Tykätä vs Pitää vs Välittää ● What's The Difference?

I've received some messages recently asking me to clarify the difference between the Finnish words: tykätä, pitää and välittää. So that is what we will go over in this video lesson!
Summary:
- Tykätä = to like (used more in puhekieli, go-to word when talking about liking something)
- Pitää = to like (used more in kirjakieli, but not weird to say in spoken language either)
- Välitää = to care about / to care for someone or something
"I" forms:
- Minä/Mä tykkään __ = I like __
Mä tykkään Sidneystä = I like Sidney
- Minä/Mä pidän __ = I like ___
Mä pidän jääkiekosta = I like hockey
- Minä/Mä välitän ___ = I care about ____
Mä välitän luonnosta = I care about nature
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0:00-0:56 Super Thanks
0:57-1:14 Intro
1:15-1:59 Välittää
2:00-2:41 tykätä vs pitää
2:44-4:17 tykätä
4:18-5:16 pitää
5:17-7:36 Extra Tips
7:37-8:52 Summary
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Thank you for watching!
♥ KatChats ♥

[@richardg12]

Wow, I discovered your channel 1 week ago. I study Finnish by myself. Today I am learning these verbs, and searched in Internet, but was a bit confused. So, I came to your channel, and found this amazing and useful video !! Thank you so much for your help !! Greetings from Mexico! 🇲🇽

[@user-kz8fr4du3g]

Queen, I just want to tell you how grateful I am for these videos. I started learning finnish last week after hesitating for like 5 or 6 years 😂 It's actually much easier and logical than I expected and your videos (especially the vlogs so plz keep the coming!) just make me suuuuper motivated. You're amazing, gorgeous and smart af. Keep slaying 😎

[@marin_1441]

Dude 5-6 yrs ago i guess no one makes Finnish learning video Except Finnish pod101 i guess

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aww you are so sweet. Thank you so much and YAY for taking the plunge finally with Finnish! Best of luck to you and I hope I can make it a tiiiny bit easier to learn :D (and yes, more vlogs will come soon!)

[@GwenSarte]

You can use a verb after tykätä to say that you like doing something. This does not work with pitää as it can only be followed by a noun.

[@aminahasani3163]

Because I came in Finland two months ago, I need to learn Finnish language.I was really looking for a good KZbin channel in order to learn Finnish language. I am glad to find your channel unexpectedly 😊. I watch your videos everyday regularly. And I really like your English accent. It is really fluent and understandable and not complicated. It is good to mention that your appearance I mean your face has not changed in six years which you made your KZbin channel. It attracted my eyes.😊😉❤ Keep up the good work! Wish you motivation and strength to keep going. Thank you.❤

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Awwww oh my goodness this is the sweetest comment ever. Thank you seriously so so much 🥰 I hope you enjoy your time in Finland and good luck with learning Finnish! I’m really glad my channel can help you even a little bit!! All the best 😄

[@marijavelickovic8740]

Kiitos Kat! Such a valuable lesson and clear, straight-to-the-point again. Kiitos paljon!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw thank you sooooo much ^-^

[@kaelx1233]

Thank you so much Kat, I was always confused about saying "like" in Finnish... very informative❤

[@lynne_dlhkadventure1568]

Kiitos paljon.This content is a big help on my studies this week.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Happy to hear that! :D

[@ceciBA1]

Hei! Ja kiitos paljon videosta! Mietin, aiotteko tehdä videoita vain suomeksi ihmisille, jotka puhuvat vähän enemmän / ovat edistyneempiä. Se olisi hienoa! Ehkä tarinoita tai haastatteluja. Kiitos vielä kerran ja terveisiä Ruotsista! :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Oon tehnyt jonkun verran videoita suomeksi, jotka on tekstitetty myös. Ne voi löytää playlististä ”videos in Finnish” :)

[@kundogb]

Kiitos!, great explanations and details. Tykkään videosta! :D

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos :D

[@annjoraineofficial8219]

Kiitos paljon. This is very informative. I will share your video to my batchmates who also studying finnish.😊

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you! 😃

[@itsmhyles1106]

I love you video finnish tutorial and i love your one direction poster on your introduction🤩

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hahaha glad you like it!!

