Is Learning Finnish Worth It or Not?

[@chubbypumpkin1411]

I find 2 most difficult things in learning Finnish: 1. Spoken language is very different from written language. I can read books in Finnish, but I still have trouble understanding when talking with people. 2. Finns speak very good English, and sometimes people speak English to me even when I speak Finnish to them. I had some conversations when Finns speaking English to me and me replying in Finnish (and conversations went on like that.) I have many friends who have been living in Finland for 5 years+ but don't speak any Finnish, and they always feel that they are foreigners here. So if anyone wants to stay in Finland for long, learning Finnish is a must. Personally I enjoy learning Finnish because I can understand news and watch Finnish shows and TV series. But sometimes it's a bit tiring to go to work 8 hours per day and then go to 3-hour Finnish lessons after work, and still people speak English to me. But anyway there's a will, there's a way :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Wow thanks for the great comment! If you meet Finns who switch abruptly to English, you ask them politely to speak Finnish. I'm glad you have found enjoyment in learning Finnish. Keep it up! ^^

[@Jan_von_Gratschoff]

I have to take this to heart. But then again, it's so easy for a Finnish person to "ease the tension", and speak English. :P

[@betavulgaris7888]

Literally ignore them, or squint and say 'what!?' in Finnish when they try to speak English to you. It's a problem here in France - people speak (usually terrible, broken) English at you if they even get a sniff that you're not native French. It actually in a lot of cases makes communication much harder. We just tell them that French is fine and if they speak English we just keep saying we don't understand them, and then they revert back to French.

[@anatitan5546]

Injury accident Vanna GoLightly is plastered all over Reno.Nv billboards is pretty insulting .They are jokers. It is pretty ridiculous money is being spent that way. But, hey we have lots of great billboards vacancies there is a way to get your big Ad plastered up here and these are high quality billboards with wonderful on coming view on country roads.

[@Agriking]

I've always loved hearing Finnish. It sounds like music.

[@AleksiHimself]

You got a great taste King!

[@WornHope3]

taste of perkele

[@suaptoest]

That's why bc Finnish is next to music. ;?)

[@jazzbeau507]

agree completely.

[@h0zteri69]

Agriking Awwwwww So cute

[@LukeBland]

"Perkele! Puhu Suomea!" 😂

[@AleksiHimself]

Gotta make your point straight! :P

[@bb3ca201]

Luke Bland nice

[@munkayttaja6913]

here's why you should learn finnish (if your planning to come to Finland) - Work - Shopping - if you want to read finnish books - if you want to watch finnish TV shows - Speaking to locals (but you can speak english too we understand) - if you have to go and buy some medicine learning finnish can be good

[@AleksiHimself]

That seems a pretty comprehensive list!

[@munkayttaja6913]

Here's why we are so good at english - we start to learn english in 2nd or 3rd grade of school - we watch A LOT I mean A LOT of english TV - shows And of course KZbin videos That's about it

[@AleksiHimself]

Don't forget the video games!

[@munkayttaja6913]

Aleksi Himself Oh yeah that's right too

[@gnawershreth]

I think this advice goes for all the smaller nations in Europe honestly. If you're just a tourist or going on exchange for 6 months or whatever, there's really no point in learning the language. You won't offend us by not being able to speak our languages, we know they're not really all that useful unless you live here. For people planning on actually moving to another country, I also think that you should learn the language. Otherwise you severely limit yourself and your potential success and enjoyment. It's not just about getting a job but maybe even more importantly about just fitting in. Finnish people (or others.. Danes, Swedes, Austrians, Belgians.. whatever) don't speak English to each other on a daily basis, and if you don't speak the language you *will* feel left out at times. It's not that the locals are actively trying to exclude you but that they obviously use their own language when speaking to each other in their own country. You can't expect a Finn (or whatever) to start speaking English permanently to their friends, family etc. just to be "inclusive" of foreigners wanting to listen in. The language in Finland is Finnish and it's not rude for Finns to speak Finnish to other Finns in Finland. If you feel left out, learn the language. Once you learn the local language you will be able to watch the local news, you will be able to read newspapers, you will be able to participate in small talk at the work place, the football club, the local bar etc. and you will be able to understand everything going on around you in general. While a lot of people in some non-Anglophone countries (Nordics, Netherlands etc) do speak fairly good English, it's still a foreign language to them so they have to translate everything in their heads. It's still much much easier for them to speak in their own language.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the great comment!

