TRYING TO LEARN FINNISH (FOR REAL) | Part 3

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[@defenestration8428]

12:18 that annoyed "helvetti" made you sound like a true fin xD

[@ilo0]

Somebody from finland JEP!

[@ahooligan2239]

Jep

[@yoonaxo6921]

Somebody from finland you know "perkele" would have been better

[@defenestration8428]

Yoona xo true xd

[@uusikayttaja7843]

There's like no words in finnish language that has 'h' at the very end

[@cerulean8]

Huh! Häh?

[@uusikayttaja7843]

Nuo on huudahduksia👆

[@TheSpiikki]

voi luoja että ihmiset voi ollakin tyhmiä...

[@cerulean8]

"Huudahdukset eli interjektiot ovat tarpeellisia puhekielen pikkusanoja. Niitä käytetään taajaan myös kirjoitetussa kielessä, esimerkiksi nettikeskusteluissa ja tekstiviesteissä."

[@MarsWien]

onha. esim "syödäh"

[@NinjaBee81]

I think you found your inner Finnish person finally, when you sighed "helvetti" in your desperation. When you'll find your first spontaneous "perkele" moment, we'll adopt you to be officially a Finnish dude. :D

[@herkkusuu3894]

English: I go You go She goes/Frida goes Finnish: minä menen sinä menet hän menee/Frida menee

[@aamuwirkku]

sofia_ amelie also English: We go You go They go Finnish: Me menemme Te menette He menevät

[@simokoistinen7470]

sofia_ amelie Passive: mennään Basic form: mennä

[@rockwitharms7455]

Heta Virkkunen or in speech: I go You go He/She/it goes We go You go They go And passive going Mä meen Sä meet Hän/se menee Me mennään Te meette He menee Passiivi mennään

[@ipeknilboke5650]

English: I go You go He/she/it goes We go You go They go Turkish: Giderim Gidersin Gider Gideriz Gidersiniz Giderler

[@pakkofantasia-4492]

#luolaisä

[@oonakarppanen4426]

Tulin vaan selaa kommenttei jos löytys armyi :))

[@pakkofantasia-4492]

Oona Karppanen mä ain tho

[@lh9537]

Basicly that -ko/-kö ending transforms a sentence into question. For example "otat sen" means "you take it". But when you add the -ko "otatKO sen" it means "DO you take it". Or "paljon vettä" means "a lot of water". And with the -ko ending "paljonKO vettä" means "how much water". And simply "sinä" (you) when added with -kö ending "sinäKÖ" means "you?". Simple and confusing at the same time I know... :D

[@tupufoks]

Superhappy for you! You actually made your first sentence!! Yksi kahvi, kiitos! GO DAVE!!

[@NihilNode]

Good job Cave Dad! Your confusion with "iso" and "isä" prompted me to share with you the Finnish word for grandfather, which is "isoisä" (pronounced exactly as though you were saying both words back to back) :)

[@Caranraug]

I was going to say the exact same thing! Literally "isoisä" means 'big father' but it's the word we use for grandfather. Similarly "isoäiti" (äiti = mother) is grandmother, not 'big mother'. Even though 'iso' usually means 'big', at times it can be translated to 'grand' (i.e. "iso mahdollisuus" = grand opportunity, big opportunity), as is the case with 'isoäiti' and 'isoisä'.

[@ollierinko9387]

Then there's Isoiso(isä/äiti) :P For grand grandfather/mother, ad infinitum. For a general "ancestral father", the word would be esi-isä.

[@raatomieli4204]

2:30 But that part of Finnish is the easy one: if there is two letters, you say it longer. If there is just only one, you say it shorter. That's it. You don't have to memorize it for different words.

[@raatomieli4204]

6:40 you did it again :) vesa = mans name, vessa = toilet.

[@raatomieli4204]

Good job with the tee :)

[@akumjh]

The languages people are used to listening affect the way they hear, so it's more difficult for english speaking people to hear how long a sound is. Similarly, I'm a Finn and I'm pretty much fluent with English but I still have some trouble when listening to English words that mix a lot of soft consonants.

[@AreTheMan98]

Dave, here is a nice tip for you: In finnish words (words that are not loan words from other languages. So a lot of words in finnish language) we have ”back vowels”(a, o and u), middle-vowels( i and e) and front vowels (ä, ö and y). How does this information help you? Well, if a word has any front vowels, lets say the word ”syödä” , and you type out ”syö-” and you start wondering if it has ”a” or ”ä” , you know for sure that it has ”ä” because it belongs to the same group as ”ö” Someone correct me if Im wrong, but thats the basic idea :)

[@camillavonhertzen1151]

you’re actually getting so much better (I almost let out a shriek of happiness when u got the kahdeksan right) !! These videos are so entertaining so yesss keep doing these please!

