Indonesian Speaking Finnish - Finnish Language Conversation ft. Annisa

Today Annisa from Indonesian joins our channel and we well speak Finnish and discuss how she learned to speak Finnish and her experiences about learning Finnish in Finland. We want to motivate all Finnish learners out there that it is possible to learn our language.
We had no scripts except the questions I had written down on my phone. Annisa came up with the answers on the spot.
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[@brina9845]

As an Indonesian learning Finnish, this is very motivating! Kiitos for the video! :D

[@AleksiHimself]

No problem! Have fun learning!

[@alexcristianginting1691]

Shabrina Sidharta Indonesian here trying to grasp Finnish...

[@stateservant]

goodluck ya, kasusnya banyak banget gw tau.

[@gilles466]

Same here! Planning on studying in Finland next year

[@astronomics6352]

How did it go?

[@terebiomimasu]

4:42 "Language is life and life is about learning. You can learn anytime everywhere." That was deep. I had to pause the video a bit to think more about it.

[@AleksiHimself]

She indeed had a good point there!

[@bintangbenua]

Indonesian speaks Suomi sounds like Mexican speak Nahuatl.😁😁 Phonologically, Indonesian and Suomi are quite easy for foreigner but gramatically Suomi is more difficult.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment domar lolodi!

[@Agriking]

Everyone should learn Finnish.

[@AleksiHimself]

+Agriking indeed! Have a great weekend King!

[@wakemeup6863]

im from indonesia and im learning finnish

[@user-zc6to7bd7t]

wake me up why?

[@aihara2799]

Im learning fninnish

[@aivopark]

We Finns we rule the Universe at some point!

[@afniwiranti1760]

super wow! her finnish is really impressive 😍 im currently learning finnish too . wish me luck!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks and good luck!

[@limuco2052]

I'm Indonesian learning Finnish. While watching this video I sometimes close my eyes and just listen to what both of you say even if I don't understand anything so I can really be focused of what spoken Finnish sound like. I'm just started learning and currently only know some of basic vocabularies

[@shawshank8100]

My brother lives in Finland. I visited him and his family a couple of months ago and I'm hoping to visit again next year. I'm trying to learn Finnish so I can have a conversation with his wife and children in their native language. They speak English to but I just think that it would be cool to have a conversation with them in Finnish. I found Finland to be a nice and calm country when I visited :-) * I'm from England *

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for sharing your story! If you want get into Finnish, check out this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17Jd6Wvf9ueorM

[@holoholopainen1627]

Have You heard of Finnish Baseball ? Even many Americans - never seen The Game even IT has Been Played - The past 100 years !

[@nine1zero3zero2]

As a Filipino learning Finnish, this is a great motivation! Since I'm only learning through Duolingo, I still can't find the confidence to try speaking but her advice makes so much sense. Making mistakes and learning from them is such a gem of advice.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Easy Way to learn The Language IS to learn to play Finnish Baseball ! There Are many People that has NEVER - seen The game before KZbin ! Thanks to KZbin - Even American see PESAPALLO - for The very 1st Time ! The game has Been around 100years - but many Are amazed to see - that in Europe People play Their game ! Have You seen The Game before this ? KZbinssa on monta hyvää videota - mistä voi nähdä miten peliä pelataan !

[@gemmycantik]

I'm Indonesian, I don't know finnish but last year I stumbled upon Finnish Christmas songs in KZbin for some reason. They sound so beautiful so I decided to look for the lyrics and was quite surprise that I can sing along without knowing any single word. Probably someday I'll add Finnish into my foreign languages list 😁

[@ahmad24995]

This is such a gold, i literally stopped for a while and totally shocked when i read the title. As an indonesian i really appreciate her willing to speak finnish fluently and she did it. Its pretty rare for indonesian to embark his path took a deep learning about nordic countries especially finland. Keep it up girl, you really inspired us 😯

[@ofaoilleachain]

I'm quite an introverted Irishman, but I hope to be speaking Finnish, as I love the people and overall love the cultural similarities...hyvä videota :D

[@JohnWins]

Great video, sir! Nice to see those thoughts about a foreigner learning finnish! :) Have a nice weekend!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks John for the feedback and enjoy your weekend too sir!

[@chubbypumpkin1411]

Annisa puhuu suomea tosi hyvin. Mä oon myös asunut Suomessa 3 vuotta, mutta en osaa puhua hyvin. Mutta yritän :) Kiitos videosta!

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Tsemppiä!

[@linhphamthuy5093]

Kiitos paljon. Minulla on enemmän motivaatio. Hyvä viikonloppua

[@AleksiHimself]

Ole hyvä ja kiitos samoin!

[@oguzbasdemir7637]

Ihana video! Mä opin suomea ja sun videot auttavat paljun mulle. Ymmärtäminen ulkomaalaiset joka oppinut suomen on niin helpompaa!

