Introduction to Finnish CASES: What are cases & the Nominatiivi case | KatChats

[@jmtikka]

In the words koirani and koirasi the endings -ni/-si are not case endings but possessive suffixes which can be added to words after the case ending e.g. "koirallani".

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yes, I realized that afterwards....it was an on the spot example (I guess more on how Finnish likes to add endings not necessarily cases) but thanks for pointing it out! Very true!

[@TravelChannelOne]

I love this...when people just summarize and distill stuff as clearly and as articulate as you do.....thank you...finally....

[@RoyRissanen]

Some of the different endings can be so subtle for the layman to hear and then mix it in with spoken Finnish AND the fact that Finn's speak on 10x speed..!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Very true xD

[@calmness.fernanda]

I appreciate your way of explaining what cases is. I did study them in the university during the Latin classes, I think your explanation is helpful and easy to understand :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Wow, thank you! :)

[@edvinasgineika3888]

I'm new to learning Finnish but in Lithuanian it is the same. We have 7 cases and I'm not sure myself what is more difficult: actually learning or explaining them. I wish you good luck and I'm sure you'll do a great job explaining these things ;)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hahaha exactly, sometimes when I try to explain them I just get more confused myself xD But thank you so much (kiitos paljon) for your lovely comment :)

[@deblish]

I’m currently living in Finland and I have to say Finnish is the most complex language I’ve ever tried! Thanks for uploading this vids

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Glad it was helpful! Hopefully you'll get a grasp of it slowly but surely :) Kiitos!

[@josephinegreen1497]

Moi! I learn finnish by myself and I'm very, very grateful for your videos. Thank you and I wish you all the best in the world.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos paljon for your extremely lovely comment. So heart warming to hear! Wishing you all the best with learning Finnish :)

[@fluffyhnybadger5378]

These videos are so informative and helpful. And are easy to understand for someone starting out in Finnish. Kiitos paljon!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Happy to hear that! I'm so glad you think so :)

[@andreabrennan6594]

You are doing a service to humanity! So grateful! May you be blessed for all your time given to help us so much with Finnish! I will come visit in August! Kiitos!

[@MrExtreme696]

Hei, Miten menee? Its just the beginning everybody :D who is gone stay till the end of the 15th case? ;) Morro

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hahhahahah xD

[@dinkorakonic3196]

I'm definitely gonna reach the end of this "though little bastard" called Finnish. Oh I love it.. no I adore finnish. In my mother tongue Croatian there is only seven cases. So I'll just have to double it in the process.

[@Maria-dk2fv]

watching in december, are all the cases already up?( I am swallowing them up!)

[@pamark0416]

@@dinkorakonic3196 My language has 1 case lmao T_T

[@serena9073]

Super helpful Katya! Thank you for explaining so clearly with this video, especially when there’s not a lot of good Finnish resources ☺️💜

[@KatChatsFinnish]

You're so welcome! Glad you found it helpful :)

[@franklinm9775]

yeah finnish cases! i told you remember? you are a good teacher, great introduction, you make those cases easy to learn! kiitos and keep safe and healthy

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw I'm seriously so glad to hear this. I remember yes haha, this has been super highly requested so I'm happy people are enjoying it and finding it helpful to their studies :D

[@bruno-zy3dn]

Best channel to learn Finnish, such a nice language!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Wow, thanks! :)

[@krishna_pandey24]

Watched one of ur vid on prices in finnish earlier really helpful this too Subbed❣️

[@renatofigueiredo603]

OMG! you explain this so simply that we see it is simple. Thanks

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Literally SOOOO happy to hear that, I was so stressed that I was making it too messy xD

[@hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447]

Definitely continue the videos on cases!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hopefully soon I'll find the time to do more research on the next one :)

[@jacekszarzynski597]

In Polish language we have only 7 cases so Finnish seems to be more difficult.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's good so the topic is familiar to you at least :D

[@fzpe856]

Jacek Szarzyński It seems to be, but not really. No articles and no gramatical genders. There are more cases in Finnish_ because they love postpositions. So, it is not about the number.

[@lunet1st488]

Polish is far more different grammar and pronounciation wise.