[@Haddcore]

Listen Dave. Don't sweat the small stuff. Learn the words and you WILL be understood. The grammar is secondary and will come with time and practice. The MAIN point is being able to communicate. Minut voida sanoit miten tahansa ja kaikkia suomalainen ymmärtänyt miten tarkoitan vaikka melkein kaiken olen kirjotus väärä tahallisesti That's an example of me writing almost everything wrong yet I feel nearly every finnish speaker would understand what I meant from the greater context of the sentence. So don't give up. You'll get there

[@tuulijokinen9743]

'Paljon' means 'a lot' or 'lots', but adding 'ko' to the end of 'paljon' just makes it a question, so 'Paljonko kello on?' would mean 'how much is the time' if directly translated.

[@thesuomi8550]

Johannes Jokinen also means much

[@Merssuliini]

It would actually be ”how much the clock is”, if directly translated

[@jorihiukka6483]

Perfectly what time is it

[@jade9305]

I don’t think anything in finnish language end to H... But I love these videos. If you do these videos in december you could do a christmas one learning Finnish christmas words and I’m telling you they are some fucked up words

[@teoblomqvist6268]

Jadeew Häh? Huh...

[@softpianomusic7773]

Teo Blomqvist oliks toi vitsi?

[@jade9305]

noi ei oo kunnon sanoja..

[@teoblomqvist6268]

jonni Oli vitsi... ei näköjään pitäis vitsailla internetissä my bad🐤

[@softpianomusic7773]

Teo Blomqvist sun huumorintaju on yhtä hyvä ku lampulla

[@tuulijokinen9743]

'Vesi' means water, but 'vettä' means some water

[@tomibgt]

Indeed. Typically "vesi" would even be "the water". "Vesi katosi"="The water disappeared" "Vettä katosi"="Some water disappeared".

[@rasmusvainio3774]

Hey Dave! If you want to order coffee without sugar, you should say "Kahvi ilman sokeria, kiitos." Which basically means "One coffee without sugar." Thank me later! :)

[@Yadowing]

06:45 Vesa with one s is common male's name in Finland and vessa with double s is toilet. :)

[@aamuwirkku]

If you pronauce word 'kahvi', don't breath in when you say it: it's easier to say when you breath out! And the weird endings in words are grammatical cases that are more complicated in Finnish than in English! In English you basicly put the 'ending' before the word (IN English - englanniSSA). They are very complicated, but you'll learn them little by little! Don't give up, you're doing great! 💘

[@MrHampuusi]

Ehdoton yläpeukku,eihelvetti tää äijä on huvittava :Ddd

[@aarnisalo]

An easier way to ask what time is it is just "mitä kello on?". Or "paljon kello on?" To break down the "paljonko", paljon means "a lot" and when you add the -ko it becomes a question, "how much". The -ko/-kö ending depends on the other vowels in the word like you mentioned earlier in the video, so you can't ask "paljonkö" because it breaks the vowel harmony. You might see the -ko/-kö ending elsewhere too so it's handy to remember :)

[@Audiojack_]

Usually no h at the end of words

[@thesuomi8550]

Audiojack almost never

[@Vestianvon]

Your pronounciation is perfect on swearwords :D Keep that dedication going :D

[@leokalsi7984]

Henna Veijonen nii totta

[@paska2129]

Dave cad Cave dad Luolaisä confirmed

[@liquidefdz]

I'm not sure if you have already heard this neat trick about Finnish vowels. If you have a certain word with vowels "aou" in it, the same word never has vowels "äöy", this also works the other way around. So basically there are two types of vowels in Finnish language: the angry ones, "aou" and "äöy" which are never used in the same word with each other, and the friendly ones "i and e" which can be used with every word and vowel. HOWEVER this does not include compounds, because those are just two different words without space separating them. I hope this helps learning :) @Dave Cad

[@mundanepants]

Finnish words almost never have an H at the end. They can end with a T or an N (or very rarely an R). Other consonants at the end of a word signify either a name or a foreign language borrow, which means the word probably doesn't follow Finnish spelling rules. You're doing great for someone not native with umlauts!

[@Middela1]

Finnish words can also end with s (hammas - teeth) or l (kannel, taival). But yeah, h is at the end of words only in interjections.

[@ndnd1640]

A (maybe) helpful tip on whether there's an H or not: no Finnish word ends in an H.

