HOW GOOD IS MY FINNISH, REALLY? | FINNISH LANGUAGE TEST

[@Fazikku]

Finnish? Learnt. Certificate? Gotten. Hotelli? Trivago.

[@Peipola73]

Fazikku 😂😂

[@nikolaiforsander5286]

😂😂

[@Daagon123]

Repesin tuossa "hotelli - trivago"😂

[@davecad]

:D :D

[@kaiusimmonen5398]

Sama

[@Aadalaa]

Sama

[@PEveningale]

Sama :D

[@TheW89]

Itse pysyin kasassa.

[@fossaplays2400]

Sateenvarjo=umbrella, pen=kynä, pencil=lyijykynä. Also a great video, was fun to watch!

[@davecad]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@datatravelleri]

@@davecadand tulitikut is matches.

[@banaana1234]

@@datatravelleri Literally "Fire sticks". We like to keep things simple :D

[@pcread]

lyijy = lead kynä = pen...so leadpen. or lead pencil

[@0Quiwi0]

Yeah we somehow talk about graphite as lead. Don't ask me why. I can only guess that the color is close to lead

[@SamppaYT]

Little tip for you to remember left and right. Think about the word VolvO. V=Vasen is on the left side and O=Oikea is on the right side. I hope this would be useful for you

[@davecad]

Thanks! I'll remember that now :D

[@manki4409]

Oon suomalainen ja en itekkään oo kuullu tosta

[@skelly9266]

Ite *ennen* ajattelin tien...

[@violak2470]

En oo ennen aatellu tollee mut aika hyvä 🤔

[@jrihu]

This also helps those Volvo drivers who can't distinguish between letf/right in the traffic. The logo is right there in front of your eyes on the steeeing wheel.

[@timomastosalo]

herne-maissi-paprika :) Every day Finnish. Think I'm going to defreeze me some soon.

[@pistool1]

Puolikarkeat vehnäjauhot (=semi-coarse wheat flour) Pretty much impossible to understand for any native English speaker learning Finnish :D

[@timomastosalo]

@@pistool1 Semi coarse comment :)

[@gahahaho8445]

I think herne, maissi, porkkana is better lol

[@timomastosalo]

@@gahahaho8445 Olet correct

[@---zg9lx]

Hemapa, also available in hemapo

[@0Quiwi0]

"Missä on verkkokauppa?" Yep. That's where you get the electronics :D

[@TulilaSalome]

No, fishing nets :D

[@itsnotoona]

I had a Verkkokauppa.com ad in this video xd

[@PantsYT]

@@TulilaSalome *wooosh*

[@Haarunen]

Missä on gigantti?

[@eveliinajansson9719]

@@itsnotoona me too

[@taijat]

3:30 Dave: "Vasen" never heard it before. Just less than 10 seconds ago there was a question what picture is "vasen". 😂 Btw, you guessed it right Dave! And vasen means left. ↩

[@GG-nl9oy]

Lausuminen siihen oli kyllä 👌

[@WiseFinn]

6:14 hotelli? Trivago! You have watched some tv

[@AlejandroHermano]

Tai sittevaa meemejä

[@lynnheartslife1985]

6:15

[@vennyminkkinen9488]

Joo mäkin oon nähny ton mainoksen lukemattomat kerrat😂ei siltä vaan voi välttyä.

[@deejayxcrypt]

Some extra points for thinking that “please” doesn’t have an exact translation in Finnish. “Ole kiltti” is sort of equivalent to the adverb of it. “Ole kiltti” can also be same as “be nice”... etc.

[@miinttik00k10]

"Please" may also mean "jooko" like "Can you please stop?" is "Voitko jooko lopettaa?" or "Voitko kiltti lopettaa?"

