough of something, (like an ingredient when baking) höpöttää = when someone is babbling, but i think also when someone is telling lies. you can say 'höpöhöpö' when you know someone tries to make you believe a story they're telling, it's often used with children. you can also say someone is 'höpö or höpsö' when they're being goofy, but in an endearing way :D i could keep doing this for all eternity, there's so many awesome finnish words!

[@AlenaTalks]

I love these!😍 yeah, when you try to dig into the Finnish language, it’s a never-ending but fun process!

[@just42tube]

I would say that a tosikko can have so vivid, deep understanding and knowledge, which can make him or her interesting and not boring even though he or she takes things seriously, even too seriously, and don't make an effort to be funny. And then there are also Buster Keaton type comedians, who use seriousness as a style to create funny circumstances. It is a kind of tosikko, isn't it.

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

I think a tosikko really cannot understand humour. They just can't. They are not boring, they can tell you interesting stories, but nobody likes them, because they just take everything seriously, and that is not human nature. Those comedians are just pretending to be tosikko, and the audience knows this.

[@tonikaihola5408]

Your pronunciation is very good! Some intonation is a bit off but other than that, excellent 😊

[@AlenaTalks]

Yeah, intonation can be tricky for a non-native speaker😅 Thank you!

[@just42tube]

We humans have the ability to reflect what others feel, to see situations from the other people's perspective. At least healthy human minds have this ability, which seems to be basis for empathy. Our brains can try in a way to mirror what an other person is experiencing and to feel it as own experience.

[@just42tube]

The interpretation of kalsarikännit you use seems to be in that sense a more modern one that it includes this self ironic overdramatized possiblity of not being actually very drunk. The older use was referring to getting drunk indeed. I can recognize that the use of the word has drifted to include also less excessive drinking.

[@AlenaTalks]

I guess, it’s a good tendency

[@just42tube]

@@AlenaTalks Tendency of taking meanings with more strict or narrow meanings and transforming them ironically or some other ways ro something else? I am so old that I have seen words like hot been transformed to cool. Words can get additional meanings and some aspects of their meanings can turn even opposite. I have no linguistics skills or qualifications. But I feel that words get diluted as they accumulate so many and even conflicting possible meanings that everything needs a lot of context to be interpreted with any accuracy.

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

@3:48

[@arska77]

I think "kalsarikännit" can be used only if you drink alcohol. You can't get drunk (känni) with out alcohol. 👋👍

[@AlenaTalks]

Ah, ok, if this meaning is in the root of the word, then yes, it’s just with booze😄

[@arska77]

@@AlenaTalks yes 👌

[@pasiholtta]

In my opinion "känni" in general includes the idea of relatively heavy or excessive alcohol consumption. There are some other words for being just slightly or happily intoxicated because of taking just a little.

[@NightwishArena]

Kalsarikännit means getting drunk at home (alone), wearing only your long johns, and without any intention to go out. But I guess that is just the basic form, and you can wear whatever you want, and you don't need to get totally wasted. But there needs to be some alcohol involved, and you need to stay at home.

[@AlenaTalks]

@@NightwishArena sounds legit!

[@JaffaJannu]

Pilkunnussija is just an average Reddit user. Also I think that hyppytyynytyydytys is just a tongue twister. Not very difficult one but still...

[@AlenaTalks]

Oh, I thought it’s a proper word😅

[@oh2mp]

"Pilkunnussija" can be it in other things too, not just grammar. You have got better in pronunciation again. You said eg. "myötähäpeä" well and it contains the diphtong "yö" which is typically very hard for Russian speakers. Also "kyykkyviini" was perfect! This video was nice to watch while I was taking "kalsarikännit" :) Because it means "underpants drunk", it can be done with alcohol drinks only.

[@AlenaTalks]

Thank you!☺️ hope you’ve had a great kalsarikännit time😁

[@oh2mp]

@@AlenaTalks It's just in progress. I have drank just several beers in this phase of the evening 😃🤣

[@hextatik_sound]

I've never heard the word "hankiainen". For me it has always been "kantohanki".

[@AlenaTalks]

Interesting, I wonder if it’s regional🤔

[@NightwishArena]

@@AlenaTalks has to be. I've never heard of hankiainen either. I live in North Ostrobothnia.

[@timoterava7108]

And for me hankikanto!

[@TheKlas86]

Hankiainen is insect :)

[@hextatik_sound]

@@TheKlas86 No it's not :D

[@blechtic]

Oh, "Talks"! Not "Jalka"..