Does the word 'excited' exist in Finnish?

Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton try to find out from Valterri Bottas what the word 'excited' means in Finnish with little success.
Vettel: Does the word 'exciting'... does the word 'excited' exist in Finnish?
Bottas: Kind of, yeah...
Hamilton: It's probably something really simple like 'hoie'... What is 'exciting' in Finnish?
Bottas: What is it? Visible confusion
Vettel: See! It doesn't exist! You see!
Hamilton: It's not one that's really used much in the vocabulary...
Bottas: I don't know really... erm.... internal struggle
This footage is the work and ownership of German broadcaster RTL, and is used for entertainment purposes only.

[@DOCTORCRL85]

Kimi says it all the time. "Bwoah"

[@hurtleturtle5682]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@McSivam]

😂😂🤣

[@axuaxu1570]

Thats not true

[@tmips1]

Actually excited is innostunut in finnish

[@duwu3571]

Tommy and Axuaxu r/wooosh

[@DeadlyLazer]

Reporter: "Kimi, why aren't you excited?" Kimi: "That's literally not in my vocabulary."

[@Bartooc]

bwoah

[@JohnAbrahamsen]

Do you think "literally" is in the vocabualry of finns?

[@Nakkiteline]

@@JohnAbrahamsen we actually do, the word is "kirjaimellisesti"

[@myco9253]

Exciting is "jännittävä". Bottas just didn't get an L from his finnish matricualtion exams.

[@jgagmgi]

There are actually word excited in finnish language: INNOISSAAN

[@ranzu9458]

Ruining the joke but that would be ”innostunut” in finnish if anyone is interested lol

[@olleholmlid5327]

Ur lying it doesnt exist

[@EDE20052]

@@olleholmlid5327 IT does exist bu nobody uses IT

[@maxbenard2246]

does valtteri not speak finnish or is it just a very uncommon word?

[@nameless1069]

@@maxbenard2246 He speaks Finnish and it's a common word

[@marble25]

@@maxbenard2246 he just played along with the joke

[@MiguelMedV]

Well, that explains a lot of things actually...

[@tmips1]

Well there is a word for excited in finnish. Its innostunut

[@febriandhani4859]

Tommi yayaya the fun guy at parties

[@MiguelMedV]

@@febriandhani4859 Lol, I've seen you before around these videos...

[@febriandhani4859]

Miguel Medina quarantine makes me watch every video available on youtube bro (or is it *made i don’t have a clue really)

[@MiguelMedV]

@@febriandhani4859 You mean "mate"? You can say both actually, and yeah I understand what you mean...

[@thecaptain5026]

F1 always need to have Finnish people.

[@bellabilge]

The Captain if u want to win, hire the Finn

[@tob.meister]

They love motorsport over there, so there will probably continue to be Finns in F1

[@finster231games9]

Only Kimi tho he's just there for fun doesn't even care like once he said winners get 25 points probably

[@eIucidate]

But first you must finish.

[@DeadlyLazer]

Funfact: it's been 30 years since the last time there wasn't a Finn in the F1 grid

[@gammaraider]

"No, but we have 17 words for 'drunk' "

[@hellu00]

do we?

[@korsu2615]

Kännissä, humaltuneena, jurrissa, liemessä, pöhnässä, päihtyneenä, tuubassa, gänässä I can only think of these 8.

[@juhol2923]

More like 10 000 words for being drunk

[@gurrrn1102]

Drunk, pissed, sloshed, smashed, soused, tipsy, merry, squiffy, wankered, inebriated, intoxicated, plastered, tanked, wasted, woozy, half cut, bladdered, rat arsed- 18 already in English and I haven’t even got started. Get with it finns.

[@juhol2923]

@@gurrrn1102 Most of those words you listed, have other actual meaning.

[@piikkis3912]

finnish ppl are even more acward now cause you have to keep a 1 meter distance when usually we keep a 4 meter distance

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

And sweds say they keep 5 metres distance.

[@jgagmgi]

No, finnish peoples are atleast 7,62 meters apart from eachother

[@Pectopah123]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 Too Gay for me.😘

[@timomastosalo]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 Don't trust the neighbour talk. When did such comments actually tell the truth? Go to the source.

[@gamergod3378]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 swedes are not nearly as socially awkward as finns are.