[@thesuomi8550]

Ndnd except short words such as häh, höh, äh,

[@Nekotin]

"I know the number eight! That is.. ka.." haha, so cute :D

[@BenevolentImp]

In worddive you should start doing those grammar exercises (verb conjugation I & II, wasn't it). They'd be helpful for creating your own sentences, like you already kind of did with: "Saisinko teen, kiitos? -> Saisinko kahvin, kiitos?"

[@shake544]

I think so too, though basic vocabulary is important to start with, it really helps to recognize at least a bit of what possible noun endings there are, like when a word ends with -ssa or -ssä it means something is somewhere... I mean, there's only what, 18 different cases of nouns and then both singular and plural 1st, 2nd and 3rd person forms of verbs plus a passive.

[@shake544]

Also the basic form of verbs which this game uses for single word examples is rarely used, but it is the basis of word formation (to go/"mennä" with personal pronouns for example in present tense singular: minä menen, sinä menet. hän menee, and plural: me menemme, te menette, he menevät and passive form as a bonus: mennään).

[@girgenti42]

Recent visit to Finland, and I was paralyzed by Finnish! I came home completely in love with the culture and the language...I am now obsessed with watching Finnish TV shows to help me recognize sounds and repetitive words. I love watching your videos and you make me laugh and feel excited to learn! Can't wait to go back to Finland someday!

[@piiak6848]

Marrying a Finnish Swede - so unfair since you have to learn not one, but two languages 😅

[@thamor4746]

Dave you starting to hear the letters. Good job. After you can listen to the words you can easily say it and learn. Why it changes..."nobody knows" that is how finnish children feel like in school in a class of Finnish grammar =) Miten saa jokaisen suomalaisen pään hajoamaan? Nomini on suomen kieliopissa sana, joka taipuu sijamuodoissa ja luvussa. Nominit jaetaan tarkemmin neljään sanaluokkaan: substantiivit (nimisanat), adjektiivit (laatusanat), numeraalit (lukusanat) ja pronominit (asemosanat).

[@reindeercupcake9419]

There are rules, but native speakers of any language don't need to study them. The way native speakers and language learners learn is completely different for obvious reasons. Mun mielestä enemmän hajottavaa on löytää ne säännöt joiden mukaan verbit oikeesti taipuu tai yleisemminkin millaisten sääntöjen mukaan maahanmuuttajat, vaihtarit yms. oppivat suomea.

[@marjar.5978]

Nice going Dave! You are making so much progress!

[@CMinhae]

Yeah the suspense is real when you're like thinking between double letter and single letter and when you get it right i'm actually celebrating with you :D also with a and ä too. I'm here like "no no no it's ä not a :O"

[@Urbaaniapina]

It realy makes me smile to see you get questions right time after time! Keep up the good work!

[@lauripaananen5263]

You are doing great dave! Keep going!

[@balletcrazy16]

Love these videos!! I'm learning Finnish too, and I get as excited as you when I spell it the same as you do and it's correct!

[@SomethingOddInMyTea]

More Dave! You're doing so well! :)

[@mimosalamminpaa5834]

I love this series!

[@fdagpigj]

words in Finnish never end on consonants except sometimes a singular t, n, l, s, or r. Of these, t and n can mostly appear at the end of any word in certain inflected forms, whereas the others (except s, at least in spoken language) only appear very rarely, in the base forms of words.

[@parasitic8856]

I have to say huge thank you Dave for these videos! This gave me good laugh as I’m Finnish, living abroad and trying my best to learn one hell of a Slavic language... You are just like me when I’m trying to learn and it’s hilarious :D You are doing great, good luck and do not give up. Just don’t ever put a ’h’ at the end.

[@ainokoskela1679]

These are just best (and so funny I laughed so much)! Can’t wait the next part!

[@neamarkkula8859]

This was so funny and great video! I'm always so nervous when you are typing the words and I'm here just like "yes, that's correct, don't change it" or like "oh no there's no h letter in that word, please realise to change it" :D Keep up the good work!

[@ninahobitti1842]

Please, continue learning. You're doing very well!

[@Lottarandomness]

Dave I am super fricking proud of you! You actually formed a new sentence in Finnish! "Yksi kahvi, kiitos" is perfect and you came up with it all by yourself! Keep it up :)

[@Vissysaurus]

I love how you sound words out and figure out how they are spelled. Makes me so proud for some reason. You're in the klubi! :D

[@annikalehto332]

Dave, you are doing AMAZING! You know many basics so it will get easier soon! You will be a master some day, just gotta go step by step. Tsemppiä, hyvin menee!👍

[@cherrypicker1254]

Go for it Dave!!!!! I'm learning with you!!!