[@mr88cet]

So, English does still retain one case ending, specifically a genitive (possessive) case ending, usually written ‘s for singular and s’ for plural.

[@yohannesghilazghi4644]

Paras opettaja suomen kielen! Vau toivon jatkat video kiitos.

[@Evitae1201]

How many case endings are there in total? I read somewhere it was 15, but you might know better

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yep, there are 15 :)

[@Evitae1201]

@@KatChatsFinnish oh dear 🦆

[@RoyRissanen]

ha.. SO many.

[@DoomCro1]

It seems scary but I'd like to comfort you a bit. :D Officially there are 15 cases, but not all of them are used equally, and they can basically be grouped so the number "drops" quickly. Of course, there are exeptions for every rule but it kind of goes like this: True cases, in the sense that other languages use it (like my native language, Croatian) are only nominative, partitive and genitive - so that's 3 cases. 6 cases are used as the substitute to prepositions in english and determine the location - inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative. But in reality, this can also be cut down. The first 3 describe the same thing as the second 3, only difference is that the first group is used for closed locations, and the second is for open spaces (again, with some exceptions). And then you have 6 more cases that are considered rarely used and in practice you will learn by heart some words with their case as if it doesn't have any other options to appear in different case (even though it does). There's a lot more to it than this, but I hope it helps :)

[@mindanaofwtutorialstoday]

Can you please Share us a Dictionary/link where can find a Body form please

[@lottalottaaa7123]

your videos have been helping me so much !

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I’m so glad! Kiitos :)

[@jessika9488]

These videos are so helpful. Prob the most helpful ive found. Kiitos

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I’m so glad to hear that! Kiitos paljon!

[@kwanhkamhomeicon]

It is difficult and complex. But I'm exciting to learn. Thanks for sharing and uploading.

[@SarapSaya888]

@KatChats Finnish Do you have a video of S-cases and places?

[@ItsMe-qp9zt]

So happy I learned Latin! 😁💪

[@AJBonnema]

Thanks for the video. I like it. I do wonder how you manage to find time to do this next to a master study (neuro psych if I remember correctly). How do you find the time?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Good question! (Yes you're correct I do neuroscience), that's why I've given up on an uploading schedule and just try to film on days I have less class/less homework to do :) Also, maybe you've noticed but I've been doing more vocab focused ones lately which take less brain power on my part and less research/time to make. Kiitos!

[@rickfrostman9191]

Very interesting and very well explained. Thank you for posting.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@Ilmarinen7]

Well done broaching the subject of Finnish case endings. I might say there is a difference between possessive suffixes (-ni/-si) and case endings, but then I'm not a native speaker to have an informed opinion. edit: ...ah, see someone said already. So then thank you for tackling them in the first place. Now to #2.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos :)

[@niemaampomyslunanazwe]

Could you make a video about language learning apps and what would you reccomend for learning Finnish?

[@farouq7107]

Martyna Kozioł She already did one

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Sure! :)

[@ranoutofeyeballs]

sorry I can't remember who it is but someone said in their video that there is no word stem or the thing we need in the actual dictionary... that's the wrong one. Is this true? If so how would a learner be able to learn the stem or the core or what we need? As I'm running out of vocabulary lists and was just going to use the dictionary to find what I need, like words I use. But this person seemed to be saying I'd need to chop a bit off that (they could be wrong or maybe I'm confused). Sorry I don't know all the official words. Maybe you know what I mean. I would find it really shocking if a dictionary was doing that. Btw I'd love to see a video SOLELY of what you have at 05:15 if you don't have one already. Eg, all the different (or some of the different!) ways to say different words. The same word with it's different endings/cases on. Eg: cat, dog, house, bed. The cat, to the cat, on the cat, your cat, my cat, blah blah. The bed, to the bed, on the bed, your bed, my bed... Just to practice and get used to seeing the words in forms we don't usually see them in on vocab lists so we learn how to recognise the cases as we are familiar with the (stem?) word already. Eg: koira.

