HOW GOOD IS MY FINNISH, REALLY?! Final Language Test 🇫🇮🤞

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F.A.Q.
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• How old are you?
34
• How tall are you? •
6ft 3 (or 192 cm)
• Where do you live? •
Helsinki, Finland
• What camera gear do you use in this video?•
Canon EOS R (body)
Canon EF 16-35 f4 L IS
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• What program do you edit with? •
Adobe Premiere Pro CC

[@tattisiti]

WOO YOU DID IT!!!!! :D

[@whazzup_teacup]

6:47 No worries, there're very many words to call your grandpa or grandma in Finnish and it's up to the family to decide what words to use for each grandparent.

[@eevih4258]

Yeah and I think he had heard the Sweadish word for wolf which is ”varg” and pronounced somewhat like ”vari” and got those two mixed up!!😄

[@eevih4258]

Oh nvm he figured it out himself and even mentioned it in the video lmao😂

[@companyjoe]

My other grandma liked to be called "mummo" and the other one hated the word so we would call her "isoäiti". In reality we just used their names.

[@whazzup_teacup]

@@companyjoe I had the same.

[@TeeDee87]

Our grandmother was called mamma

[@hipsukun]

11:00 you wrote herkkulista = list of delicacies you were supposed to write herkullista = delicious 😉

[@KoichiFirst8092]

"This chocolate is a list of delicacies." 🤣

[@elderscrollsswimmer4833]

@@KoichiFirst8092 assorted chocolates in a box maybe. They do have a list of the different fillings, like in the lid...

[@F1nn12h]

You are teaching Finnish, my native and I am learning English, your native. I was so suprised how good you are at Finnish.

[@bambi42]

Good job Dave! Your Finnish has improved so much and your pronunciation is so good! You should be proud of yourself!

[@parlamedia]

The Finnish way to congratulate: NOT BAD!

[@yorkaturr]

"Vaari" is actually derived from Swedish as well, from the word "far".

[@neajokela]

GOOD JOB DAVE, YOU DID IT!!!🔥

[@backonlazer791]

Fun fact, 5:47 in Finnish both "emme asu enää Ranskassa" and "emme asu Ranskassa enää" are perfectly fine! I don't know if Duolingo would agree but at least personally I would prefer the former.

[@JiihaaS]

I think you can actually put the "enää" anywhere in that sentence. You can even start with it. Each version would have a slightly different nuance, but they could all be translated to "we don't live in France anymore".

[@backonlazer791]

@@JiihaaS Yea, Finnish plays pretty fast and loose with the order of words sometimes. I definitely think it sounds weirder if you put the "enää" in front (although "Me enää emme asu Ranskassa" might be the weirdest and possibly wrong), but I'm not sure if it would be wrong per se. Possible and I _think_ correct word orders would also include the following: Ranskassa emme me enää asu. Me Ranskassa asu enää emme. Emme me asu enää Ranskassa (I think this implies that you're telling someone who mistakenly thinks that you still live in France that you don't anymore). Finnish is wacky sometimes 😄 P.S. I was always bad in the Finnish class so I can't say for sure that all of my ramblings are accurate. I kind of just intuit things as a native speaker 😅

[@JiihaaS]

@@backonlazer791 ah yes, there was "me" in the original sentence too. But I referred to the one in your post, without "me".

[@backonlazer791]

@@JiihaaS Yea, I probably should've quoted the whole thing but I was too lazy 😂

[@johannesvaasalainen7075]

@@backonlazer791Kieliopillisesti mikään järjestys noille sanoille ei liene virheellinen. Jotkut järjestykset kuulostavat toki hieman oudoille arkikäyttöön, mutta runollisessa kielessä menisivät aivan hyvin.

[@tuuli4002]

CONGRATULATIONS! 🥳 It definitely helps that finnish is written how it's pronounced. As a Finn I remember I first thought that it is weird how in English you pronounce the words differently compared to how you write them😅

[@durabelle]

English pronunciation is such a pain in the arse to be honest. There's just no logic to it whatsoever 🤣 For example though, cough, bought, and through? Bow and cow? Ok, this last pair was a bad example, as bow will of course rhyme with cow if it means bending as in "take a bow", not the archer's weapon. I'm so happy I started studying English as my first foreign language and just believed that learning languages is supposed to be that hard, as if I'd taken it on after Spanish, Swedish or even Dutch I would have given up 😂

[@durabelle]

@@janakatri You're correct that Finns rarely speak proper Finnish in everyday situations. That's mainly used in the news and old movies, in some official situations, and often by teachers or professors when teaching. However, the pronunciation of letters still matches, since different dialects can be written out in a recognisable way. For example the word minä is often replaced by mä, mää, mie etc. We're mostly required to use general Finnish when writing anything official, and every Finn will understand it if you read it aloud, even if we'd otherwise use a different version of the language.