[@gulsumdemirci6349]

Thanks for everything 🎉

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos! :)

[@fernandosanaylan5737]

Thank you for sharing and teaching us your language, I really like it and every time I watch your videos I learn new words. My son is in Finland today and surely when he returns he will comment on his experience in this beautiful country. Greetings to you from Germany

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you so much for this kind comment! I'm happy to hear you enjoy my channel and hope your son is having a great time in Finland!

[@watchlearn271]

Thank you so much Kat

[@merclangrat]

kiitos paljon :) tykään sinun videosta ja sinun huoneesta

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Jee kiitos Eugene!! :D

[@flong9033]

I know only minä raksatan sinua 😍 kiitos paljon ps: I like how shy you are ☺

[@pobrengina7859]

I love all the content !

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you! Kiitos :)

[@vilmaindrelite9643]

Kiitos kaikesta, Säoot ihana!!!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos paljon!

[@quinsokello3814]

Thanks so much, this has bn really helping me

[@williamebenabid555]

Kiitos paljon kat, you make may language training very easy. Godbless always

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you! 😃

[@threethrushes]

Good content. Really funny to hear a native Finnish speaker say the full infinitive of the verb 'to va:lita:a:' as a native English speaker!

[@bohdanaseveryn3084]

Kiitos!

[@myla9111]

And valittaa means to complain 😅 i still can't say ä and a correctly 😬

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Hahaha that is true! Better practice the ä first or there might be some confusion xD

[@katathoombz]

"MINÄ VALITAN SINUSTA!" ...but why? :c

[@TheIdlesurfer]

You and me both, and my first language was Finnish, many years ago. Words I spoke as a child, no problem. Words I learn as an adult, not so much. Kat does well and I like she tends to do puhukieli which I'm much happier with.

[@katathoombz]

I really like how fluent your change of register is. En ainakaan kuule minkäänlaista foneettista notkahdusta vaihdoissa englannista suomeen ja suomesta englantiin. Maybe I just don't get chances to speak both of them simultaniously, but I find it in myself, and most S2-speakers of English background I've heard, having a noticable click between the registers. Kuulin kanavasta Katherine of Skyn Dc-ryhmän Linguistics-alakanavalla. Seurasin saman tien mutta tämä oli ensimmäinen video jonka katsoin. Gud stoff.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Oh that is really interesting to hear! Thanks for sharing, it's hard to notice these things about your own speaking xD Mut ehkä se on enemmän, koska opin molemmat kielet yhtäaikaa pienenä And thanks for sharing where you heard about this channel from, I always find it interesting to know. Kiitos!

[@katathoombz]

@@KatChatsFinnish Aa niin tosiaan, being bilingual does that to you! Sangen totta! Onnea valitsemallasi tiellä! Kielikanavia on pilvin pimein (kuten vaik minun alt-channelini) mutten ole vielä koskaan ennen törmännyt sujuvaan suomikanavaan.

[@diegomoreira406]

In the The Rasmus song "Rakkauslaulu", Välittää and Tykkään are used

[@user-si1nq6vi2h]

Thank you

[@user-si1nq6vi2h]

I love your video i learn a lot

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@bengray4339]

Hei Kat. I really like this video also. One question, how would someone say, or is there an equivalent/similar expression for I like your videos, or I like your drawing, house, hat, car etc. etc.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I think you can just use the verb “tykätä” ~ so “Tykkään sun videoista” (I like your videos) and ”tykkään piirtää”(I like to draw) ”tykkään tästä hatusta” (I like this hat)

[@bengray4339]

@@KatChatsFinnish okei. What about, I like your videos best?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

@@bengray4339 You could say: "tykkään videoistasi eniten" = I like your videos the most

[@bengray4339]

@@KatChatsFinnish okei, loistava! (Loistava - is that the right thing to say when you feel pleased?)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

@@bengray4339 Yes it is! Joo se on!

[@mrbridgesidiomasemusicas]

Kiitos 👍

[@vitosyyrialainen2584]

Kiitos ..