[@lillylazer429]

I only know 3 words Kiitos, Perkele, and Moika..Im trying to learn more. It's on my bucket list to visit. A magical place

[@AleksiHimself]

If you want to learn more basics, check my "Basics of Spoken Finnish" course: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6lYp-doJqjb7c

[@h0zteri69]

Lilly Lazer its moikka

[@kittieknaz]

Great. Video, i'm living in Sweden. Im half Finnish so im at the begining now to learn Finnish. :D

[@AleksiHimself]

That's great! Good luck learning. You can use WordDive (link in the desc) to get started.

[@kittieknaz]

Aleksi Himself lol yes already using, now must find someone to pratice Finnish with.

[@AleksiHimself]

Try HelloTalk!

[@h0zteri69]

Viria Järv-Uche Learn it will help you!

[@juho6877]

Great video as always Aleksi! Personally, I would learn the language in any country where I would happen to live in. Even very basic skills can be quite useful. Being able to read and understand the product labels in supermarkets for example. (not buying "väkiviinaetikka" instead of "vesi") However in Finland being able to speak swedish can also go a long way, because all the product labels are both in finnish and in swedish here. Btw, I think a video about the cost of living in Finland could be pretty interesting (rent, food, internet etc..) Also I don't think that many people know how great Finland is for lactose-intolerant people. How we have pretty much lactose-free variant of every dairy product here. (lactose-free ice cream in many flavours made from real milk and not soy for example) That could make an interesting video too :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Great suggestion about the cost of living. I'll write it down right away. Thanks Juho!

[@gabrielacarlon3953]

Moi moi Aleksi ! I'm still studying Suomi.. ja hän on monimutkainen ja hämmentävä, but I feel ommennellinen.. Jajajajaj as you can see now I'm learning adjectives. I'll check the links you left to try to understand more. Kiitos ! Hyvää päivää !

[@rixa1621]

Gabriela Carlón Hän on monimutkainen = He is.. Se on monimutkaista = It's .. Hämmentävä= He is confusing Hämmentävää= It's confusing :)

[@gabrielacarlon3953]

Rixa Thank you so much!! I need someone who can correct my mistakes !!! Kiitos paljon 😊

[@AleksiHimself]

Good to see you again Gab! Good luck with learning Finnish. :)

[@gabrielacarlon3953]

Aleksi Himself helloo !!!! Yes, I'm being quite busy at school and my job, but I still have time to study finnish and watch your videos !! Have a great day! Well, i guess in Finland it's already late. So... Hyvää yötä ! 😊

[@gabrielacarlon3953]

Hyvaa huomenta! I'm watching some videos about romantic finnish music and I just love how it sounds!! The best part is that it has English subtitles, so I hope it'll help me learn more!

[@LucieePie]

I moved here to live with my Finnish partner around 9months ago, I started a finnish language course as soon as I got here and it gave me the unrealest anxiety ever. The teacher would speak in Finnish and I'd have to ask for a translation because I had no idea what was said, I went in there knowing 0 Finnish and my confidence just shattered. I am warming up to the idea of it again because I would love to be able to speak Finnish with my friends instead of them having to talk english and then me feeling left out if they switch back to Finnish etc. Subscribed! Hoping I can learn more from you about Finland :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Welcome to Finland and to our Finntastic Squad! Did you the beginners course? It's quite common that the teachers speak Finnish cos that's the stuff you're going to learn there, but if it's really a beginners course they should also explain something in English too.