[@durabelle]

@@janakatri Jep, onhan se haastavaa. Toisaalta murteita ja aksentteja on muissakin kielissä, englanti hyvänä esimerkkinä. Suomessa meille opetetaan lähinnä lontoolaisenglantia, mutta oikeasti jo pelkästään tällä saarella on niin paljon erilaisia murteita omine sanoineen ja sanontoineen että samalta paikkakunnalta olevat tunnistavat toisensa puheesta ihan samoin kuin suomalaisetkin. Amerikanenglanti samoin jakautuu useampiin erilaisiin tyyleihin, texasilainen ei kuulosta samalta kuin New Yorkissa kasvanut, ja sitten vielä Australian ym. aksentit siihen päälle. Ero arjen ja kouluopintojen välillä on haaste siis muissakin kielissä. Ymmärretyksi tulee kyllä, vaikka ei paikalliselta kuulostakaan, mutta joidenkin vahvempien murteiden ymmärtäminen ottaa aikansa.

[@gnfdream8140]

im genuinely so impressed, im a swedish speaking finn and youre pretty much on my level of finnish now even tho ive been speaking and hearing finnish my entire life!

[@OwnedByGalatea]

Todella mahtavaa nähdä, että kova suomen kielen opiskelu vihdoin tuottaa hedelmää. Well done bro :)

[@SaintTyrael]

As a native finnish, i would've gotten the "We do not live in France anymore" wrong, because it's also correct if swap the places with "enää" and "Ranskassa". So i would've answered: "Me emme asu enää Ranskassa"

[@durabelle]

Or even "Me emme enää asu Ranskassa". We could also just drop the pronoun and make it into "Emme enää asu Ranskassa." Not sure which versions would be accepted, but all are fine.

[@wembaa]

That was shown as another correct answer. I would have gone with that one, too.

[@TheBloodyOne]

Kyllä minä olen myös suomalainen

[@attepietarila9950]

It would've been correct either way. Enää Ranskassa feels more natural though. The word order depends on if you want to emphasize anymore or France.

[@candy_cat4811]

@@TheBloodyOne oon mäki

[@o-kp.3022]

Onneksi olkoon! Hyvinhän sinä pärjäsit! Hauska nähdä, että muualla joku on kiinnostunut opiskelemaan suomea. Jatka samaan malliin! T: Outi Suomesta 😊

[@SarcasticFinn]

Noniin. Nyt voi alkaa kirjoittaan kommentteja vain suomeksi. 👍 Hyvä Dave!

[@Feresoe]

This was so well put together I wish I could have given it two thumps up. Huolellisesti hiottu video oli, oli nautinto katsoa.

[@Tanya_Maria]

You've come so far! Concrats! :) It must be hard being british and having a finnish-swedish wife in Finland and trying to learn two new languages!

[@hannahchessell6111]

I'm a fellow brit who just happened to stumble on your channel in my quest to learn finnish and thank you! Its refreshing to see someone also British trying to do the finnish thing. I feel like a prized idiot speaking finnish out loud with so many words being so similar!

[@AHVENAN]

I would love to see you take a swedish test aswell!

[@davecad]

That would actually be really interesting!

[@MissSylvia67]

@@davecad Det skulle vara roligt! Bra jobbat med detta test, congrats!! Hälsningar från en halvfinska i Sverige 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🙂

[@kaapa7373]

Ei mitää ruottalaasia

[@MissSylvia67]

@@kaapa7373 Why not?

[@kaapa7373]

Ootko muuten suomalainen syntynyt Ruotsissa vai? Puhutko suomea ihan mielenkiinnosta kysyn?🙂

[@zeikki794]

You got me with the koira....t! 8:50 Good work Dave, job done surprisingly well honestly

[@The_Jzoli]

Heh, herkkulista would be a "delicacy list"!

[@aefinn]

That wolf mixup was pretty funny ngl :D

[@helenaholmberg1987]

Varg på svenska

[@nikkehh]

You're so good at finnish!! Hyvä Dave!!

[@studentwolf1538]

CONGRATS! Mahtavaa!

[@FinTume]

When you typed koira, I was like "don't you do it!" but you tricked me!! Well done with the test, you did really good!

[@AikunIhana]

Way to go Dave! Years following you and still enjoying myself, keep up the good work!

[@karituurihalme1007]

I think not coming across the word friendly in every day life means you are very much embracing the Finnish culture.

[@anniina4809]

YOU DID IT! 🎉 Also my niece learned some english while watching this video with me. So between book releases you can expand childrens english-finnish-swedish teaching to videos too, seemed to do the trick. 🤭 "Kai pelaa kauhupeliä"... 😂

[@davecad]

Haha that's wonderful 😊😊

[@annisaurus]

Tervehdys, kaima!