[@Uthred21]

Why I can’t get off my eyes on your lips and smile I smiled to🤣 I can’t believe we have a beautiful intructor😌

[@KatChatsFinnish]

kiitos kiitos xD

[@vincentbumangabang819]

Kiitos paljon Kat. I just want to ask if you still need to add the sta/stä if the word used after the word tykätä is also a verb like for example I like to play basketball or I like to swim. Kiitos 😊

[@KatChats.]

Replying from this channel haha but yes depending how you phrase the sentence: Tykkään koripallosta = I like basketball / Tykkään pelata koripalloa = I like playing basketball Tykkään uimisesta = I like swimming / Tykkään uida = I like to swim

[@mebrahtusyum1507]

Kiitos

[@mayyasycheva9391]

Dear Kat, thanks a lot for your huge job and the super positive spirit of your videos!!! Could you explain, please, what the difference is: "pian" and "kohta"? Million of thanks in advance! 🤗🌷

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! I'll add this to my list :D

[@bebzrizabasiliscoaverilla]

Please explain mä oon and mä ei ole ,and how to used SSA and STA .. kiitos

[@SuperAaronrock]

Kiitos!❤️

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Aw kiitos tosi paljon for supporting my channel, I really truly appreciate it! 😊

[@ThanhNguyen-yv9qj]

Minä tykkaan tästä videosta ❤️❤️😂😂

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiva! Kiitos paljon :D

[@ShahzadAzamGujjar]

Kat hein you are way of teaching i's very very impressive and Undarstandable thanks alot for finnish Teaching on utube il trop lession from your chanal empressive girl

[@mizaeldiez1382]

Could you do another translation video, but of the Finnish Numa Numa by Skidipops?

[@pavilionhairs8686]

Kiitos Sisko

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos 🤗

[@giodeguzman5835]

i love that One Direction poster back there

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yess 🙌

[@truemisty821]

Ai että 😍

[@mirahmadhakimmi8579]

minä pidän katsoa sun vedio joka päivä

[@MarieMariaVlog]

Pitää can use also as I need to? Mun pitää ostaa ruoka ( i need to buy food) is correct?

[@marcjansenchan8954]

Which is correct Mä tykkään juoda kahvia Or Mä tykkään juoda kahvista? Your videos are very helpful to my study! Kiitos paljon!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Mä tykkään juoda kahvia :) Kiitos!!

[@marcjansenchan8954]

@@KatChatsFinnish okei! kiitos paljon! :)

[@bernadethd7016]

Hello can u also make video of nut and nyt..pleaseeeeee❤❤ thank you so much…

[@thebest-ce3pb]

Thank you so much .....I love you like hell ....thank you for puhe kieli.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

haha kiitos paljon!

[@thebest-ce3pb]

@@KatChatsFinnish I'm your fan long time ago .I had changed emails many times that's why that does not show I'm a real fan of yours .but I'm .I feel like you are a part of my life cuz so many years been your fan .....I can wait for you in the future when you get old .that time maybe you would accept me as a lover hahah I really love you like a hell .

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

Hyvä.

[@addisutibebu8775]

You're good girl tanks really

[@crimsontyphoon8308]

Kiitos! Hyödyllinen 😊

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos paljon!

[@zahraaal-jazaeri]

❤❤

[@cilbersteve8445]

Moi... Do you have a video on sattu kipea and sarkee... I'm still confused on that.. Thank you.

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I think I just have a basic "being sick" one called "Learn Finnish: When You Are Sick | Common Sickness Names In Finnish" - but "sattuu" means something hurts, "kipeä" is to be sick and "särkee" is when something aches eg "päänsärky" = headache

[@gorovjioum5572]

18..08.2023 9:27 [ iltapäivällä] Tervehdin Puolasta ❤

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@rlcastillo8550]

Kiitti. Can you make a video about relative pronoun joka and the likes(jossa, johon, etc) I cannot comprehend that topic well. Thank you 😊

[@AmazingKingBob]

nice one direction poster

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yess 🙌

[@bettyakkemaai5499]

So you have add ( -sta ) to the thing you like .. even if it's a band or a person ?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yes! :) For example: Tykkään Ellasta = I like Ella

[@stanleybjj]

tykkään susta Kat

[@cilbersteve8445]

In question sentence can I say tykkäätko sä aurinkoinesta sää? And in to answer sentence can I say mä tykkään aurinkoinen sää.. Is that 🙄. Kiitos for your great response

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Yes you can! tykkäätkö sä aurinkoisesta säästä? mä tykkään aurinkoisesta säästä! :D

[@cilbersteve8445]

@@KatChatsFinnishahh kiitos.. Sta sta case.

