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

Enough messing around. It's exam day. The Finnish language test starts - now.
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F.A.Q.
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• How old are you? •
31
• How tall are you? •
6ft 4 (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
Rode Video Mic Pro+
• What program do you edit with? •
Adobe Premiere Pro CC

[@Fazikku]

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

[@Peipola73]

Fazikku 😂😂

[@nikolaiforsander5286]

😂😂

[@Daagon123]

Repesin tuossa "hotelli - trivago"😂

[@davecad]

:D :D

[@kaiusimmonen5398]

Sama

[@aadalatvala1545]

Sama

[@PEveningale]

Sama :D

[@TheW89]

Itse pysyin kasassa.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@WiseFinn]

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

[@AlejandroHermano]

Tai sittevaa meemejä

[@lynnheartslife7957]

6:15

[@vennyminkkinen9488]

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

[@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.

[@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 👌

[@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

[@jompux]

@@men6074 jep

[@Mannuska526]

Ensimmäinen asia mitä bongasin oli ow logo ::D

[@lietu856]

@@jompux En nyt Forknut pelaajana paljoa sanoisi.

[@doomteam2326]

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

[@skelly9266]

Lol

[@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.

[@HandeToon]

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

[@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!

[@TheKokoliha]

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

[@JurgenWindcaller]

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

[@rapidillusions]

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

[@mrj.kottari8453]

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

[@pampelius1267]

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

[@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

[@abandoned__]

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

[@superoriginalusername.]

This on trending! Congrats!

[@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.

[@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!

[@nurminenpaavo]

This was a really funny video. Thanks Dave!

[@Minxis]

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

[@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

[@annelipohjonen6792]

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

[@zmejgorynyts]

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

[@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 👌🏼

[@jonnvoxx5208]

"Who invented this 💀language " 😭🤣🤣

[@-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.

[@doomteam2326]

You are learning man. Keep up the good work

[@crystal.matter]

The "please" one was a hard one. Here it says "please" is "ole kiltti", which could work if you say "OLE KILTTI ja tuo se minulle" = "please bring it to me". Literally "ole kiltti" means "be nice". I would not say that to everyone. But since "please" don't really have word in finnish, there's so many ways to say please. Like "OLE HYVÄ ja sulje ovi" = "Please close the door". "Ole hyvä" literally "be good". And of course the most common one, "kiitos". "Vettä, kiitos" = "Water, please". I think "kiitos" is safest "please" word.

[@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 :)

[@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

[@expelliarmus7455]

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

[@jenna9409]

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

[@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!???

[@Lycosa]

You killed it Dave, nailed it :D.

[@rorywantscookies]

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

[@wsqaa910]

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

[@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.

[@miia9968]

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

[@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 😂😂

[@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

[@jonnajosefina]

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

[@miikakemppinen]

Well done Dave. And good guesses when needed.

[@b_rabbit]

*herne-maissi-paprika*

[@LapinPete]

- Missä on kauppa? - Samperin tyhmä kysymys.

[@skelly9266]

Erittäin

[@Atakhaya]

Hyvä Dave! Olen ylpeä sinusta! 👌

[@matilda295]

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

[@maijusini2406]

Missä on verkkokauppa? 😃

[@nebulous962]

joo tää oli hauska :D

[@nebulous962]

pystyn samaistumaan toho vahvasti :D

[@skelly9266]

Tuo on liian hauska kun konteksti on oikea

[@sanchu6335]

I really want to see dave pronounce "lentokoneensuihkuturbiinimoottorialiupseeriapumekaanikkooppilas"

[@myfinlandstory]

Well done! 😊👏🏼

[@vivithepotato8352]

I like how calm you are :D

[@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

[@mkepic]

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

[@pazuuna70]

You're amazing. Love to see you sometime somewhere

[@ruotsicalle5018]

Hyvää työtää! Suomea on vaikea oppia! :D

[@vanukas8783]

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

[@milleniam]

I love your name. Doctor Pudding.

[@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!

[@nebulous962]

Kivikylän löylylenkki is the best saunamakkara :p

[@koutaluukkonen3377]

Good work Dave you are so good in finnish

[@elkku8326]

Olet todella hyvä suomessa :D!

[@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

[@mosajulius]

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

[@raineja]

I love ur finnish spelling that is just helarious.

[@marist3222]

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

[@reviseandrise]

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

[@davecad]

You must have been quick Robert :D

[@polloverkko]

Dave speaking Finnish is so delightful!

[@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!

[@MoMsUuH]

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

[@AkuLaker]

Dude. You definitely deserve thumbs up.

[@minnao9415]

Herni maissi paprika😂💜love the video! You are very good at speaking finnish👏🏻

[@xtraidy5529]

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

[@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!

[@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. 🤔

[@johannalemberg8080]

Wow! More of these please😂

[@enkeksinimea2022]

Loistavaa Dave!

[@wardeni9603]

Why Finnish is so freaking weird: It's a non-indoeuropean language, but 99% of the vocabulary consists of loanwords from indoeuropean languages, mostly from the Germanic languages, from which Finns have been loaning words from at least the last 3000 years. So it's basically a completely unrelated language to other European languages in terms of grammar, but at the same time it's entire vocabulary is basically loanwords from other languages in Northern Europe. As a result, nobody else in Europe understands Finnish because of the grammar, and even people speaking those few languages that are related to Finnish can't understand Finnish because of the vocabulary. Truly, it is a language of loneliness

[@paapaa2570]

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

[@starfish3336]

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

[@nellaemilia_]

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

[@petrironkko5103]

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

[@thekaichi5293]

Hyvä Dave!

[@esteriinamaaria]

Hey Dave! I was wondering if you are coming to Tubecon this year? :)

[@TheHuppis]

Damn dave You doin’ well🤙🏼

[@elenajaatinen1497]

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

[@simbaa3068]

Hyvä Dave!!!

[@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.

[@tonttuli89]

Welcome to finland! Pärjäisit hyvin täällä.

[@matildariiina]

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