[@korhonehn]

@@miinttik00k10 voit myös lopettaa

[@miinttik00k10]

@@hohoo4067 ja sinä voit pitää turpasi kiinni jossei äikäntunnilla ole käyty nyt puhuinkin aivan sanantarkkaisesta vaihtoehtoisesta merkityksestä pälli

[@miinttik00k10]

@@hohoo4067 mutta eikö se juuri ole oikea käännös? Vai mitä meinasit

[@miinttik00k10]

@@hohoo4067 ittel kuulostaa molemmat lähes yhtä oikeilta käännöksiltä, ehkä enemmä mul be nice = ole kiltisti tai riippuu enemmänki asian yhteydestä että mistä puhutaan ja milloin puhutaan

[@valdemarzock9617]

finnish is a great language: the spruce is on fire= kuusi palaa the spruce returns= kuusi palaa the number six is on fire=kuusi palaa the number six returns=kuusi palaa six of them are on fire=kuusi palaa six of them return=kuusi palaa your moon is on fire=kuusi palaa your moon returns=kuusi palaa six peaces=kuusi palaa

[@fluffy_cloud4940]

😮

[@kyostipoysti5192]

Your moon is on fire= sun kuu palaa. Tai voit sanoo sinun kuusi on tulessa

[@kyostipoysti5192]

Ja eiks burn meinaa palaa? On fire= on niinku tulessa

[@sqtuck]

*six pieces

[@skelly9266]

You making fun of lyijykynä just cracked me

[@mikeking9000]

Funniest vid you've ever done man, the tarvitse lääkäri made me howl laughing! And trivago too!

[@davecad]

Thanks, Mike! It was a really fun video to make so I'm glad you thought it was fun to watch :D

[@Koirakekoo]

Hotelli? Trivago!

[@dieZera]

hrhr it's a German company btw

[@men6074]

OmG ToINeN OvERWatCH JoNNe

[@mehf11]

@@men6074 jep

[@Mannuska526]

Ensimmäinen asia mitä bongasin oli ow logo ::D

[@lietu856]

@@mehf11 En nyt Forknut pelaajana paljoa sanoisi.

[@doomteam2326]

"Hyvää päiviää". Damn like the third question and there's already a typo

[@skelly9266]

Lol

[@nyynepikkarainen2110]

Not only did you completely ace that test, but your pronouncing has gotten grazy good too! Not to mention the fact that many words you got right just by "kinda feels like it" which must mean you're subconciously absorbing finnish :D Again, feeling like a proud sister over here!

[@HandeToon]

Trivago. =D Hyvä Dave! Your Finnish sense of humour is blooming.

[@asjmpbf9876]

I’m from Finland, and honestly he did really good! The actual test itself has a lot of typos tho and there technically isn’t a word for please but oh well. Congratulations 🤣🙌🏼

[@riksu2582]

Technically Finnish doesn't have a word for please. Ole kiltti (be nice) and pyydän (I ask) are the usual translations but neither is an actual translation of the word.

[@davecad]

thanks for the clarification! I thought I was going crazy!

[@sannakaijamaenpaa9013]

And actually most people nowadays would just say please, but it's spelled pliis :D I don't think I've ever used those more official ones. Can you please help me is just commonly Voitko pliis auttaa :)

[@vetu104]

@@sannakaijamaenpaa9013 The word has a little soft and feminine taste to it when used like that in Finnish.

[@Susirajantakaa]

We just add stuff to certain verbs to say "please": antaa (to give) -> annatko (would you give) -> antaisitko (would you please give) saada (to have) -> saanko (may I have) -> saisinko (may I please have) Or just say "kiitos" instead of please: Olut, kiitos. -> A beer, please.

[@JurgenWindcaller]

I'm really surprised how well you know Finnish and your pronunciation is actually very good! Great video! Made me smile :)

[@TheKokoliha]

7:50 i was so hyped when dave started showing off his language skills!!

[@rapidillusions]

Dave, sun suomea on hauska kuunnella! Käytä kielitaitoasi enemmän videoissasi!

[@miia9968]

Most of the people don’t even know our country, so it’s really cool that you are learning finnish! Loved the video ❤️

[@pampelius1267]

Bra jobbat! 😄 Just so you know, ljusröd is only a thing in Finland, the common Swedish word is rosa

[@abandoned__]

I'm having a great time as a native Finnish person watching you testing yourself. I'm definitely cheering you on!