[@Pippis78]

A Finn here. I had to think about it for 5-10 minutes. Being "innostunut" isn't quite the same thing - and not a very common thing to say 😅 More literally that would be "enthusiastic". I'd rather say "innoissani" (almost the same thing), but more common would be to say that something is exciting - "jännittävää". But that kinda also means that you are "tense" or "nervous" or that something is even scary. The most accurate word might be "kiihtynyt"? ...But that's "aroused" as in sexually or getting angry 🙄 It's true. Getting excited is not very Finnish. The mentality is that you shouldn't get excited in a happy way because things will probably turn out bad, so it would be stupid to get excited. And also you are foolish if you loose your "cool". Finns don't get excited - we get drunk. In more modern "slangish" finnish you can say "täpinöissään" - kinda like being "jittery" and excited in a good way. Or "fiiliksissä" - that's happy, excited, uplifted. The younger generation isn't as gloomy as the older ones.

[@eriks.]

Thanks

[@newpatchincoming6574]

What a great post ,merry Xmas

[@VVVvl230]

I've never heard of "kiihtynyt" referring to aroused. Only "kiihottunut", but I guess the former is true at least in terms of heart rate lol

[@onahalonen957]

Yes. Only kids n bimbos get excited in Finland. Others keep it very cool.

[@uuuniiin]

And one word you can also use in modern "slangish" is "kikseissä" 😂

[@martinadrianarcenas867]

if Mika was asked that question he would just say: Yes. . . . . .

[@Simon-eh5ez]

Finns often have a very direct and uncomplicated answer. It could be seen with mika. Often with Kimi (i had to take a shit) and with bottas (Porridge). It is said that the deadliest sniper in history, finnish Simo Häyhä, answered the question "What did you feel when you killed a Soviet" with "Recoil". Which seems very reasonable to be honest.

[@lsolis818]

I wonder if Mika got excited when he overtook the Michael

[@companyjoe]

@@lsolis818 Nope. He was glad, happy or feeling satisfied. We really don't have a word for excited despite what some Finns here claim because they in turn don't actually understand the word excited.... Because we just don't have it.

[@timomastosalo]

@@companyjoe Innostunut. Or kiihottunut. English is more vague in this

[@shauntron6992]

@@timomastosalo but they translate too enthusiastic and interested.. Not excited..

[@giuliamazzoni7927]

reporter: kimi are you excited? Kimi: *visible confusion*

[@JONNYWM]

In 2-5 yrs time we’re gonna miss Lewis and Seb, that’s all I’m saying. Press conferences won’t be the same.

[@EfelerGibi]

I'm waiting for lando, Daniel and George on the conference. It might be a blast then

[@mrSam3ooo]

Lando’s got the sense of humour of an 8 year old tbh

[@sergeantsupreme4395]

@@mrSam3ooo he's still quite funny though

[@anmoldixit8303]

They'll be better. Lando, George, Charles, Danny Ric, Sainz will be taking over. With Lewis and Seb it seems more iconic in people's minds because they share 10 and soon to be 11 WDC.

[@georgeionescu6425]

hamilton sucks

[@Bartooc]

Bottas looks like he is being interrogated at police station lol.

[@Pectopah123]

No, Cops are still laughing!!!

[@akumayoxiruma]

If you want to say "I am excited." in Finnish you would say "NO NIIIN." with a rising voice on the second word. However, be prepared to get a blank stare when it is out of context because in general, you are not expected to express a lot of emotion - especially when talking with a stranger.

[@moony7274]

Now this is the only accurate translation in this whole comment section

[@tavastian3288]

You are only allowed to express a lot of emotion when evoking the power of PERKELE

[@Unknown_crusader]

Yes, exactly

[@feelthat8367]

Let's be honest here how can you hate someone like Sebastian Vettel? I mean this guy is surely up there with Dany as the nicest and funniest drivers on the grid

[@muhmonsta]

Do u remember 2013 Season ? Vettel got booed on the Podium !

[@feelthat8367]

@@muhmonsta Yeah because he was dominating, that booing is everywhere you can't change it

[@binura]

Tbh most of the drivers are pretty nice. It's just in race things get heated 😂

[@feelthat8367]

@@binura Nice but not on the same level as Vettel, Dany and Lando pretty much all the others are more serious, the best example was Nico Rosberg😂😂

[@binura]

@@feelthat8367 oh if u mean chill then yeah those guys are legends. Lewis is pretty serious all the time too. And then there's kimi lmao

[@maudiis4273]

i was waiting for Bottas to say "ask Kimi"

[@chan625]

I thought he would say 'I need to ask Kimi' ;)

[@sakshambansal1965]

I just don’t want Vettel to leave !! He’s so amazing

[@TheJzai]

Don't worry. We all know retirement as a champion means nothing in F1 haha.

