Greetings in Finnish | KatChats

[@PassionforDreaming]

Thank you for saying each phrase multiple times and slowly! It was a lot more clear than when other people try to teach languages (: I try to slow down too when I teach Spanish so that people can better pronounce words!

[@royalsutton9141]

Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

[@layneskyler1279]

@Royal Sutton instablaster :)

[@donutrangerr]

Great teacher! I had a new business consultant coming in from Finland, he's a nice guy so I thought I should learn something else besides "Perkele".

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's great! xD

[@tajreanahmed7628]

Thank you very much, teacher, basically, I was trying to learn Finnish from a couple of months ago but you are the one who's video makes me more active to learn Finnish. Lots of love from the bottom of my heart. Kiitos

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Wow that's such a huge compliment thank you so much! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my videos :)

[@rbf7181]

Wow, so nice of you to repeat and say the words slowly which make it easier for me to keep up. First time to learn Finnish words, would be useful when i can visit Finland. Thanks

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Happy to hear that!

[@nickynuhogg8206]

Keep uploading! You're an excellent teacher!! 😁 keep it rolling 😊😊😊

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw thank you so much!

[@angelessoria1722]

Thank you so much!!! It was very clear to understand the pronunciation with you, I have a presentation and I'm representing Finland! You were so helpful, thank u!!! Best wishes from México!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aww that's so great to hear! Good luck with your presentation

[@susancassan6870]

Very helpful. I like the way you make the pronunciation so clear.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you! 😃

[@KastKatt]

Search all over for a good guide into finnish and u are the best!

[@Ginnynkas]

I'm really thankful I find right you as me "Finnish teacher"! It's quite funny I'm not from Finland but when I'm speaking in Finnish i usually start the conversation with 'Moro'. It's thanks my friend, who is from Vaasa and he always greets me with it. And as good bye I use mostly Moikka same as you.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw thank you so much! ^-^

[@Ginnynkas]

KatChats oh God, as my Finnish teacher, sorry for that I was tired and wanted to sleep but I was interested in your new video and wanted to see it. :)

[@harewhisker5354]

Ginnynkas I'm from Vaasa too! :D

[@aNDhMOliNa]

I freaked out on Hyvää päivää a bit it took me 5 minutes to pronounce it right I was close to giving up on Finnish but I got it thank you Kat you an excellent teacher

[@Politickticktickin]

Andres Molina lol what’s so hard about that? I’m not even European and I can get the pronunciation

[@scruffysean3640]

Easy! If you can say 'cat' in English, you can say hyvää päivää. Heihei!

[@singleturbosupra7951]

@@Politickticktickin Surprisingly many Europeans have said in videos like these they can't hear any distinct difference between letters A and Ä. Which is surprising to me, because they obviously sound very different to my Finnish ears. But in many languages I guess they just pronounce letter A as both A and Ä so those sounds just mix into one in their heads. So I guess that's why "Hyvää päivää" is so difficult to many.

[@Politickticktickin]

@@singleturbosupra7951 youre from finland? Which part?

[@singleturbosupra7951]

@@Politickticktickin I currently live in Pirkanmaa region.

[@billybigelow411]

Kiitti Kat! While in Finland, I was greeted with just “PAIVA!” ( with the “Hyvaa” dropped)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Ohh yes! Some people might just say “päivää!” :D

[@thesommerlife]

Thank you for this! You really help me learn! My great great grandparents are from Finland and came over to American in the late 1800s. So I am big part Finnish and I really want to learn the language of my ancestors. Please do more! Finnish is such a different language to an English speaker it makes it hard to learn on my own but you are so helpful!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I'm so happy to be able to help! :)

[@mengenwertskala]

Moro is new for me, but the others are very common, for example moi and moikka were the fist words I learned when I was in Tampere.

[@rouzenagaibulaeva2711]

In Russian we use "Zdravstwui(te)" as a formal way, which literally means "be/stay healthy" (however, very out-dated in this context). So many similarities! Thank you for your amazing work.

[@nero7469]

I wish you to be healthy is what здравствуйте means

[@user-lx3oi6xy2e]

That's so interesting about repeating the greeting to say bye!

[@lenyhistorillopastrana1214]

hi kachats thank you so much,its was very clear to understand the pronunciation with you❤

[@epicans6065]

Long time no see :D great to see you come back with a new lesson :D thank you :) edit : It is possible to do a little video for the usual cases?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Good to be back! :D I will be doing it yes, it's just hard to find a way to explain them in a way that makes sense. Half the time I don't even understand the rules completely :O

[@epicans6065]

Yeah, genetiivi, partitiivi are quite a pain in the a** for me to understand exactly x). Thanks a lot for the upcoming cases video :D sorry for my bad english. ( i try my best to be understandable x) )

[@Lightnings]

Hello, and nice video :) I'm in Finland for the first time next week and looking forward to it very much. It's nice to see that you just uploaded this new video, and thank you for teaching me something for next week :D By the way: Moi moi sounds so funny to me! I don't know why

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I'm glad you could find some things I say useful xD Hope you have a wonderful trip!