[@Susitar]

The ones you got wrong: leg is sääri (though Finnish sääri means the part from foot to knee, doesn't leg include the thigh too? I think most Finns say jalka for leg and jalkaterä for foot!), pen is kynä and pencil is indeed lyijykynä. Sateenvarjo is umbrella. Your choice of tulitikut (fire + sticks) means matches and nenä mean nose. But hey, excellent job!

[@Susitar]

Why do I count four mistakes? :D

[@cayenigma]

@@Susitar He knew the umbrella he clicked back and forth but clicked right at the end

[@Susitar]

@@cayenigma Oh, I just see the check mark on the matches.

[@Suolakissa]

>guesses several words >somehow manages to guess most of the guesses right Sir, you're much more skilled than you give yourself credit for 😂 Also, thank you for giving me something to watch while I'm dying my hair!

[@jonskunator]

I wouldn't say that there were that many pure guesses. He used the method of elimination for many of the questions, knowing 2/4 or 3/4 of the words.

[@leorehmonen5107]

You have never heard *juna* and you live in helsinki, well that's kinda odd if ya ask me.

[@Pyorittelisinkohan]

I was wondering that too. How the fuck he doesn't know such a basic word lol

[@TheBackCracker12]

The best way to learn Finnish is to use it in conversation...You should discord with fans to improve your Finnish 👌 Best regards, swe-speaking Finn 😇

[@davecad]

That's a good idea!

[@paivikkisalo-oja368]

@@davecad I would join you. Every time you do "learning Finnish videos" I'm thinking "that's a waste of time if he's never gonna use it" cause using it it's really the only way to learn it. When I moved to Iceland I stopped using English after three months and told everyone to talk to me only in Icelandic (I spoke a little Swedish so I had some idea how the language was). First couple weeks were horrible. I could not understand anything anyone was saying and I had to tell everyone to stop talking English all the time. But then something happened with my brains and one day I realized I can understand and talk. :D

[@TheBackCracker12]

Indeed, would love to see different scenarios as well 😂 Like for something in a store etc... Best of luck!

[@annelipohjonen6792]

It is pretty bad to have a language test that has typos.... But well done Dave!

[@timomastosalo]

Dave, what is 'jalkapallo'? You can't go back to UK, if you don't know that. And that is where you remember jalka & pallo.

[@Daagon123]

Almost all right, you made me proud honestly. Keep learning Finnish and I'll keep learning English so we'll meet in the comments 😊

[@davecad]

Thanks! That sounds like a plan :D

[@-Chiel]

You have great language skills even when it comes to guessing the meaning, it is truly inspiring. You can be proud of yourself! An educated guess takes one far, as you demonstrate in this video. I love it how you are able to use also your Swedish skills to deduce the meaning of Finnish words.

[@mrj.kottari8453]

"Herne-maissi-paprika" made me laugh so hard I think my cheeck muscle sprained a bit 😂😂 This is great video 🧡

[@digitalspecter]

Lyijy = lead, kynä as you know is any pen.. so it's a lead pen = pencil :) It's a crazy language for sure but those compound words are nice because you don't need to learn so many specific words. I would've liked to see your face at "kuulakärkikynä" ... of course that's easy if you know the parts: kuula = ball, kärki = tip/point, kynä = pen, so it's a ballpoint pen, surprisingly close to the English counterpart :) Others you weren't so sure about were oikea = right (also as in a right answer = oikea vastaus), vasen = left, jalka = foot, sääri = leg, nenä = nose, juna = train, laiva = ship. Great job anyways and entertaining as always :)

[@vivithepotato8352]

I like how calm you are :D

[@Taskuvesku]

This is fun that contains Finnish, so it must be Funnish... (i'm sorry. My humor today is soooo dry...)

[@hannahietala2710]

LOL! :-D

[@n4rttu]

please... never comment on youtube ever again

[@Taskuvesku]

@@n4rttu But can i comment on comments? Pleaseeee!???

[@moonliteX]

ACED IT!!! what a flow! i was sooo heartbroken when you got the first one wrong! i was so much with you in the "on the roll" feeling

[@jenna9409]

You can speak Finnish very well!! Osaat suomea tosi hyvin!!