[@LucieePie]

Aleksi Himself - Videos about Finland It was a beginners course! I think being new to any new language it just caught me off guard. I used your link in the description of here and it says you're not affiliated with the website to get revenue through your link. I got on the website myself but if you have some kind of brand deal with them, check that out

[@AleksiHimself]

Yea the brand deal is not active anymore, but check the free online course I have personally made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6lYp-doJqjb7c

[@orbitunderground4475]

Well, we are interested in visiting Finland as tourists, a week or two. I have spent time in Sweden and was interested in Norway until I saw Apocalyptica play in Buffalo, NY. I had listened to Apocalyptica since about year 2000... but once I saw them live, heard their story, I considered vacationing in Finland instead of Norway. I play cello, of course...this vid is one of your BEST- even taken in general about any language! YES! Just talk and hope for the best! God Bless!

[@PeterPetermann]

So, I'm working for a finnish startup, and I'm planning to move to Finland at some point. I've been to Tampere a few times this year, probably will go there again soon, and English works really surprisingly well everywhere - except at kioski, not sure why =) I'm looking into learning the language, but it is so hard to find good resources, while for other languages there are really great apps, but for Finnish? I'll definitely give worddive a try, thanks for the suggestion!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Peter! This an aspect I didn't cover in my video. If you are coming here as an start up person, I think you will be fine with English only. The businesses run here quite well in English. If you want to settle down here, taking up the language helps you to integrate and understand us Finns. :P Please let me know if you have other questions.

[@Michael32528]

Thanks for this video man! Been waiting for it :D

[@AleksiHimself]

No problem! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[@aicheye89]

All your notes are true. I can't imagine someone living in a country and plan to stay there and complaining about that country's language, I mean it is obvious thing to learn the language. The issue is there are seldom courses to get to level B2-C1 which is for higher education and job positions that require such high level. That is one reason why Master degree's holders end up doing cleaning jobs. The integration is not very efficient, for example Työtoimisto doesn't most of the time support the foreign integration if the level of Finnish langauge is already B1. The availability of Finnish language education needs to be promoted further.

[@derpauleglot9772]

I´d say that someone at a B1 level should be able to get to an advanced level by themselves. Movies, newspapers, language exchanges etc.

[@kohei4828]

Hi, I recently traveled to Finland and had a trouble understanding what’s said to me at the cashiers in stores. That would be really helpful to not just me but a lot of people if you could make a video on common expression used at cashiers in Finland! (More specifically, it’d be really helpful if you could film some intersections at the cashiers too!)

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Kohei for the comment. I'm planning to include some phrases for shopping in my Finnish online course. What do you mean by intersections?

[@kohei4828]

Aleksi Himself - Videos about Finland sorry, it was a typo! Interactions!

[@AleksiHimself]

I can't probably record the cashiers but I can record it without them being in the screen.

[@isad.2991]

Do I need to learn Finnish ? No . Do I still want do it ? Yes. I like language, it isn't easy but see how much it make pleasure to Finnish people when they hear you try to talk their language is worth it. I also should like to can better communicate with some of my Fininish friends who themself only have a basis in english

[@AleksiHimself]

Yea it depends what your goal is. Living in Finland long-term will definitely get easier if you learn the language.

[@fabiank4396]

Aleksi as always great video

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Fabian K!

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

I want to learn it because the land where I grew up was originally occupied by the Muroma tribe, who spoke something close to modern Finnish.

[@AleksiHimself]

Where did you grow up?

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Vladimir, close to Suzdal, Murom, and river Klyazma (all finnic words).

[@AleksiHimself]

I see!

[@Nyives]

I want to learn from a cultural standpoint. My grandmother's maiden name was Toivonen (her family moved to the states a long ass time ago) and I'd like to honor her by learning Finnish and becoming familiar with the culture.

[@yasminr7150]

It's like you said. Finns often change back to English very early in a conversation. That's sometimes very sad and I lost confidence in speaking Finnish. But don't worry, I'm back on track and I'm still trying to speak as much as possible, even though it's not that easy in Germany. Most funny thing I ever experienced was, when I asked a (drunk) Finn in Germany why he never answers me in Finnish when I ask him something. He was so shocked when I said that (even more shocked than drunk xD). So maybe some of you don't even realize that you are speaking English to language learners, especially when not in Finland

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Yasmin. To deal with this problem, it's often up to the learning to persist on the Finn to make him/her speak Finnish to you. And that's quite a funny story! Thanks for sharing!