[@merya83]

Good job Dave! And many small victories are better than one big victory when learning something new :)

[@khone9096]

Hey man, you're doing great with the Finnish language. I can imagine it's not one of the easiest languages to study so mad props to you. Thank you for all the entertaining videos!

[@Mylovejed]

Than you for making me laugh so much! Keep going Dave, you are going to make it! :D

[@Slindi81]

I think you should learn some finnish grammar, I think it would help you more than just learning single finnish words. Like why in the pictures the word in question was "mennä" but in the sentence it was "menee". If you know why and how this works, you can apply it to most verbs. Because there is certain logic behind all this, believe it or not.

[@naniyodesu]

"Vesi" is the infinitive form of the word water (or the basic form). "Vettä" is the objective form, for example: "drink water" = "juo vettä". The word changes because Finnish doesn't have prepositions like English does. So for example: "jump into the water" = "hyppää veteen" "come out of the water" = "tule pois vedestä" "you were too long in the water" = "olit liian kauan vedessä"

[@minttunoor5782]

You should make a video in which you eat gingerbread-tasting products. 😃 Such as Fazer’s gingerbread chocolate, Arla’s gingerbread curd and gingerbread-Domino 😊

[@elinal162]

Go Dave!! :) these videos are awesome,keep it going :)

[@hyper3227]

You can do it Dave, dust don't give up!👍

[@leokirves7944]

100k congratulations dave.

[@joni1950]

All memes aside, you're making some really remarkable progress and I'm genuinely proud of that 👌

[@vesavainio5559]

I'm so glad you're marrying her☺️

[@hattumuija]

It makes me so happy to see your face when something just clicks! Finnish really is one of the world's hardest languages, so you really shouldn't be too harsh on yourself when you struggle with the inflections :) It's just so much fun to see you learn! Also a tip: I can't think of a single word on Finnish that ends with the letter h.

[@Suolakissa]

If it makes you feel any better, I have a friend who is originally from Germany and when I first got to know her, she'd been living in Finland for about 8 years and her Finnish still wasn't perfect but she was managing splendidly with it. So like you said, it's gonna be a long and arduous process but you'll get there! I was happily surprised by this video alone :) Keep going, brother!

[@mm895]

Oh my god how cute u are when u trying to learn finnish! 😂 but it’s so nice that u are really trying your best! U are doing so much better than the last time, u got this bro 👊

[@appleciderhorror12]

Good job, Dave. So close yet so far ( the story of my life).

[@tyoni9296]

I'm so proud of you... I can't believe how good you are nowadays

[@janneelias]

Dave, at 6:54 the word 'vesi' changes to 'vettä', because in the sentence 'Can I have a glass of water?'' water is the object of the action. E.g. auto -> autoa (Can I borrow the car? Voinko [minä] lainata autoa?) laukku -> laukkua (He looks at the bag. Hän katsoo laukkua.) vesi -> vettä (You bought a bottle of water. [Sinä] Ostit pullon vettä.) ---notice the different place of personal pronouns in interrogative sentences neste -> nestettä (liquid) käärme -> käärmettä (snake) mesi -> mettä (nectar, honey) käsi -> kättä (hand) I hope this was helpful even at some level.

[@janneelias]

same thing at 10:21 "Ei sokeria kahviin" sokeri -> sokeria

[@janneelias]

also an other important thing :D mennä minä menen (I) sinä menet (you) hän menee (he/she/it) me menemme (we) te menette (you) he menevät (they)

[@anusuomela9962]

You are really good in learning!

[@tuomashiltunen6675]

You're killing the game, Dave. Been here from 30k

[@anastasiabeaverhousen3261]

You can do it! ❤️

[@Paramuza]

You can do it Dave! I really want to see this happen. I'm too invested in this for my own good. Kahdeksanklubbbbi!

[@digitalspecter]

Go dave! Learning any new language is a long and arduous task.. but slow and steady wins the race as they say =) I did fist pump several times .. like when you said "yksi kahvi, kiitos" or when you knew right away what "ei ole uusi" means =) I hope you enjoy these moments too! Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@kukketti]

You are really good at finnish!!!

[@user-ew6cu5mg4u]

menee = goes

[@l0wr3y]

J-A-V Depends from the sentence though.

[@karstanaattori3370]

Keep it up m8! I have seen lots of progress!

[@kiiram5717]

"vesi" changes to "vettä" due historical reasons (it used to be "vete"). But yeah, I think only people who study linguistics know this ::DD Same thing with "käsi" (hand) -> "kättä". But do not freak out, those forms are rare and you can learn them by heart! Good job with all this learning and thank you for the great videos!