[@Lightnings]

KatChats Thank you very much

[@danirex3114]

que bueno que estés de vuelta, esta muy bien el video, gracias ED.

[@armellemauff3622]

Thank you for your videos ! I'm going to Helsinki in September to study, and I will stay 9 months, so I want to learn some Finnish. I will watch your videos ;) !!

[@akzuki1210]

Thank you so much for these Finnish lessons. It would be great if you can make videos/vlogs in Finnish with English/Finnish subtitles :) Tykkään katsoa sinun videoita. Kiitos paljon ja hyvää juhannusta xD xD

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Oh that's a good idea!! :D

[@Northernliiights]

Cool, both my parents are born in Finland and i go there every summer, i spoke almost fluently when i was about 5 years old, but we spoke more and more swedish home so i have forgotten alot, i feel like i have a bit of trouble with the pronounciations at times, so your videos helps.

[@PHONKYFROG]

Thank you for these videos! If you do still read these comments, I have a question: With Hei and Moi/hei hei and moi moi/heippa and moikka, are they interchangeable and understood in any context and just the general "informal" terms? I'm a native English speaker so I don't fully get the formal and informal aspect yet.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yep, you can use any of them at any time and they mean the same! :) Especially greetings a lot of the time it's personal preference which ones you use.

[@ButterFly-zh8ho]

"Hej då" pronounced "Hei do" is used in some regions and by some Swedish-speaking people to say "goodbye", not many people in my family spoke Swedish, but they used Swedish expressions like this, for a long time I thought it was Finnish, this is the linguistic heritage of the Swedish era.

[@scruffysean3640]

I can't believe you're suomalainen! You sound sooo American. Perfect English! Anyway, paljon kiitoksia for your nice videos. Moikka Kaliforniasta!

[@sachintharathnayake1264]

You're an excellent teacher! Can you make a video of 'different kinds of fruits '? If you aren't busy. kiitos! ☺

[@LizTiddington]

I keep getting greeted by the double greetings and also moikka when I enter shops, not leave them, is this just a Turku thing?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I would think so! I just went over the most basic & common phrases. There’s definitely some regional variations and probably personal preferences as well :)

[@matthew_pauls]

Is there a common way of saying good morning? Or do people usually just say hyvää päivää? Super stoked to have found your channel and will be referring to it a lot

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I think the most common way to say it would be “huomenta” :)

[@matthew_pauls]

@@KatChatsFinnish thank you!!

[@matthew_pauls]

Hmmmm, waitt, time to watch your thank you video

[@matthew_pauls]

Kiitos!!

[@Dragon-hl4pr]

"Moro" in Polish means camo :) You know soldiers wear camo uniforms etc. And BTW great Video as always. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Poland.

[@haide1905]

Camouflage.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@The1andOnlyMadvibez]

Moro means more in Surinamese.

[@nickynuhogg8206]

Could you please do a video on phrases like "a coffee please" how would you say 'I'd like two sugars', 'hand me 2 apples please' and the structure when we describe something 😊😊😊

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I definitely could!

[@eliasnjetski1146]

Yksi kahvi, kiitos. 😊 One Coffee please. Haluan=I want

[@espotpod]

Wow your English is perfect. I'm American and the whole video I was wondering where you are from because you sound like a native speaker.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I'm half American :D

[@lostol7571]

you should do a video about verbs and conjugations.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I shall!

[@Ketumak]

Very clear, thank you.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Hyvää-Päivää]

Hi I just wanted you opinion is it ever to old to learn a new language?thank you

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Definitely not! I don't think it is ever too late to start :)

[@kashifhafeez1810]

V good.useful in basic suomi.excellent teaching.but time to go out as visa finishing.ill take more of your lessons:)

[@maksymfrantsuzov1338]

Great stuff, I've heard Finns also say 'morjesta' as a greeting

[@KatChatsFinnish]

+Maksym Frantsuzov Yep ! :)

[@igor7851]

Hi KatChats...welcome back...one question, whats the difference between MITÄ and MIKÄ ?