[@finnrodfingolfin6774]

it's like atheism: I don't believe in anything, but I'm a lot more caring about the creation and a lot more Aware of my own sins than most of the believers out there. Analogue learning finnish; I've begun to learn finnish it was roughly five years ago and it's all a matter of commitment (out of a inner urge [like an addiction]) to me. Every time I've contactwith that language I get very emotional, because it's just an other rythm of living in it. Finnish is a very 'sincere' language - it's not only brutally honest, but also quite distinctive.

[@AleksiHimself]

Interesting insights for our language! Thanks ^^

[@rara239]

You are atheist and you speak about sinn and creation 🤔

[@ayoubjouini7859]

You encourage me with this helpful video .. thank you men

[@AleksiHimself]

Great keep learning Ayoub!

[@tuntematonsotilas6895]

i like this chanel great work aleksi himself

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the feedback and have a great weekend!

[@alvina9693]

Good topic. I get your point that if one is not planning to move to Finland or stay there for a long term then there is no need for him/her to learn Finnish. But here's my point of view, you don't really need to go to that particular place or stay in that particular place to learn a language. Not saying you are wrong Aleksi... just trying to tell all the language learners out there that if you wanna learn a language then do it. Don't have to have a purpose of learning it. I can speak 3 languages and I try to learn others too. When people ask me why do I wanna learn their language (for example Tamil, Korean and finnish), my answer would always be "for fun". To me learning language is a fun thing to do. You could compare what are the differences of the other languages in terms of pronunciation, writing and so on. If you are learning Finnish but don't really plan to move to Finland it's totally fine in my opinion. You can still watch some Finnish movie, add the Finnish language in your resume and also speak it when you bump into a Finnish tourist in your own country. No issues. Also, even if you're staying in Finland for a short term it's still good to learn it because it helps you to fit in more and learn bout the culture there. Not to mention, you'll be able to flirt with guys/girls 😉😉😉. Then, I find what Aleksi said was true. Finnish don't really speak Finnish with their partner when the partner is not a Finnish. They prefer to speak English. My Finn boyfriend only speaks Finnish to me when I ask him something in Finnish and most of the time he doesn't really teach me Finnish. I learn in through KZbin. I only go to him when I have questions. Lots of people say Finnish is hard and it discourages people to learn it. Well it's true but I find it easy to pronounce. Like the word "kaksi" . Kak- see . Not hard to say it. Plus, I find that Finnish is a very straightforward language. What is written is almost the same as what is pronounced. Unlike some languages, it's written as asdfghjkl but it's pronounced as something very easy to say. In short, don't be afraid to learn Finnish. 😊 Now only I get to know that his gf is a Japanese.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Alvina for taking time and writing such a great comment. I agree that I should have covered the "fun" part here, but I focused on the fact that if people are coming to Finland. I enjoy languages too and I can speak some Swedish and German too and it's always fun to speak their language if you encounter them! :P

[@busrab1255]

the pronunciation of finnish words is partially similar to turkish. It is easier for turkish students to pronounce and write the words compared to other students. and this is the first time that i feel like this for any language.

[@elifgedikli8899]

Tamamen katılıyorum ! Fince öğreniyor musun ? Öğreniyorsan ne tür kaynaklardan faydalanıyorsun ?

[@ElfPoles]

The way I got into studying finnish is when i would ask about silly things from my finnish friend, I really like stuff that sounds rhymey, so stuff like Harakkamakkara and Hyllypylly happened lol

[@AleksiHimself]

Wow that's awesome! 😂 Where are you from yourself?

[@ElfPoles]

From the USA ^_^ I've never really learned a second language before, so learning Finnish is exciting and nerve-wracking :'D

[@AleksiHimself]

Good luck and have fun!