[@MrLovre]

Could someone explain why we use elative form (-sta) with pitää and tykätä? For example, "tykätä suomesta" sounds to me like it means "I like out of Finland", and I am confused 😅

[@KatChatsFinnish]

I don't think there is a specific reason? xD uusikielemme.fi/finnish-grammar/finnish-cases/location-cases/the-elative-case-mista-finnish-grammar

[@MrLovre]

@@KatChatsFinnish 🙏kiitos paljon! It would seem to me that the real difficulty about finnish grammar isn't about noun cases, it's about the way in which verbs use them. Hopefully there isn't too much of the tricky ones. Apparently this "agreement" between certain verbs and noun forms is called "rection", for anyone interested.

[@freezedeve3119]

@@MrLovre i think in case of 'pitää' it is because that word is used for different things so when you use elative form it can not be confused to something else. and if you use it in longer sentence example 'pidän Katjaa opettajana'= you think Katja as a teacher and 'pidän Katjasta opettajana' =you like Katja as a teacher.

[@elderscrollsswimmer4833]

Well, we just use that case for opinions. Liking people or things counts. Or, maybe it is about the impression I get of you more than you since I am not sure how well I actually know you.

[@unsteadygait]

❤️🥃

[@addisutibebu8775]

I,m from Ethiopia and i,m biginner of finnish language how could i improve my finnish language ??

[@marin_1441]

I am still finding the answer of this question since 2yrs and still finding..

[@FedericoBorluzzi]

Well, I should be a more advanced student to better understand everything, but I understand that these expressions are so important. :)

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Thank you always for being so kind!

[@Johan-ro5xh]

This a country I always want to visit unfortunately never happen. While I was visiting Norway & Sweden I thought about it . But my time was inconvenience

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Maybe one day :)

[@mekidag4577]

o are you cam I am happy😗

[@manuelacuna7661]

mä tykkään tästä osasta 🎥 (6:20) 😄✌🤡

[@DotSimLtd]

I always read pitää as keep

[@marin_1441]

Pitää-as?

[@stinkyboy]

Yeah, imagine you're a kid and you find a kitten on the road, you could plead your mom "Voidaanko me pitää se?" (Can we keep it?) As she said, there's several different ways to use "pitää" but another very common one that comes to mind right now is "to hold" "Voiksä pitää tätä?" (Can you hold this? F.ex. you're walking with your friend, eating a muffin :D, and your shoelaces open. You don't want to put it on the ground while you tie them, so you ask your friend to hold it for you for a second.)

[@bigscarysteve]

The dreaded friend zone!

[@agnishom]

What is JVG though?

[@MGVK2277]

They're a hip-hop band from Finland

[@nothingaboutnewiphone4266]

Hei! Why "Kiitos todella paljon ... ", not "Kiitos tosi paljon ... "?

[@KatChatsFinnish]

"tosi" is the puhekieli version of "todella" - they are the same word! :)

[@nothingaboutnewiphone4266]

@@KatChatsFinnish Kiitos!

[@bufordghoons9981]

Tykkään

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos!

[@71cat]

Merci 😊!

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Merci Catherine! Kiitos tosi paljon for supporting my channel! You're the one from IG that I talk to a lot right? :D

[@71cat]

@@KatChatsFinnish Niin, se olen minä 😀👋🏼! Thank YOU for sharing all those great videos ☺️

[@MGVK2277]

Tykkään Katin kanavasta

[@KatChatsFinnish]

Kiitos! :D

[@marin_1441]

Minä pidan suomea mutta puhun Englantia

[@brianketaren5132]

Moikka

[@lynne_dlhkadventure1568]

Mä tykkään sua koska kaunista nainen.😊

[@rafaelcarloscruz1617]

Kiitos!