[@thamor4746]

Dave you come long way, watched your first videos way back when you were learning finnish. Now you knew a lot more, so no surprise you are understanding a lot when you hear people talking in finnish. Olet suomalainen kohta =)

[@katerinaevangelia]

You're so funny! Also died at "...hotelli -trivago" 😂 But you did great 👌🏼

[@ShashaBrakinski]

Omg your accent is just too adorable and i squeal everytime you get the word right! Mahtavaa!

[@perunapena6728]

If it was foodshop: Missä on ruokakauppa, And if it was electric shop: Missä onVerkkokauppa😂 that was nice 😂😂

[@acikoci]

Dave, that was seriously impressive! Hammas.. harja .. tahna. I think you've realised that Finnish is an onomatopoetic language and you aced it! Which one sounds more like brushing .. is it tahhhhnnnaaa or harrrrrjaaa . Of couse it's the word with the rrr sound! I've been learning your language since I was 10 and now working in the city of London. Keep up the good work!!! I enjoy your videos, don't give up on Finnish .. please! ... SUBRIBED to you channel right now!

[@wsqaa910]

"I've guessed all those ones already, gotta be laiva" You hacked this test.. :D

[@xtraidy5529]

Im from Finland and its really fun to watch you speak finnish.

[@jonnvoxx5208]

"Who invented this 💀language " 😭🤣🤣

[@elenajaatinen1497]

I’m finnish and it’s really fun to watch him say the words great video btw:))

[@bilboswaggings]

There is an easy trick to vasen and oikea and it has to do with volvo v on the left so vasen o like oikea to the right

[@melikestacos2357]

Ur name cracks me up

[@Emilia-dd5yk]

vasen and oikea mean directions like left and right🙂 left = vasen and right = oikea. For example, "you have to turn left" means "sinun täytyy kääntyä vasemmalle" 👍🏻

[@sissi2204]

There actually isn't a word for "please" in finnish. It's mostly just replaced with something polite, like "ole kiltti", but it's not the correct translation.

[@marist3222]

I actually was in shock how the answers you guessed were mostly right !!😂😂👍🏽

[@juhok15]

Hieno suoritus, Dave! Suomenkielen opintosi toi mieleeni seuraavanlaisen jutun. Silloin kun suomalaisten englannin kielen taidot olivat hiukan vaatimattomammat, Suomeen muuttanut Neil Hardwick teki televisioon hauskan ohjelman ”Hello Hello Hello”. Löydät sen KZbinsta, jos kiinnostaa. Och Samma på engelska: Great done, Dave! Your study of Finnish conjured to my mind next kind of thing. When Finns English was a bit more modest, Neil Hardwick, who moved to Finland, made a TV show called "Hello Hello Hello”. You can find it in KZbin if you interest. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX2sXqCwo8afpKc

[@koutaluukkonen3377]

Good work Dave you are so good in finnish

[@maleksanteri]

*herne-maissi-paprika*

[@Minxis]

Good job Dave, you're doing great with finnish! So proud of you, keep up the good work!♥

[@Pyhantaakka]

- Missä on kauppa? - Samperin tyhmä kysymys.

[@skelly9266]

Erittäin

[@AnanusBananus]

Juna IS train left IS vasen tight IS oikea. Your Finnish is pretty good. You pronounce your words properly, good Job. Keep up The good Works.

[@vanukas8783]

Siellä on kissa siellä putkessa! Who invented this bloody launguage!

[@milleniam]

I love your name. Doctor Pudding.

[@MrBeldin]