[@joeh.9223]

Well, I'd love to learn Finnish. However, I don't know if I should invest time on it, because I probably won't visit Finland (even though I'd love to...) or something like that. Besides, some people tell me not to "waste my time" because it's not an "useful" language. However, I still want to, because, somehow I became really attracted to the way it sounds. Even after I watched the video, I'm still not sure about what to do. If someone could give me an extra advice, I'd be glad.

[@betavulgaris7888]

My wife is fluent in French and when we decided to move to France, i made her speak to me for 1 hour per day only in French. I soon got tired of it because i was so crap but it's a good idea if you've got a decent level. If i come to Finland i will just pretend i am French and that i don't speak English. Easy.

[@AleksiHimself]

She probably didn't slow down her pace enough for you, which ended up discouraging you. Are you implying you don't want to communicate with Finns?

[@betavulgaris7888]

Nooooo i mean if i come to Finland i would make them speak Finnish to me by using the tactic of just pretending i don't speak English. I actually thought of doing this in France - if people hear you're not French they will automatically switch to very poor English. I mean, i'm white so i could be from Estonia or Latvia or Russia but they just switch to English as a default and it's *really* annoying. If i refused to speak English to Finns it would make them speak Finnish. And i'm a great believer that when you're in another country you should speak the language of the country...that should go for the natives too ! Even if Finns have much better English than my Finnish !

[@AleksiHimself]

Ahhhh I see. That's a witty tactic. It might work. :P

[@Jan_von_Gratschoff]

I'm actually guilty of playing to the comfort zones, I always switch to English when speaking to ANY foreigner in Finland. Thanks for this :)

[@AleksiHimself]

My pleasure!

[@WAYT00Much]

Suomi and Japanese the languages are somehow connected!

[@saarinenj1]

Waric Momo yess it is xD

[@AleksiHimself]

As for the pronunciation I agree totally. :D

[@land3x90]

Pronounciation is and that why i would like to learn japanese

[@guleet75]

Waric Momo Korean and Finnish grammar are connected !

[@bangtanarmy_girl3521]

Ikr.

[@charlesajibulu664]

Good advice

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment charles Ajibulu!

[@謝宜庭-q4b]

I hope you can make more videos related teaching Finnish 😉

[@AleksiHimself]

I'm making an online basic Finnish course at the moment.

[@ernestoflatearth7712]

no its not! but its so fuckin funny when people try to speak it! hahaha aleksi your videos are so funny haha :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Jan! :D

[@Sabri23lintu]

I was trying to learn Finn because I had been to Finland to see my favorite band (finns)!

[@AleksiHimself]

Haha nice story! :P

[@MultiJoyce84]

This is really true, even if you have a high degree you cannot find a decent job if you cant speak or understand finnish. English skills also helps but not that much. I am still struggling with my finnish grammar 😉 But hey! They understand me 😁

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for sharing your story! Keep learning and don't give up!

[@alexvolkov223]

Yeah my former boss in Helsinki (who was not Finnish) had a good university degree, 20+ years of experience in higher management for a large multinational enterprise. He moved to Finland for his family and couldn't get a job anywhere after over a year of searching, he got many calls back but when they found out he didn't speak Finnish the conversation ended there. So he started his own business instead - if you don't speak Finnish at all, entreprenuership might be the only option to get ahead. I actually know quite a few foreign entreprenuers in Finland that went up to start a business due to language barriers in job hunting.

[@arturom9006]

Hei Aleksi! That broken fridge piece on the floor.. did you kick it when you enter you apartment?

[@AleksiHimself]

I think it broke on its own. :D

[@yerank3140]

Hi my name is Thais. My bf is Finnish. Finnish worth to learning. I am Armenian from Turkey and in Turkey ı couldn't find any courses. I am trying to learn with myself. It's really fun to mix 3 language in talking.

[@AleksiHimself]

Hello and I'm glad you're learning Finnish! You can check WordDive app in the desc of this video. You can learn Finnish with it. :)

[@billyriedel6449]

I have found a Finnish native speaker to talk to on skype. I personally disagree with not learning Finnish just because I person is going to a country for a short time just because people speak English well. I personally feel one should try to speak the local language even if they go to a country for two weeks.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment. This probably comes down to the fact if it will be worth it to spend the time in relation to the time spent in Finland. Of course useful tourist phrases etc. are always useful but I wouldn't start going too deep unless there is more reasons to learn.