[@jounisuninen]

Mitä=What? Mikä=Which? (or which one)

[@tomasmladek1167]

How do you say in finnish "welcome" in the other context of - "Thank you => welcome" ?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

You could say "ei mitään" = it's nothing :)

[@tomasmladek1167]

@@KatChatsFinnish Kiitos :) I speak swedish, which I´m also studying and from October also finnish. That will be a pretty mess in my head :D

[@M.Huling]

I can tell that you are very intelligent. A friend of mine who has a PHD in German Literature said that Finnish language is extremely hard to learn because it has 14 cases. And you can speak both Finnish and English very well. Which is not easy to do, thus you are very smart

[@manfredneilmann4305]

She is certainly very intelligent, but to be able to speak Finnish fluently (with all it's 14 cases) for a native Finn (which she is) has nothing to do with intelligence! Did you know that in China even little children are able to speak Chinese? Hope you get the irony!

[@rivermorgenstern7653]

I used "näkemiin" in my book, I have a Finnish character named Eino

[@Distracted]

Hair seems a darker red/brown. Dyed or natural color showing through?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I think it was the lighting, and I had a bit of purple that was a wash out color a while back.

[@ntombiepreviousmoyo6942]

Thank you so much

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@SNMIT80]

Am absolutely beginner, can you guide me how to start , my goal is to study master in Finland in Finnish language I know I need long time to reach the suitable level but am entirely free.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYXTfpqtnJele80 Also make sure to read the comment section, a lot of people have posted all kinds of tips that work for them! And add yourself to my Facebook group (I have a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6SkiIl3pbWthM0 ) and you can post and ask people what they have found most helpful! :)

[@MadyanMohammed]

Thank you I have learned so much from you

[@showkathossain9638]

This will be very helpful in my Finland visit

[@pdebee]

Dear Kat; Very many thanks for your helpful video on Finnish greetings. I have just subscribed to your channel today, and will come back regularly, as I'd like to make the effort of llearning 'suomen kieli'. Please could you tell me if there is a way of saying "Hello, again!", which one would use when seeing someone again several times in rapid succession. For example, would you say "Hei taas!" in Finland (which I obtained from the Google translator); or would you say that greeting in a different way? Also, if there are different regional ways, what greeting for "Hello again!" would you use in Northern and Eastern Finland, please? Kiitos paljon!!! Patrick. ;-))

[@genetkasaye2711]

Thank you

[@ShuombongJerome]

Please when should we put ä ö and Ä.

[@evrena5210]

This is so helpful. It's also a good way to test how accurate my lang app is haha

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's true! And I'm glad you find it useful :)

[@meyminsaliev1137]

Heilo/ my finglish / Kiitos for you improvement/ in japaniesse saying" Kaizen"/Did you know how many cars producing Nissan factories per day worldwide? The answer is 2200 or 47-54 sec for 1 car. You are my Super Nova star!Carry on with your Kaizen following the 5S rules./sort,set,shine,standartise and sustain. I am so happy with your useful lessons.Ihana ilta Opsi just wanna asking you if is legal in Finland tell me the way how to support you channel. Happy to help! Moi-bay

[@michaeljk2469]

Miss your videos..... displaced Finn in America who lost my finn as a kid

[@dianmayasari8019]

Hei,can I learn speak Finnish with you?!Do you have private classes online?. Soon I move to Finland after I getting merried with the Finnish guy.☺️

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hi! I don't do private classes right now unfortunately! But you can check out the website italki! I'm an ambassador and it's a website that has Finnish tutors you can book classes with. You can get a discount with the code KATCHATS as well :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

And I hope your move goes smoothly! :)

[@franfuan589]

Kiitos Paljon! Greetings from Venezuela.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos for watching :)

[@georgiosivankof7071]

Good lesson.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you!

[@rafaelbriganti502]

The P in some Finnish words like päivää apparently starts as a P sound and ends as an F. Am I right?

[@showkathossain9638]

I am in Helsinki now, and learing a few Finnish words here.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's awesome! :D Hope you are enjoying Helsinki!

[@yannaollila2369]

my family is Finnish and when my great grandparents came over they stopped speaking Finnish and it makes me so sad i really want to be fluent but it seems soon hard.

[@anna-helenahamann]

You can join Tandem and native speakers can help you. :)

[@ΙωάννηςΠαπαγεωργίου-ι3υ]

Katya...how about hyvää huomentä and hyvää yötä? And finally will you make the video adout verbs?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I shall!

[@yejisdream7336]

3:56 its a turkish bad word (sorry for my bad english 'cause I'm turkish)

[@moekaykhine4633]

Smiling looks even more adorable.😍😍😍😍😈😈😈

[@የኜትውልድ]

Kiitos paljon .

[@lpsherkku4236]

Oot varmaan suomalainen en oo kattonu muita su videoita (:

[@moekaykhine4633]

I​love you ❤️👍💖💕

[@jiaminpeng1526]

i'm so struggling with the R even though people keep saying it's not important :(

[@jounisuninen]

You are right, it's not important. You'll be understood without the proper r pronunciation. In fact, even many Finnish children have difficulties in pronouncing the hard r when learning to speak. One has to put the tongue quite forward against the palate.