[@ranoutofeyeballs]

I don't want to use a particular word as like I said this person is saying that there are 2 shortened versions of words in finnish and that the dictionary is using the wrong one for learners. If it is totally untrue that explains my extreme confusion haha. Then I suppose I can use all the words (like core, basic) interchangably as they'll all mean the same thing.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hmm I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but the words in the dictionary are the basic forms. So yes, sometimes when you conjugate them the endings will change and some parts of the endings may come off - but I wouldn't say the basic form is useless or wrong xD

[@shi_no_kurai_kage]

TREMBLE BEFORE THE CASES!

[@entwistlefromthewho]

J. R. R. Tolkien basically stole some of the Finnish case suffixes and shoved them straight into his Quenya language (one of the Elvish languages) he created. Compare the charts of cases for Finnish and Quenya: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_noun_cases and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quenya_grammar

[@brokenheart1290]

Glad u'v back )

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos! :D

[@kukka-karelica]

Thank you very much for your explanation 🇫🇮🥰✊️

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos 😄

[@derekbehr8365]

Here is Brazil!! I'm learning Finnish!!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's great, wishing you all the best! Kiitos!

[@ilonaswenne254]

Kiitos avusta ! Your videos help me a lot !! Olet kivä opettaja (is it correct?) ! Terveisin Brysselistä, Ilona

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yes it's correct! Kiitos paljon, this is such a sweet message :)

[@lvronghai]

Than you for link of website, good video

[@jonyisinthehouse]

wow! first time I got it explained so clear!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw I'm really glad to hear that1 :)

[@mbadiou]

Great, thanks a lot for making these videos!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

My pleasure! Kiitos paljon for your lovely comment! :)

[@shandeshchaudhary-ps1tz]

silmäsi on niin kaunis :)

[@JessicaSantos-tm7qr]

I can't understand the partitive (a,ä,ta,tä,tta,ttä)

[@finlandwithme5993]

still hooked on ur videos eventhough we are already A1 and A2 passer

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Awww that's so sweet

[@albert3274]

Thnks love. You saved my time indeed.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

So glad! Thank you so much! :)

[@evanalexjames]

Thank you for making these videos. I'm trying to learn Finnish before I go visit my besr friend in Raisio

[@KatChatsFinnish]

That's great! Best of luck to you, and thank you so much :)

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Ilove just Ilove tinged the line with just two.😍👍❤️

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[@anubilbao3766]

THANK YOU

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Hyvä idea , jatkuu 👍

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos! :)

[@pualamnusantara7903]

Kiitos paljon, Katya!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos :)

[@watchmakerful]

Turkic languages have a similar principle.

[@nigelwatson2750]

Good video

[@monaalali3534]

Thanks alot ❤

[@KatChatsFinnish]

You're welcome 😊

[@abnimal7550]

I want to learn finish 2022

[@vowelswolwerock6795]

I guess it's called a prefix. Best wishes from Germany 🤗

[@charleneisopahkala21]

Thanks for this.. very helpful :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Glad it was helpful! Kiitos! :)

[@moekaykhine4633]

I​love 💕😘[casses😍👍🎂🇫🇮

[@erikj2155]

Finska språket är så förvirrande.

[@flong9033]

Well done

[@adnanahmed1423]

❤️

[@MrMichaelZed]

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[@jnr1075]

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[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@boombita]

Suomea ei ole helppo kieli se on tosi vaikeaa 😅

[@Carlos-ss-88]

Hei partner what is your age?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Mid 20s xD

[@kalyanisspanishinenglish8855]

Ur voice is very low maam

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I don't know why, all my settings were the same but I'll try and make it louder next time!

[@tariqmehmood5264]

Amazing

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you! :)

[@Andrew-w2p]

God I've missed you

[@Andrew-w2p]

Also, I would like to see a video that's like completely Finnish then translated to English. Your fluent Finnish is ...well it's really something lol

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I think I have a couple on my channel already, but I can definitely do more in the future!

[@philiptaylor5855]

AggLUtinnative, stress on second syllable 😉

[@dinkorakonic3196]

Oh my God. I will have to date you to learn Finnish completely.

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Sojornen brought me here

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Welcome :)

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[@KatChatsFinnish]

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[@KatChatsFinnish]

I will, just maybe not during grammar videos xD It's hard enough to explain in English ahah

[@Letsdoitbuddy]

Hey you are good at teaching 😊🫡

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you!