[@watchcharmedagain]

Love the editing and you tricking us with "not knowing" 😆 Well done! I'm super impressed!

[@suvi4215]

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TROPHY! Thank you Dave for introducing me to Duolingo in one of your earlier videos. I've been using it ever since almost daily, for over two years now! Brushing up languages I studied in school and learning new ones just for fun. :)

[@puskamuha9000]

Hyvää työtä Dave!!!

[@HederKlowd]

WOO DAVE! I’ve been studying Finnish since 2006 and am at your level with zero immersion here in the states, so you are doing great, I hope your Swedish is also good. 🎉

[@SeppoIivonen]

I KNEW YOU CAN DO IT! WAY TO GO!

[@sulosky]

Well done, Dave! You’re amazing :D

[@siffeh1816]

MENNÄÄN DAVE , ONNEA! Your pronunciation is getting much better since I last saw your videos. Youre making excellent progress, keep it up

[@Censeo]

This was more exciting and nail-biting content than I thought it would be when I clicked. Congratulations from Åland, där vi bara pratar svenska

[@miamirabel]

CONGRATULATIONS DAVE!!!🎉🥳🎉

[@AvaruusArt]

HYVÄ DAVE SÄ OSASIT! 😄

[@TheLatokuivaaja]

Duolingo considers "My horse is not an artist but an architect" a vital sentence in Russian so... xD (It's Моя лошадь не художник, а архитектор btw)

[@Aeduo]

I recall that prompt. :p Later you get stuff like Всё плохо и лучше не будет which i've probably misremembered and is likely incorrect because i'm doing terribly at it, which the correct statement would certainly be a reflection of how i feel about it heh.

[@joemamium]

@@Aeduo looks correct to me. Something like "everything's bad and it won't be/get better."

[@Aeduo]

@@joemamium yeah that's what the answer to the prompt is. Kinda a downer one though even for Duolingo.

[@lyondragons8898]

@@Aeduo Well, for Finnish sentence it wouldn't even be a downer, but just an everyday expression, a common saying, like itku pitkästä ilosta or kel onni on se onnen kätkeköön or joka kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa. So too much fun only ends up in sadness, hide your happiness and don't try anything, because you will fail. Great life advices!

[@laurabreed3945]

CONGRATULATIONS DAVE!! YOU HAVE COME SUCH A LONG WAY!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 (hope that’s enough caps for you 😜) ONNEA!!

[@annina134]

WOOHOO GREAT JOB, DAVE!!!! 😄🥳🥳

[@jannelepisto7520]

Wow, am impressed. Good job 👏

[@Yrenne]

Native Finnish speaker here. At 5:33, they had the official translation for "We are having fun in Estonia" as "Meillä on hauskaa Virossa", but if it were me, I would probably have translated it as "Me pidämme hauskaa Virossa". It sounds more natural to me, but others may disagree. "Meillä on hauskaa Virossa" sounds more like a general statement about something that's always true, i.e. "We have fun in Estonia (whenever we go there)" while "Me pidämme hauskaa Virossa" sounds like it's happening right now (I believe you call it present progressive in English), which is more in line with "We are having fun in Estonia." Just me being pedantic, I would guess they probably had that as an acceptable answer anyway. Congratulations btw, it's been really fun to follow your progress over the years. You've improved a ton. :)

[@markoluodelahti2874]

i like your videos, you keep so calm trying understand finish language, its so really complicated

[@XimenaMaidana]

Let's gooooooo Dave!! I'm close to that trophy too!! Hehee i thought it was harder tbh but I'll get there! You're cool ❤️

[@northerncat05]

GO DAVE!! Amazing job!! Hyvää työtä!!

[@KKiuru]

Excellent job! You're going to be fluent very soon.

[@ellu...]

WOOO CONGRATS YOU DID IT!!

[@tripmann480p]

Your pronunciation has improved greatly!

[@pihalla_tuvassakin]

Hienosti sujui Dave! Hieno pokaali👍

[@metaronger2225]

Awseomeee !!! I fin(n)ished the Finnish Duolingo course a couple of months ago and I was also pretty disappointed with that trophy animation haha I was expecting at least some kind of a congrats or something but this is quite underwhelming😂 Nevertheless it was fun and I'm proud of myself and you should be too🥳

[@kimreinikainen]

Minä menen pähkinöiksi, mahtavaa Dave!💪💪

[@lillukka900]

I really appreciate how you show your desire to learn our language. Some English people live in Finland for a long time and don't really want to learn, because, especially in the capital region, you can do well without, when Everyone here understands and speaks (if necessary) English, anyway. You have an authentic way of doing this work and I like, so I'll even tolerate the ads for you.

[@user-rc8ex3ud9t]

Hyvää duunia

[@OMP128]

Good work Dave :)

[@llssneN]

Great progress!

[@blue_jm]

Great job getting the trophy!!