A couple of things I noticed... Question E: You are 100% correct in thinking that there is no translation for "please" in Finnish language, at least not in the way you were thinking. Instead of having separate word for "please" in questions or requests, politeness is kind of integrated into the question otherwise. For example, if you ask something like "Could you give me that magazine please?" = "Voisitko antaa minulle tuon lehden?", indication of politeness is contained within the word "voisitko", which translates as "could you". Not-so-polite version would be "Anna minulle tuo lehti" = "Give me that magazine", and that's pretty much an order. Edit: It can be translated as a verb of course; miellyttää, ilahduttaa (to give satisfaction, joy or even delight). But that's a very different usage of "please". Question X: "Ranta" alone in Finnish language can mean any sort of shore -- on a pond, lake, sea or even a river. However, when you add the word "hiekka" (sand) into it, you get the compound word "hiekkaranta", which literally means a "sandy beach". When you say you're going to beach, you are usually going there to swim or sunbathe, not to crawl in bushes at a random shoreline. ;) You can also form a word "veneranta" (boat+ shore), which means a place that is intended for parking small (row)boats. Question AL: "Mushrooms" would mean any species of mushroom (sieni) in general. "Herkkusienet" is a plural form of "herkkusieni", which is a specific type of mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). There also seems to be a serious factual error in this question, as the drawing seems to resemble another species called "herkkutatti" (Boletus edulis). Am I nitpicking here? Maybe not, because herkkusieni is more common in Southern Europe, while herkkutatti is one of the most commonly known mushroom species here in Finland. :P --- Ps. Also, if you have trouble pronouncing "polkupyörä", feel free to try this theoretical compound word with 9 vowels in a row -- "hääyöaieuutinen". It's literally never used, but it would mean a news article about someone's intention of doing something specific during his/her wedding night. That *could* become a thing some day, right? And here's the breakdown of that word for you: Hää = Singular form of "häät" (wedding), only used in compound words Yö = Night. Aie = Rare short form of "aikomus" (intention) Uutinen = News article A very fun language, isn't it? :P

[@mkepic]

I’m from Finland....... SUOMI PERKELE JA TORILLA TAVATAAN🍯

[@petrironkko5103]

Bravo! Finnish pronunciation can be really difficult. Hyvää työtä!

[@maijusini2406]

Missä on verkkokauppa? 😃

[@oplkfdhgk]

joo tää oli hauska :D

[@oplkfdhgk]

pystyn samaistumaan toho vahvasti :D

[@skelly9266]

Tuo on liian hauska kun konteksti on oikea

[@moikaikki2667]

9:27 B kynä 9:40 D lyijykynä 10:03 last picture from the right

[@aatuheiniaho7800]

Your next food testing video should be that you are testing saunamakkara that is sausage that is heated with sauna heater

[@davecad]

I've been meaning to do this! Maybe one day!

[@oplkfdhgk]

Kivikylän löylylenkki is the best saunamakkara :p

[@makipri]

You have incredibly good luck with your power of deduction guessing! It’s interesting that your vocabulary of groceries is so good but you don’t know directions yet. Usually they are the first words I learn about a language. But I guess Finns are good to give you directions in English but when you do grocery shopping they’re usually written only in Finnish and Swedish.

[@Skege1000]

I don't know what "Hyvää päiviää" is

[@vetu104]

A typo probs. It's "päivää".

[@Skege1000]

@@vetu104 You don't say

[@vetu104]

@@Skege1000 Well it might not be obvious to Dave

[@MoMsUuH]

I was amazed how you got almost all right even though you haven't heard all of the words before. I'm proud!

[@sanchu6335]

I really want to see dave pronounce "lentokoneensuihkuturbiinimoottorialiupseeriapumekaanikkooppilas"

[@nurminenpaavo]

This was a really funny video. Thanks Dave!

[@mosajulius]

Laitakaa like nii ulkomaalaiset luulee mun sanoneen jotain hauskaa😂😂😜

[@nellaemilia_]

Your so good at Finnish! Someday you will be as good as us Finnish people! You are very close to that!! :)

[@windy.way0]

I'm here before your video receives its first dislike lol

[@davecad]

You must have been quick Robert :D

[@Dragonsphinx]

Your pronunciation is impressive!😃👍🏼 There basically isn’t a word for “please” in Finnish, so there are various other words and phrases used instead which fulfil the same purpose. I’d say “ole kiltti” (be kind/be so kind as to…) is a bit outdated as the only person I remember using it frequently was my grandmother. Nowadays if you just say “please” in English, basically everyone will understand you (which is what I say, as lived in the UK so long that it’s a tick by now). Another word that doesn’t have an exact equivalent is “have.” If you want to say “I have a car” you have to say “minulla on auto” (a car ’exists’ with me/I possess a car) or ”minä omistan auton” (I own a car). This was an interesting quiz. I wonder if there’s an equivalent one for Japanese. 🤔

[@doomteam2326]

You are learning man. Keep up the good work

[@somebodysdog]

Nicely done Dave! Now you are ready to go outside of the third circle and see the "country side" of the Finland and learn all the dialects. =D Good luck!