[@aaronjohannmusic3655]

That video and the one of the mexican guy (if I remember right) gave me some more hope and motivation to keep learning finnish and not to give up. But damn, where did you get that music from? That Slap Bass riff hits, especially for me as a bassist! It was hard for me to focus on what you were talking 😅

[@HorseFokus]

these videos are such a motivation for me since i learning finnish right now! thanks for sharing! :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Great! Keep it up!

[@deathbytechnox3]

Really love these videos! It gives me hope that one day I'll be able to speak Finnish too

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! Wow we share the similar story as I started this channel when I was in Japan for exchange studies for a year. In my case I'm a bit lucky cos I have a Japanese girlfriend and we are talking in Japanese everyday, but I'm also playing video games in Japanese (e.g. Pokemon) and using some flashcard apps to keep up. Did you make any Japanese friends? Try reaching out to them. :)

[@deathbytechnox3]

Yeah, I never made any Japanese friends, which would have probably been the best thing to do. They even held conversation tables off campus to help practice, but I never went D: My plans for the future have changed slightly, though, and I plan to study in Finland within the next year or two, so I'm trying to find as many free, at-home learning sites and books, but I should probably also find some people online to have practice conversations with.

[@hazelpamintuan1644]

Always watching your videos, very informative. I want to learn Finnish language too. Kiitos paljon From Philippines 🇵🇭❤️

[@AleksiHimself]

You can do it!

[@ursula493]

Oh, thank you, I am much more motivated and less afraid. Thanks!!

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@4ntt0n]

Annisa oli tosi sympaattinen! :) Go Aleksi, mukava seurata sun touhuja! Annisa was very sympathetic! It's really nice to heard from you dude every now and then!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks! I make videos twice a week so you can check out new stuff very often. ;)

[@Heather-uz8hh]

Tämä oli rohkaisevaa. Kiitos. She seems brave. Terrifying for me to try and speak or type, but more Finnish friends would help. I'm late to find this channel. Glad to know about it now.

[@AleksiHimself]

You need to slowly build confidence using the language. There's no other way. There will be mistakes and such but without trial and error you can't get good.

[@eastwind316]

Hieno video! Kiitos siitä. Mäkin opiskelen suomea ja video on hyvä harjoitelemaan koska puhutte ei niin nopea ja hyvä ymmärtää. Ja on todellinen että paras opiskelemaan on vaan käyttää ja sen tähden on tärkein ei miettiä lian paljon. Tuli paljon helpompi, parempi ja hauskempi kun vain puhuin.

[@AleksiHimself]

Mahtavaa!

[@hubalaba]

She is absolutely great at Finnish and also stunningly magnificent at expressing herself, even in Finnish that she hasn't learned for that long. Not so many people have that kind of sense on languages. I hope she has a great life in Finland even though most of us are not that welcoming, which I feel so sorry about! I just need to add, if she's ever to hear, that I've never heard someone speak so fluent Finnish that has stayed in here for only that amount of time.

[@AleksiHimself]

+Noora Hakkarainen thanks for the comment! You should watch my video with Raul the Mexican too on this channel. 😉

[@angcil88]

Indonesian here, great videos man! Hoping to learn Finnish in the future and visit the country 😄

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Mahesa Rangga!

[@Ms.Nobody_8]

Her Javanese accent still there even though she's talking in Finnish 😁

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment gratia octaviani!

[@calisthenicstrader1102]

How great there is indonesian in your channel. I'm indonesian too

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks! 😃

[@Gibbetoo]

good videos, keep going.

[@Gibbetoo]

learning english little by little. can understand , but cant talk.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment and good luck learning English!

[@jeremyemilio9378]

actually learning german but watching for the advice which could apply to learning any language, but 1 big point stands out to me is that she actually lives in a country where the language is spoken natively and is everywhere. what if i for example i live in far flung or remote area with almost 0 chance of ever meeting someone from the country. take for example,someone living in mongolia learning finnish or a chinese trying to learn greenlandic?

[@AleksiHimself]

I learned German in Finland without ever visiting Germany. What I did I hung out a lot of with the German exchange students in my area in Finland. If you don't have access to Germans, try taking 1-on-1 lessons from Italki.

[@muhamadvidifaizal2600]

wow this is amazing

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Muhamad Vidi Faizal!

[@muhamadvidifaizal2600]

glad to see indonesian speaks finnish, hope I could learn finnish in finland someday

[@keumalacmhl8574]

Finnish adalah salah satu bahasa paling sulit di dunia, salute untuk Annisa 👍

[@beesontaylorsversion4125]

No, menurut ku finnish bahasa ya mudah si

[@esonoimporta1750]

What you say about grammar. In my opinion , grammar familiarises you with the language. When you are speaking don't think of the grammar just let it flow.