[@Pinjamiini]

🎉🎉🎉 that was well done! And also fun!🎉🎉🎉

[@hannapakarinen6182]

ONNEA! Great job 🥳

[@Anime-my4th]

Really good Dave!!!!!

[@SK-nw4ig]

YEI DAVE! WELL DONE, MAN!

[@jormapoikonen2801]

Great vid loved it 🇫🇮🇨🇦

[@holoholopainen1627]

Today Canada plays Germany at Tampere IIHF - World Championships Final ! Yesterday They were The better Team vs Latvia !

[@_haileyva_5024]

OMG WHAT A GREAT JOB, I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU THE WHOLE TIME AND I WAS EVEN SCARED AT THE LAST SEGMENT EVEN THOUGH I KNEW YOU WERE RIGHT!! NOW WE CAN GET SOME FULL FINNISH VIDEOS FROM YOU. (MAYBE)

[@PenguFIN]

LETS GO DAVE!!! 💪🥳🎉

[@HemmoFM]

You did well! 👍

[@JustSome0ne0_0]

WOOOOOOO! GRATE JOB DAVE!

[@meowBlitz]

Hello Dave, you should go skiing to Lapland this winter!

[@orilow]

LETS GO! YOU DID IT!!

[@kpt002]

Hienoa Dave!! Niin sitä pitää!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@dami_nator6845]

MAHTAVAA !!

[@MoMsUuH]

YEEEEEYYY YOU DID IT DAVE!!

[@majaparipovic8175]

Onnea!!! I was trying together with you go through questions...i think i would not pass... congratulations!!!!😆😆

[@annetbraet7255]

YEAHH YOU MADE IT!! HERE IS YOUR TROPHY: 🏆

[@jollyfamily9138]

Jee! Hyvää!!! Onnea!!!!!!!!!

[@JaFo1992]

Erittäin hienoa työtä Dave😊

[@davecad]

😍😍

[@Rypervenche]

I would love to see you use a better resource to learn from where we and you could see your improvement better and actually learn things. Love your content. I'd love to see more serious learning content.

[@livetefter4050]

Got the notification...but haven't logged in myself. 🙈 So I welcome you back in here.😁

[@bearjuice8934]

LET'S GO CADDY I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT! It's so inspiring to see how far you have come in your Finnish studies. That Karjala beer camping scene was obviously a joke cause there wasn't enough beer in it. We will meet you at the marketplace!

[@Puppet917]

U did super great Job! Finland is very hard language! Not too many can get good at Finland! I'm super happy for you!!! Congratulations 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉

[@NinjaBee81]

GOOD JOB DAVE! YAAAASS QUEEN!!😂

[@annisaurus]

JEE, GO DAVE! GREAT JOB!

[@chloevellagarcia7484]

Good job!!! 🏆🏆

[@tnttelefon2568]

At 2:30 I wasn't expecting you to be that good! I thought it was the exercise reading the question at first haha :D

[@Cronin_]

GO DAVE! I tried doing it the same time as you. I feel like I should be able to get everything correctly, but I got basically the same as you. I speak Swedish and have studied Finnish in school since 2011, but I still suck at it😅😂

[@filiposterberg7522]

Är du finsk med svenska som modersmål?

[@Cronin_]

@@filiposterberg7522 Ja e finlandssvensk, liksom Cat. Skillnaden är att jag int kan finska😅😶

[@tari4718]

Yuo need to stop studying Suomen kieli and just start using it in your everyday life!

[@emma-ie9wn]

Oh my god! Your pronounciation is so good!!!!

[@makee28]

Hyvää työtä🙂

[@Sillilesshells]

Miksi mä lukenut ” hyvä tyttö” 🤦🏽‍♀️ fucking dislexia…

[@nikoaho8277]

GJ DAVE YOU DID IT!

[@mikeh2772]

Well done sir.

[@nicas901]

i am one of those that congratulated you being back on Duo 😂 Onnea! 🎉

[@hapokas7214]

Congrats for getting the trophy (Onnittelut pokaalista)

[@johku7638]

Wohoo! Smazing! 🤯🥳

[@tari4718]

Very good Dave, you did great! Now just start speaking Finnish 😃

[@davecad]

😳😳😳

[@cayenigma]

Excellent Dave! Whoops sorry EXCELLENT DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!! WOHOO MAHTAVAA!!!

[@anniina00]

I think minkäkokoista is two words. Congrats Dave! 🥳

[@tupufoks]

MAHTAVAA DAVE!

[@JanPatrick]

HIENOA DAVE!

[@oh2mp]

Well done!

[@ghost_boy2581]

YAYYY GO DAVE!!!!🎉🎊

[@Makapaa]

Mennään Pähkinöiksi, Cadi!🌰🥜 Congratulations, pal!

[@mantailuaa]

YIPPEE!!!! Well done!