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

Him going to aston martin seems almost certain

[@sakshambansal1965]

Guardian of the Blind I hope that’s true coz atleast the racing points are competitive ...whatever be the reasons

[@mpa1931]

His driving fell off but he still is the funniest guy on the grid, would be a big loss personality wise.

[@sakshambansal1965]

M Pa Exactly, these type of funny anecdotes make the sport lively

[@Chirondebree]

I love how Bottas trolls them

[@GeneralArmorus]

innoissaan (or Innostunut as the comment below suggests)

[@masterticcu]

Innostunut

[@Nikkeloodeon]

Innoissaan means "(doing something) excited". Innostunut means "excited (about something)".

[@druidofthefang]

jännittävä?

[@masterticcu]

@@druidofthefang Jännittävä ois exciting

[@rcikdey6452]

@@Nikkeloodeon Hey thanks. ✌

[@alexochroma]

Watching this and thinking every F1 team needs a Finn second driver.

[@Sertifi]

Second driver? Piss off. :)

[@Wriwnas1]

@@Sertifi true, every team needs Kimi as their 1st driver :P #Kimi... (Im not Finish btw, just a long time fan of Mika and Kimi)

[@Pectopah123]

What 2nd mean?

[@realMaverickBuckley]

@@Pectopah123 I think he just meant every team needs a Finn. But a 'Second' driver used to be the driver who got less upgrades, less options , fewer choices etc. More common at Ferrari.

[@Julie-gk7jh]

I love your videos...

[@korvapuustit]

what's funnier (to me, as a finnish language learner and very often excited canadian) is that the adjective "jännittävä" means both exciting AND nerve-wracking. Very confusing as a learner, but very funny in this context.

[@p0p4]

In most cases the word would be ”innostunut” in a ”positive” context.

[@TheKoosterify]

the entire time Kimi said "bwoah" is the most exciting ANY Finnish person, live or died, have

[@akumayoxiruma]

In Finland, we usually say 'No niin.' to express a little emotion. It resembles the English 'Well...'

[@vanurp9130]

The word is ”Innostunut”. ”Minä olen innostunut” ”I am excited”

[@elffyq]

Olen innoissani NOT olen innodtunut

[@whosecock1a]

What about ‘jännää’?

[@yourebannable6608]

Emppu se on iha sama asia

[@ossipeltonen397]

Innostunut on ehkä enemmän enthusiastic.

[@knut6532]

And still Finland is holds tve position of the happiest country in the world. «Happy» isnt always smiles and chatter

[@hohoo4067]

its because all the sad people kills themselves (srsly)

[@MsWill813]

Happiness is not having any serious problem at the moment. Like that day when you are not depressed or your legs hurt less than usually.

[@roastingminer6919]

Hamilton and vettle have the most bants. Two fine legends.

[@MisoElEven]

Sad we wont see them together in Mercedes, they should risk it at least for the next season in my opinion. Seb surely knows some Ferrari secrets too, like how they got their rear so tight.

[@vitoriosouto02]

@@MisoElEven they were able to design a tighter engine package that's why. Mercedes also has a tight back.

[@pingpongpung]

Vettle put on the kettle.

[@corbinlannan1070]

I love this, just a casual talk while tons of people watch with cameras and microphones lol

[@sraut33]

I really miss happy Seb

[@xBaphomet666x]

I think this is the only time I've seen Valtteri be the butt end of a joke and he actually just plays along instead of getting really awkward

[@sv5905]

Poor valtteri looks so intimidated lol

[@Paradyski]

Hamilton make racist remarks towards Bottas

[@jp1956]

@@Paradyski no

[@sv5905]

@@Paradyski there was nothing racist

[@timomastosalo]

They try to provoke an emotion out of him. And a Finnish man should keep his cool. Valtteri looks laid back and smiling, though being teased. Slightly embarrassed for not finding one to fit the description. For there are more than one word to chose - depends which exciting or excited you mean.

[@jessereimer302]

He just hates doing press.

[@benjaminkessler8169]

10 WC roasting the entire Finnish country

[@andrewtan881]

Well, back then it would’ve been 7

[@4486igi]

@@andrewtan881. Hamilton and Vettel together?

[@andrewtan881]

@igi tsygy Yeah, this was Bahrain 2017 so Hamilton was still only a 3-time world champion

[@susannawhatever5321]

@@andrewtan881 Wait isnt hamilton like a 8 time WC or 7?