[@mdabufattah355]

@Aleksi Can you Suggest some way to learn Finnish language. Taking some course of something.

[@AleksiHimself]

Please watch the end of this video. I share a resource there.

[@KaruMedve]

I don't live in Finland, but I really want to improve my Finnish (around high A2 level now), but I get discouraged when people keep saying that the spoken language and the written language are very different. I am confused if it is worthy to learn the written language and then invest even more time in the spoken language, it is like learning two languages instead of just one. What are your thoughts?

[@Pokephosgene]

I generally rely on the live word of a teacher to learn a language, and definitely focus on grammar. You say it's best to avoid it- does that mean that Finnish grammar is hard for Finns, as well?

[@timoandapoahonensrianan868]

I will be there as soon as possible to live with my boyfriend and im try to speak finish but really not easy and thanks alot about your video it all can help me 😊😊

[@AleksiHimself]

Welcome to Finland and good luck learning! Be persistent and tell your boyfriend to practice with you. :)

[@timoandapoahonensrianan868]

Aleksi Himself now I know about A-z,date,month,1-1millon ,family mumber,and all over body he partice me everyday hehehe and I teach him thai langauge too😊😊 thanks

[@valoxiii422]

first thing i noticed was the bottom of your fridge lol

[@AleksiHimself]

😀😀

[@AmberIshtar]

And then there's me. I have no immediate plans to move to Finland, I don't have a Finnish boyfriend, I've never tried salmiakki, mutta...here I am. I learned what kalsarikännit was and basically discovered that Finland is my spirit animal (hello personal space, my life is actually a 'Finnish nightmares' cartoon). When i first told my Finnish gamer friends that i wanted to learn Finnish, they trolled me at first, giving me that crazy lentokone blah blah word that EVEN THEY NEVER USE, so I went out and found the ONLY Finnish language book in my entire city (after all, who wants to learn Finnish when you're this close to Mexico, right?) and decided to prove to them that some Americans CAN take Finnish seriously. It's been a little over a week now, I came back at them with: Sisu, sauna, salmiakki. Nyt olenko suomalainen?! If there's any piece of advice I can give to get Finns to open up about their language, learning the dirty words first seemed to work for me, TODELLA.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Lacrymosa! Good luck and have fun learning Finnish. :)

[@frkenmina240]

Norwegian is a easy language, but the hard thing with norwegian, is our many accent/dialects. We have a lot of them. The reason is that not only that its long distanges detween each town(its closer in eastern part, cuz East Norway has may half of the population livin there, including me), is that we dont mind people talking their own accent/dialect. I think thats hard for people who learn norwegian, they only learn one standard, realy high prosentate on bokmål. Perhaps not rare when that standard is the most used one. But still, they dont get used to listen to the accent/dialect, or the most common ones. It actual the same as you say, dont be afraid to try and fail, many can conect sentence and words that should be in the sentence. When it comes to accent/dialects, we doesnt care to switch to one og the standards(nynorsk/bokmål), as long as you writes in one of them. Bit still, its easier for people who can spreak at least one og the germanic language have i heard

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for taking the time and commenting Clara. I think we Finns have the same problem that we don't adjust our speech when we meet a foreign learner. We also got a number of dialects too. :)

[@frkenmina240]

Aleksi Himself i'm prity sure the foreign learner can tell us to slow down and switch to standard finnish/norwegian if things gets to hard. I would do it with a pleasure. I actual speak relative fast without thinking about it, even native has to ask what i said somethimes😂or is it that i sound like i mumbling, or both😂😂hahaha. I think when a human learning an other countrys language, they also open a lot, specaly the people. Also i think they also learn a few tings more about the people, like in Finland or Norway

[@cassia-in-vancouver]

Hey Aleksi, a question: in Finland, is the quality of a Master's degree lower when taught in English than if taught in Finnish? Thank you.