[@yuli3873]

Thanks Kat! More greetings and grammar please! :D c:

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Noted! :)

[@asafmorazable]

Thank you!!!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

:) +אסף מורז

[@razziade]

I got my first Finnish punk rock record in the 1984 (RATTUS ‘Ihmiset on sairaita’ EP} and the lyrics were included on an insert and I was like, “WTF!!????” Super long strings of letters and consonants everywhere. It was so cool that I sought out a Finnish language book/cassette guide, but living on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico back then, there was no one to practice with.....besides, the book/tape lessons were crap. Finnish was spoken very fast and it was hard to follow along with in the book. These days, I’m trying Mandarin Chinese. Question: why do Fins speak English so much better than most Americans? And you speak like an American and not like a Brit.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hi! Interesting background story for sure! Well don't take me as an example, my mom is American so I'm half ~ grew up speaking Finnish and English. But it's true most Finns speak very good English, and I would say the media they consume really influences the accent people pick up.

[@yashodanirmala3180]

You are very beautiful. I like the way your mouth moving when you talking 😊😊

[@muusemuxudiin6522]

Thanks

[@violencnoviolet]

It'd be nice if you could teach us verbs and sentences' structures. :)

[@jaeger233]

ei tarvi hävetä suomalaisuuttaan kun sinä oot äänitorvena:D keep it up!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

haha kiitos :D

[@tesfayegeda5757]

Kiitos

[@dione6388]

doesn't moikka mean hello?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

It can be used for both :)

[@dione6388]

@@KatChatsFinnish ok, thank you 😊

[@pinky7554]

How to use ä ??

[@anna-helenahamann]

It's the same sound as the a in "apple". By contrast, the a without dots is like the a in car.

[@VenoStuff]

Also "Näkemisiin" :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yep!

[@sactiger2817]

You are so awesome! :)

[@JoannaMarieSanders]

Hopefully you can upload video about phrases like simple rules. Btw im loving your channel. I subbed you now. Godbless and more power. -Philippines🇵🇭

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you so much, I definitely can :)

[@hollyelements9505]

Arent Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Finnish similar? I am now hearing Finnish for the first time and it sounds sooooo different! Are Finnish and Icelandic similar then?

[@jounisuninen]

Norwegian, Danish, Swedish are closely related. Finnish is not related with them at all, not with Icelandic either. Finnish is fundamentally different from the Scandinavian languages, both in the grammar and in the vocabulary.

[@miodkensiwo]

thank you very much :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

:)

[@JohnnyReb]

Scandinavian women are so beautiful 😍 Also thanks for saying the words a little slower it really helps with pronouncing them!

[@MGVK2277]

Finland is Nordic 😛

[@zabihaidari65]

Kiitos Paljon Neuvoista ! Opettaja

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@mahabuburrahmankhan5037]

hi cath you tania each other very close and very nice thank I ve watched many comments of you many many thank bye

[@topumasum]

How many watchers here are from south Asia? Would be great if I can practice with someone. I'm an absolute beginner

[@lucasdacostacoelhocoelho5616]

Thanks, beautiful girl!

[@chancho2223]

Kiitos!

[@philipunekwu5652]

Nice video

[@hafizmiau]

I only know perkelele

[@robingueguen5329]

So you can't say "Heippa" and "Moikka" to say hello ? 'cause I did it many times and nobody was shocked :)

[@6891x]

You can use "moikka" but "heippa" sounds kinda weird in that situation... to me, at least.

[@Сигизмунд-с2й]

Moikka sounds funny as Moika=Мойка means Car wash =Autopesu in Russian.

[@yasma5781]

hyvaa iltaa!

[@unsteadygait]

❤️

[@Rockyourassed]

Hyvää video :)!! Kiitos, you're a good teacher! Moi means me in French ! X) in Finnish moi to moi then :D!

[@HiKasandra]

Kiitos! ~~~ Any videos would be great. You seem nice ^^ and I just like Finnish culture. Moi moi. ^^

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw thank you

[@nerlynmacapagal6108]

Hei😊

[@daralak6274]

I want to learn the Finnish language

[@hisoka3765]

It s very strange but,I think romanian language is very similar with finnish.It s not very hard for me to learning.^_^

[@derekcollins9739]

Hei Moi Terve Tervetuloa Hyvää päivää Hyvää iltaa Moro Hei hei Moi moi Heippa Moikka Näkemiin Nähdään If you are new to Finnish, just use 'hei' and 'hei hei' everywhere.

[@unknownunknown3903]

Kiitos ope😛

[@rosacardoso3231]

Hyvää yottä

[@OgrimMortuus-d5j]

Moi Kat!Kuulen usein "Palataan".Näin sanotaan "Moikka / Heikka"?Kiiti!Nico, ranskalainen opiskelija!