[@esonoimporta1750]

Congrats to the Indonesian and to you Aleksi for this motivational video. We need more people like you.

[@AleksiHimself]

Exactly½ Well said!

[@anonim091]

I have a willing to learn Finnish in my future, to learn finland education system because I'm really Interested with or by finland education and My Dream is to build a school with finland education system in INDONESIA. REALLY LOVE FINLAND EDUCATION

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Arief Sofyan!

[@NorthMoon.666]

Asunut kolme vuotta Suomessa, eli ymmärsinkö oikein, että hän on aloittanut suomen opiskelun myös kolme vuotta sitten? Jos näin on, hän puhuu ällistyttävän hyvää suomea! Hienosti tehty!

[@AleksiHimself]

Näin mäkin ymmärsin joo!

[@EnnaOjala]

Just samaa mieltä tosta et ei oo nii pilkulleen vaikka sanois just et mä tapan opettajan kun kaikki tajuaa että tarkoittaa tavata. Suomalaiset on kehittiny hyvin tajuamaan ja ymmärtämään just mitä sellaset jotka ei kunnolla puhu oikeasti tarkoittaa. Kun suurinosa sanoista melkeen kaikki ei-natiivipuhujat sanoo samaan tapaan

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti taas kommentista! Monella on just tuo, että luullaan et pitäis käyttää kielioppia oikein että pystyy kommunikoimaan.

[@xiaolinli669]

Hopefully one day I could be the interviewee of your this kind of video haha

[@AleksiHimself]

Let's make it happen!

[@xiaolinli669]

thank you! your videos showing foreigners speaking good Finnish strengthens my confidence :)

[@hosannayeshua4446]

I have to say that the reason i do not fix how someone speaks finnish is because then there would be no end, we would not get anywhere in the conversation.

[@bukhoriyahbukhoriyah1981]

Hyvä motivatio, "älä pelkä puhua" toivon osa puhun hyvin suomea.

[@imthebest5825]

i still learning suomi but feel kinda hard for me

[@AleksiHimself]

It's supposed to be hard at first. The pros also started from somewhere.

[@unsteadygait]

♥️

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff! 😃🙌

[@arga8371]

Wow keren

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@arga8371]

Vlog fishing salmon sir 👍

[@Lunaholic94]

6:50 i'd like to point out that other than not wanting to be rude the reason might be they just want to talk with you. Fixing every single grammartical error makes the conversation slow and the naturality just disappears. Even finnish people themselves sometimes accidentally blunder with the endings and the cases so why shouldn't I expect a foreigner to do the same

[@billyriedel6449]

I am trying to find Finnish natives I could talk to on skype. I have had some small conversation on hellotalk, but nothing too deep.

[@AleksiHimself]

You can also try iTalki.

[@AhmadFauzi-mw4gq]

Gosssh she’s sounds like speaking Spanish for me cause the strong “R” as Spanish and Indonesians have haha

[@romyardianto5723]

Great from Indonesia like me too👏👏👏🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Romy Ardianto!

[@romyardianto5723]

Ei häätä. Haluan myös opiskelen suomea 😉

[@valtterisunkown7618]

i from finland to i live place kouvola speak finihs is esy alexi geep up videos like this

[@AleksiHimself]

Thank!

[@Dally93]

Mun on vaikea oppia kaikkia kielioppisääntöjä ja minulle on helpointa opetella kuuntelemalla. Kun jossain espanjassa en mä ikinä muista minkä sanojen eteen tulee 'el' ja minkä 'la' Niin kuuntelen vaan tarkasti muiden puhetta enkä yhtään tykkää päntätä mitään sääntöjä. Ja opin espanjaa rehellisesti enemmän Serranon perheestä kuin koulun tunnilta ;)

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Koulussa vai olla sekä huonoa että hyvää opetusta, mutta oon samaa mieltä, että käyttämällä ja "sukeltamalla kieleen" oppii kyl parhaiten. Lisäksi jokaisella on omat parhaat oppismistyylit ja hienoa, että oot löytäny omas! ^^

[@dianarosca4921]

Soon finland

[@AleksiHimself]

+Diana Rosca Apria are you coming to Finland? 😀

[@elemukelemu]

Mitä hittoo luulis et puhuis hiljasemmin suomee mut puhuu nopeempaa varmaa ku minä :D ja viel noi hyvi oppinu lyhyes ajas (kielten oppimiseen aina kestää jonkin aikaa) antaa vaa motivaatioo minulle Saksan opiskeluu lisää :Dd mut yläasteel o vähä liia helppoo kaikist 10+ ja liia vähä vaa tuntei joist oppis kieloppii ni opiskelen ain vapaa ajal :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Kieliä voi oppia nopeastikin oikealla strategialla: keskittyy olennaisiin juttuihin ja puhuu mahdollisimman paljon.