[@AleksiHimself]

I don't think so. I think an international degree is even better.

[@gatislegzdins1669]

6:03 Been in this situation every time i've been in Finland

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for your comment! That's the reason why I wanted to bring it up here. :)

[@Anacone]

Really where, I guess It's older people then, or drunk.

[@XxBlackAngel141]

Aleksi! Miten opiskelit japania? Kävitkö kursseilla vai käytitkö jotain tiettyä ohjelmaa? En tiedä tuletko vastaamaan tähän mutta arvostaisin jos silti tekisit niin. :')

[@AleksiHimself]

Oon aikoinaan tehny asiasta videon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoTVc6ybm6mtfrM

[@zajlord2930]

why is the fridge dismantled?

[@AleksiHimself]

The section below is a freezer.

[@zajlord2930]

@@AleksiHimself but its dismantled D:

[@AleksiHimself]

@@zajlord2930 they have to be because they are two separate storages with different temperatures.

[@zajlord2930]

@@AleksiHimself no i mean the plastic piece that is at the ground level is unmounted and on the floor next to it exposing the metal part at the bottom

[@zajlord2930]

@@AleksiHimself you gave up, sorry .-.

[@mkhatri007]

If a foreigner speaks in broken Finnish is that usually understandable? I mean in case of Chinese language if your pronunciation is not exact nobody understands. But for example in English if we pronounce Apple as "Aippal" or "Aepal" or "Aapaal" or other way around native english speaker may understand that you meant "Apple", hence there are many English accents and most of them are understood by native speakers. So my question is, how is it in case of Finnish language? Is it compulsory to have exact pronunciation in Finnish? Considering finnish people avoiding strangers to talk then how one should find someone to talk with in Finnish to practice the language? And obviously when learning a new language one has to talk whatever it is like initiating talk and indulging to talk more and more .. Does that bother ?

[@AleksiHimself]

Chinese is a tonal language, where the meaning changes depending how you say it. In most languages in Europe this is not the case and neither is with Finnish. Finnish pronunciation is actually very easy because one letter has only one sound, so in my opinion broken Finnish should be understandable. I will make a video about how to find a language partner online. Stay tuned!

[@mkhatri007]

Aleksi Himself - Videos about Finland thanks, please make a video to help us understand difficult feature of pronunciation such as how to pronounce these words I read in the book that length of sound duration matters. You as a native speaker help us to differentiate between these words for better understanding. ;) looking forward to watch your video on this. :D thanks kansa people - kanssa with tuli fire - tulli customs muta mud - mutta but muta mud - muuta other muta mud - mutaa mud tuulee it is windy - tuullee it is probably windy

[@espe1009]

I can say 1 and 2 digit numbers already :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment espe ch!

[@gisellasantucho1062]

Someone words in the alphabet Finnish sound same like the alphabet in Spanish and I think that everything language is easy if one want

[@finnrodfingolfin6774]

I'm best finnish on the hole plant, I'm a lot of serial! Do you know what this means for example: Uusi kuusi luusi muusi. It says: Six new other bones from you. It's a fantasticle sentence, I love it! It doesn't mother when there's (Therese is a Name btw) no verb in a sentence, coz grammer (grand-mère) socks, it really thugs. But a few Things are left which I've not already learnt in finnish: What means 'vuusi', 'nuusi', 'tuusi', 'juusi', 'ruusi', (huusi, puusi, suusi, I already know ['you're shout' maybe @least hän huusi s/he shouted; your tree, your mouth)?]

[@AleksiHimself]

I think vuusi', 'nuusi', 'tuusi', 'juusi', 'ruusi' do not really have a meaning in today's Finnish. :)

[@ozkang654]

Fins left and right eye sometimes moving independent this is really scary 😂🤔 i couldnt do that

[@VlastYs1]

Kuuntele Aleksi... Oon vähän outoa.. en mä ole koskaan Suomessa mutta mä opin sitä kieltä. Osaan puhua jo sujuvasti norjaa (ja tietysti englantia koska se on helppo) + vähän saksaa. No en tiedä miksi.. mutta tykkään niistä maista pohjoisessa. Katsomalla sun videoita suomalaisista, sain selville, että minäkin oon vähän niinku suomalainen. 😁 Jonakin päivänä haluan varmasti vierailla Suomessa ja yllättää suomalaiset 😁 Se kieli on todella hauskaa perrrrkele 😁 "As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being" ❤️

[@AleksiHimself]

Wau osaat kyl jo tosi hyvin! Jatka samaan malliin.