[@andrewtan881]

@Susanna Whatever Lewis currently has 6 championships, back then he only had 3

[@MABO8900]

the bromance between seb and lewis 💪🏻🤣

[@k.p.loveraft775]

It's difficult to translate quickly because excited in Finnish means: jännittynyt (tense), innostunut (enthusiastic), and also something like expecting/with great expectations... so many meanings. I guess Finns aren't used to dealing with such big emotions, haha (or we do better than others but haven't gotten used to explaining it to others!)

[@timomastosalo]

Correct answer to that question is: - Yes. (ask Mika Häkkinen)

[@uchu_ujin9957]

Hamilton and Seb have so much fun together :"(

[@antropatico]

a german and an English think they know about excitement. South America says hi...

[@rolandlee6898]

Its PERKELE!

[@redemolisher]

This is literally what happened in my secondary language lecture back in school. Dont let them teach us just confuse the hell out them then pose confusing questions. Arguably we spent more time on how to achive this than actually studying. Probably why so many of my classmates failed. That or the teacher figured out and got her revenge.

[@urflow6059]

I love Bottas and Seb! Great guys!

[@GeneralArmorus]

That is hilarios

[@justinlariviere]

If I could hang out with two f1 drivers for a day, it’d be Seb and VB for sure.

[@luckyhunter5291]

Vb?

[@justinlariviere]

Lucky Hunter Valtteri Bottas yeah

[@luckyhunter5291]

@@justinlariviere ok

[@Pectopah123]

@@luckyhunter5291 Very Best!

[@adenkyramud5005]

I'd choose Kimi and norris xD joking around with lando, then go have the drink with kimi🤣

[@fedup961]

The Finns are awesome!!

[@andrewokyere8435]

Miss seeing Seb like this

[@gilbobtv3999]

An Iconic pairing

[@stefangunther8594]

Excited in Finnish is "KIMI"

[@LoganHunter82]

Finnish mantra: "Life without pain, is misery"

[@ziwuri]

"I'm excited" "Mä oon innoissani"

[@johnlau8461]

thats good lol thx for vid

[@elalbatroso5895]

Vettel is a truely nice guy.. We'll miss him a lot when he'll leave

[@AAA310]

He’s not leaving anytime soon

[@elalbatroso5895]

@@AAA310 y i know

[@timomastosalo]

Here he's teasing Valtteri - where's the nice?

[@anirudhjilla5908]

I want to see this happy vettal again 🥺

[@m33000W]

Yep, we dont use it a lot but we have it but kinda many variants depending the rest of the sentence. We got innostunut which is when you look forward at something great happening, we got jännittynyt which is when something spectacular & rare is going to happen, and we got mielenkiintoinen which is when something interesting is happening.

[@littlemarge5901]

Awwww poor Bottas

[@Idefixu]

Excited = "innostunut" or "kiihottunut", if you are very excited. Kiihottunut = excited, aroused

[@flyracedream_]

Ah I love finnish so much. Tried to learn it some years ago, never had this word on my list, but maybe I will continue to learn this great language xD These press conferences are always the best 😁

[@timomastosalo]

There's more than 1 to choose from.

[@futsinen]

I had a hard time translating it in my mind as well... the words just don’t always come to you when you are looking for them

[@WillyOD]

"Jee..."

[@JB73691]

He's NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE QUESTION. lol

[@BNMASS]

Seb and Hamilton has such good chemistry. They'd been epic as teammates.

[@toledoseahawks3348]

Until the first Multi 21 order

[@jessereimer302]

We know what happens when Lewis teams with a friend

[@Widestone001]

Pretty good.

[@gauravbodhare5028]

Vettel and Hamilton in 2017 : "Word 'Excited' doesn't exist in Finnish" Finnish commentator: "and I took that personally" (on Kimi grabbing pole in Monza 2018)

[@arnaudj.5314]

*Young Valterri is struggling to speak his own language*

[@luckyhunter5291]

😂

[@timomastosalo]

No - in translation. There's at least 6 options. And It's Valtteri (from Walt(h)er) - like you're not Ardaun.

[@kahvipapu4117]

Exiting = jännittävää

[@lasmirandadennsivillia5048]

and what's exciting?

[@axelssonplays7386]

Lasmiranda Dennsivillia He just said it. Exciting = jännittävää or innoissaan

[@lasmirandadennsivillia5048]

@@axelssonplays7386 No he said exiting like exiting some sort of place

[@axelssonplays7386]

Lasmiranda Dennsivillia Yes but I thought you would know what he meant

[@lasmirandadennsivillia5048]

@@axelssonplays7386 i do :D

[@danielmolina1616]

I FUCKING LOVE SEB WHY IS HE SO WHOLESOME

[@Milena-hy6eg]

This makes so much sense! 😂🤣

[@GHound420]

Apparently there’s only regular Finns, and the Dudeson Finns.