[@angelineiskandar7366]

I've been in Finland for more than 2 years and i still can't speak Finnish at all 🙈 Salute to this lady 💪

[@AleksiHimself]

Keep it at it!

[@andikafertela6168]

Im from indonesia, hello

[@AleksiHimself]

Hello!

[@Chimyinfinland]

Tulin suomeen 2012 Indonesiasta sitten meidän perhe muutin Vietnamiin 4 vuotta sitten, kun tulin takaisin suomeen mun on pakko oppia taas suomea. Minusta puhuminen on helppompi kuin kirjoittaminen siis kielioppi on niin hankala :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista Chimy di Finlandia!

[@poe5418]

Thanks for this vid Aleksi. Finns don't correct her Finnish as they don't want to offend ... as he corrects her Finnish ... nicely though :-)

[@AleksiHimself]

That might be so. In a learning context, I correct if they want to. :)

[@poe5418]

@@AleksiHimself All good. I'm learning Finnish and am trying to work out what works and what doesn't work "for me"

[@lapslazulytopazio711]

What about online curse?

[@AleksiHimself]

I'm still working on it. I'm quite busy with school and everything but I'll try to get it out as soon as I can. :)

[@oldeman10]

Asenne kohdallaan tällä naisella. Kommunikoida julkisesti maan kielellä, missä asuu ja käy töissä. :) Juuri noin teen myös itse. Tee parhaasi puhuaksesi maan kieltä, niin kyllä se lopulta alkaa sujumaan ja kommunikointi on läheisempää.

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Oon samaa mieltä. :)

[@user-is8lz6fj4l]

This guy looks like James Clarkson when young 😄

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@blrkorsvij6590]

I can speak almost perfect in all the Scandinavian Languages. But this one even though that Finland is close to us, but I guess not part of us and located next to Sweden in West and mine in North as the neighbors, Finland is super different from us, which is almost each of all the Scandinavian Languages so similar but Finland is not.

[@poe5418]

Ask any Finn. Finnish is not a Scandinavian language nor is Finland Scandinavian. Boom .. and there is the problem :-)

[@0Quiwi0]

A lot of Finns should understand that our English is very understandable. If we don't pronounce it right it's not a big deal because English speakers still understand it.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment!

[@raediaufar5003]

She's speaking finnish sounds like spanish to me, but I know it need a long time to grasps the accent

[@omenoid]

Actually her accent is very clear to Finnish people.

[@ajazhussain2144]

Hän käyttä niinkuin tosi niin

[@AleksiHimself]

+Ajaz Hussain se on tosi suomalainen tapa puhua!

[@aivopark]

Naisen mummo oli oikeassa.

[@AleksiHimself]

Sekin vielä!

[@romyardianto5723]

I don't know at all how I can move and live there as Indonesian besides study in university, asylum and married 😔

[@susanna8612]

We have enough asylum seekers, study hard and try to get into university instead. Asylum is not a free passport and not so easy to get, the process is long and is not given that easily and the purpose of it is help those in real need like war victims. As far as we know Indonesia has no war.

[@mayaj2354]

do you have her contact? 😮 her email or Instagram maybe?

[@AleksiHimself]

Do you want to get in touch with her? You're also from Indonesia (sorry I think I've asked you this before, but want to confirm lol)? I can ask her.

[@mayaj2354]

Aleksi Himself oh yes please please please! 😜 yea I'm Indonesian, and I'd like to ask her few questions 😀

[@AleksiHimself]

I asked her and you can contact her via email. Can you send me a message on my social media channels? You find them in the main page of this channel.

[@kamiliatanjung9163]

Hi! Do you mind if I ask for her email too? I'm moving to Finland soon and It means a lot if I can get in touch with her. Thank you :)

[@Rosi_in_space]

4:50 ähem... aren't this Norwegian students celebrating ""Russ"" ?

[@rayhanasyari513]

Suomi Perkele Talvisota Njett Molotof

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Rayhan Asyari!

[@sademertanen9336]

Oke oot suomalainen xD

[@AleksiHimself]

Joo :D

[@sademertanen9336]

Aleksi Himself jee!

[@mozkii9]

Pullo kossua ja menoksi kyl se suomii taittuu rapulas nopiaa

[@AleksiHimself]

Kyl!

[@miguelporraz]

So, what do they say when they are done with sex, I'm finnish?? 😝

[@ahmadrifaldi766]

Mana indonesia suara nya?

[@AleksiHimself]

Sorry I don't speak Indonesian.

[@eipiplusone3791]

Niinkun, niinkun, niinkun, niinkun Really?!

[@AleksiHimself]

That is exactly how Finnish use filler words, which means she has learned a really natural part of our language.

[@winterbird4174]

what does it mean?

[@rinna900]

Finnish people are suffering lack of motivation? That´s bull shit.