[@Elizabeth-uk7dq]

my finnish friend: go study in finland! me: but i do not speak the finnish! my friend: theyallspeakenglishanyway

[@tokyukvitz88]

どうもありがとうございます！日本語が上手ですね！

[@AleksiHimself]

コメントありがとうございます！

[@iliilic3486]

you can start something like to teach the people finnish here isnt that an idea? to create some lessons here

[@AleksiHimself]

This is something I have been thinking about. However I'm not sure if: 1. It's something people would find interesting 2. If I can teach well enough so ppl would understand. :P I could create some fun & useful lessons (such as the how to swear in Finnish :P) instead of some regular grammar stuff. Would like to hear more comments about this. :)

[@Colors-bj9xv]

It would be pretty nice if you could make videos in finnish with English subtitles (Like the interviews) also the grammar could be fun to be honest because it's so random that I am sure it can easily make people laugh in the right context ;)

[@MrGaidzak]

I hate when ppl tell you that a language is useless. They are yelling to the world their stupidity. Every language is useful once you start learning it.

[@AleksiHimself]

That's true but we are considering whether it will be worth time to put in the time and how much you will get out of it.

[@iliilic3486]

ps:perkele

[@merc340sr]

When in Rome....learn the language.

[@kalevala29]

uhutko japania? Erittäin vaikuttava. se on yksi vaikeimmista kielistä englanninkielisille oppia. Vain arabia on vaikeampaa. 👏👍

[@roy-txt.bloghakanen5173]

Oletko lestadiolainen ? Are you a lestadian?

[@AleksiHimself]

En oo.

[@finnrodfingolfin6774]

8:00 Butt I cannot speaking 'inglish', because I'm not understanding why one should be able to comprehending unending ways of an ing-ending manner of speaking. I'm just not getting the use of it! I'm seriousling to you right now: woulding you really appreciating ANY ulkomalaiset to only speak about happenings, which aren't going to beeing completed in any time? I'm meaning of continuosling Things and I'ming only aiming making the stuff clear, because I'm using to have had everything nailing right in time and I'm in no way believing in any situations happening non-situationing! Diding you getting this? Bott as you already may have been concluding before, I'm defintely not... I mean: I don't want any Kind of inglish to be spoken at least in front of my children - to be clear! Whatever a Fashion it might be out there in Hollywood AT LEAST I RESIST! and I'm not resisting. I resist! To come to the point: I totally understand the finnish people, when they want the inglians to clean up! It also makes sense to let them clean the Floor, so that they are cleaning people. They shouldn't have done any job, but they should do it over and over again (like sisiphos)!

[@aaronjaff7749]

Maybe the guy/girl master degree was for being a hygiene technician 🤔.

[@AleksiHimself]

I think he/she was not. 😅😅

[@finnrodfingolfin6774]

1:12 AMAZING footage! a duck like standing on the water surface! I would give you a passionate lovely kiss if I'd be a lady and not living in Switzerland but beside you... One doesn't even see the ground of the lake so it perfectly works out. bow to the wow

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks! :P

[@bb3ca201]

Mutta suomenkieli on parempi :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Jep!

[@gurofriends]

noh, näköjään Suomi on meemi ja suosittu.

[@AleksiHimself]

Totta perhanassa!

[@sademertanen9336]

Ootko suomalainen?????

[@AleksiHimself]

Totta mooses oon :P

[@rara239]

Eikö sen huomaa aksentista 😂😂😂

[@merihseriz821]

Probably it worths but I am just too lazy to study lol

[@AleksiHimself]

You need to get your ass to study. :)