[@zmejgorynyts]

You've have improved so much! I'm proud of you

[@pazuuna70]

You're amazing. Love to see you sometime somewhere

[@jeminasenja4800]

As a finnish person your videos are hilarious and the best👍 keep up the good work:D

[@lightimagay5058]

Lol varmaa 90% tääl on suomalaisii

[@jeminasenja4800]

Jep:D

[@jonnajosefina]

Wow, I'm proud of you! An actual improvement! 😂

[@superoriginalusername.]

This on trending! Congrats!

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

"Please" is kind of word which is included in sentences pretty variable ways. It is way more simplier in English language because you just add "please" after every word if you want to be polite. In Finnish language you can use that one word in so many ways to be polite. Example "could you hand me that sugar, please", you can use "Antaisitko sokerin" where word 'antaa' (to give) is transformed into more formal word which itself is a almost same as saying "Annatko sokerin, kiitos" but antaisitko word is more like asking it in a more formal way. You can compare it more by thinking if you say "give it to me" instead of "could you give it to me" without the word please. Its formal and more polite way. "Please" as a word itself in Finnish lang is more like "kiitos" added in after the sentence which means "thank you". If you want to butter your woman next time you ask some sugar, you can say "Antaisitko sokerin, kiitos" 🙂

[@expelliarmus7455]

Wow, you’ve been making huge progress! Keep going👍🏿

[@svetjanA]

Leg= sääri, pen= lyijytäytekynä, pencil=lyijykynä, sateenvarjo=umbrella edit=google kääntäjän mukaan lyijytäytekynä on "propelling pencil" mutta muistan ikuisesti ala-asteen "WOW"-kirjasta kun opettelin sanoja ja listassa oli pen=lyijytäytekynä

[@ynwicks7142]

Been learning Finnish for almost 10 years now. I work in Finnish on a daily basis but I still feel like a beginner at times. Once you know the kirjakieli, then the puhekieli hits you. And once you kind of know the puhekieli, the regional accents hit you :D

[@AkuLaker]

Dude. You definitely deserve thumbs up.

[@raineja]

I love ur finnish spelling that is just helarious.

[@rorywantscookies]

I love your finnish learning and spelling 😄❤️ amazing video!

[@miikakemppinen]

Well done Dave. And good guesses when needed.

[@Quuqqe]

You did so well!! Proud of you! 😄👌 P.s. You got wrong the one you know already, then the pen would have been kynä, and sateenvarjo is an umbrella😊

[@davecad]

Thank you!

Idea for a video. Next weekend at Raisio (near Turku) there is Eurotrial 2019-competition (9.-11.8.2019 ). It is about off road trial, European masters competition. If you like that kind of stuff, come and check it out.

[@onboard3]

"Hyvää päiviää" no wonder it's free.. 😂 Also afternoon=iltapäivä, but there is no such option and is so wrong in Finnish, "ilta" is after "päivä" and somehow it's trying to say with "ilta" that it starts at "keskipäivä". Afternoon is literally after noon, so it should be "keskipäivänpäivä" or at least "päiväilta" to have them right way around (but that would point to much later time).

[@embyh]

You have mastered the Finnish language. Your pronounciation is also very good, keep golng and no one will even notice you are not a native Finn. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

[@polloverkko]

Dave speaking Finnish is so delightful!

[@matilda295]

Haha, very good video again! You knew the words very well 👍🏼 Well done! 😀

[@starfish3336]

I think your finnish is very good!! keep learning!!🔥

[@JariMaister74]

You are good in finnish! Its fun to watch because im from finland. 👍

[@paapaa2570]

OMG Dave you are very good speeking Finnish. Well done👍👍

[@Atakhaya]

Hyvä Dave! Olen ylpeä sinusta! 👌

[@vm3220]

I Am a Swedish speaking finn But i still know how to speak finnish also Great video 😉😉😉😉

[@matildariiina]

this was so fun video! thanks Dave! you speak very well Finnish 👌🏻🇫🇮 hotelli -> trivago :D