[@cyberianbiohazard526]

Hyvin menee! Lausut suomea hyvin.Hyvä Dave! :)

[@Caroline7Q]

Don't worry too much about that menee/mennä mishap Dave! I was cheering for you for even getting the word right haha. I'm learning Spanish in uni rn and went through a fast phased three month course and I still can't conjugate the verbs right. And Finnish conjugation is just madness..

[@jarisavolainen603]

Well done Dave. I can see you're getting better and better. Don't mind about little mistakes. You have done this such a short time. Usually we finns start to learn english at the age of 9 and still it is far from perfect. Keep going 😊

[@tattipaa8324]

You are so good!!

[@camillavonhertzen1151]

basically the words change because in finnish instead of using prepositions such as in or to etc (like in english) we change the ending of the word to express the action. here’s an example: kauppa = store kaupassa = in the store kauppaan = to the store and so on... hopefully this was helpful :)

[@mirko2366]

Good job Dave

[@kailehtinen2]

Very good Dave!

[@mirandawolf3497]

#luolaisä 😂👌🏻

[@pikozeni]

I watched your video where you speak swedish and i have to say, you speak SO fluently! I live in Vaasa, where there is as many swedish speakers as Finnish, and I have tried to learn swedish all my life and my swedish is nothing compared to yours! 😂 So that's amazing! doing a great job 👍

[@anonymous_alien1469]

Your Finnish pronounce skills have improved a lot Dave!

[@thoubias]

LOL so hilarious how you celebrate when you get something right! Keep up good study, Dave!

[@tuike2959]

yass I love these videos

[@joshuapiipponen]

Trippy! I got a Lidl advert and it was your video😂😂

[@neavirtanen5915]

It's so cute sounding when Dave speaks finnish😂😂

[@iris8009]

You should watch Ismo Leikola - Most important word in Finnish language, if you haven't seen it already. 😂

[@jellene4eva]

That's a sneaky ö!

[@annelieskills214]

Your are so Good Dave

[@annipartanen441]

Wow, as a Finn I haven't thought a lot how difficult languageeFinnish really is. But your pronouncing sounds really good! Well done Dave! :)

[@LGmies]

I feel your struggle with learning a new language, but believe me, if you can keep up that good motivation that you have, you'll definitely learn Finnish sooner or later. Just try not to rush it, just be happy whenever you learn a new word and when you start knowing words, you can try to combine them and make some sentences. I really want to hear you speaking fluent Finnish some day :)

[@Konosiv]

Fun fact: "iso" (big) is also used for "isä" (dad/father) in poetry and I think in "old finnish" too. For example in Kalevala dad is "iso". Same way mother can be called "emo" instead of "äiti" in poetry and old language even though usually "emo" is used only about animal mothers.

[@Olivia-rj9qh]

That ”helvetti” at 12:19 got me laughing XD

[@lunitrin]

I'm so proud of you! Olen niin ylpeä sinusta! But you are way too hard on yourself! Mutta olet aivan liian ankara itsellesi! I think you have been learning really well, you have actually surprised me! Minun mielestäni olet oppinut erittäin hyvin, olet itseasiassa yllättänyt minut! Keep up the good work, will be cheering for you here! Jatka samaan malliin, tulen kannustamaan sinua täällä! These videos make me smile! Nämä videot saavat minut hymyilemään! And so adorable you want to learn one of the harders languages in the world for your girlfriend! 😊❤ Ja niin suloista, että haluat oppia yhden maailman vaikeimmista kielistä tyttöystäväsi vuoksi!

[@lunitrin]

...And that "Kiva!"... :D Funny dude!

[@OhNyappyDays]

This tomato thingy *giggles* Priceless reaction :D

[@takku88]

Dave you can do it no matter how much time it's take :)

[@ernomobiili]

Don't worry, even if I'm cringing and crying and yelling at you, you're still doing pretty good job!

[@voihanviineri6402]

I find these videos very intresting. It's cool to see how you are learning our language.

[@voihanviineri6402]

Also, vesi changes into vettä, because if he said "saanko lasin vesi", he would say "can i get a glass water". "Saanko lasin vettä" means "can i get a glass *of* water". But yeah, finnish is difficult.

[@voihanviineri6402]

And also, i suggest reading finnish Donald Ducks (Aku Ankka), those have some pretty simple words and i myself learned to read and speak with Aku Ankka :D

[@ironjavs1182]

I really think m8 that u are pronouncing Finnish very well! Keep doing solid work.