[@timomastosalo]

Keep your cool, or if you can't, go all the way.

[@6rohit6]

Bwoah

[@blackfish16]

What has happened to this positive soul.

[@ashleygggytttttu5888]

the way vettel says exciting lol

[@sarwendah1]

"See it doesn't exist." I cross check with my Finnish friend😄😄

[@timomastosalo]

At least 6 words have come up to my mind, some mentioned in these comments. None used much by men - men should keep their cool.

[@juhis8809]

Exciting in finnish is "Jännittävä" :D

[@luckyhunter5291]

In german we also have ä and ö

[@deeremies2266]

excited* excited is jännittynyt or innostunut

[@timomastosalo]

@@deeremies2266 Some of the options, but there's more

[@SuperAlv1]

innokas was the first word that came to mind

[@Matt-rn7ub]

In english: excited. In finnish: yes.

[@Jonttuf17]

I'm finnish and it took like 2 minutes to figure this puzzle and I came to the conclusion that there is no word for it. Many similar ones but none that would straight up translate to "excited" Edit: nvm I got it now... Took me just a lot of thinking and looking at the comments :D

[@klide839]

Excited is translated to innoissaan On the other hand exciting is translated to jännittävä

[@timomastosalo]

And then innostanut, innostunut; kiihottunut, kiihottanut; täpinöissään innostava, innostuva - but jännittyvä doesn't match jännittävä 100% anymore, depends.

[@junioralvo1609]

We will miss sebastian fr fr

[@DecadeAgoGaming1]

"Innostunut" there you happy now?

[@stevecooksley]

He should have come back at Seb with "what is 'humble' in German?"

[@azeQify]

That question would perfectly fit for Lewis, don't think he ever learned that

[@Ermidk-yf2ju]

Excited = "innoissaan" in Finnish IT REALLY DOES EXIST!!

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

Lies!

[@Ermidk-yf2ju]

nono

[@RoseM00n]

Excited-innoissaan He probably had a blackout from the sudden question 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@JoeKnaggs]

Hahaha Seb is so funny!

[@romaliop]

The problem is that the literal translation still actually means something in Finnish, while the word excited has suffered a massive inflation due to overuse and nowadays actually means something like "mildly amused" by Finnish standards. Of course, the Finnish standard is also too high for any Finn to actually ever use the word.

[@p0p4]

Same with words like ”love.” Pretty much all ”emotional words.” Or words that describe emotion. Kinda explains the social awkwardness and introvertion. Being an open book means being ”fully open” here.

[@nathanlopez947]

It would be funny, if Finland wasn't a fictional place

[@thedude4795]

Valtteri drives faster than he thinks.

[@DanTwigGolf]

Explains Kimi...

[@pimprijs2120]

"jännittävä"

[@tl8849]

Vamma

[@pimprijs2120]

@@tl8849 im not finnish i just used gootle translate

[@Valumiini]

That would be exciting, "innoissaan" is excited

[@madjimbycareca7497]

When You Exited You Just Say Kurwa

[@onZampie]

Thats not finnish dumbass

[@madjimbycareca7497]

@@onZampie yes

[@madjimbycareca7497]

@@onZampie but in languages like finnish polish they say kurwa

[@madjimbycareca7497]

@@onZampie and you will not have the drink

[@madjimbycareca7497]

I meen, its Ferrari master plan in one word

[@PapiJack]

They should have asked Kimi...

[@hurri7720]

The furher north you go in any country the more reserved and quiet people are, It's true in Sweden, Germany, Italy and the USA too.

[@Vihtor1]

Yes

[@Seymoreasis]

”Jännää” ”innostunut”

[@jonhill3328]

Ask Kimi 😂

[@TheTripol]

Exciting means "jännittävä" while excited, as in person is, "innostunut"

[@andymacdonald30]

Ha Ha Ha That was the funnest I have ever seen Valterri being ..

[@timomastosalo]

Valtteri?

[@jessereimer302]

Bottas knows the closest translation, he is just trolling them a bit

[@Qwiks]

"innostunut"

[@henrikallio374]

innostunut

[@willyhwang1059]

Say what you will I love Vettel A fun cool guy

[@makiville]

I think the closest to exciting would be "jännittävä"

[@pelimies1818]

There is a word for excited in finnish; just drop the letter c. Kimi has already left the building.

[@Felix-vs8cv]

If something exciting or unexpected happens you can also say "oho"