Learn Finnish! Lesson 9: Weekdays & months - Viikonpäivät ja kuukaudet

In lesson 9 you'll learn both weekdays and months in Finnish.
Happy learning & thanks for watching!
-Anna:-)

[@powerpig99]

By digging around in Wiktionary for the etymologies for all of them, I found the meanings of all the month words are quite interesting. And a fun fact: in Chinese, we also use the same character of moon for month-月. tammi:(dialectal, archaic) heart, core, axis

[@FinnishWithAnna]

This is interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@TimberWolf2025]

I love this, thank you so much for giving us this knowledge. How beautiful that our Finnish ancestors left us the survival instructions for mankind, written in our calendars.

[@wernerjacobs9277]

Good. Doing the teacher's job 😅

[@karhukivi]

Thank you - that will help me to remember the months! I see you got a kiss from the teacher, hmmm!!!

[@jcjessica]

你也是中国人吗？感谢科普！😭🥰

[@laxmikc9281]

Anna your teaching style is perfect. Thank u . From Nepal

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thanks, so glad you like it!

[@kitsunecinnamon]

Thank you for the lovely videos. I especially appreciate that you teach us about the suffixes abit every lesson so that it's not overwhelming

[@FinnishWithAnna]

I'm glad you find it useful, thanks for watching! :-)

[@dianarosegano1142]

I really like your teaching style.Easy to remember and more organize.

[@aminnafisa2419]

Kitos! Olen Bangladeshista. This is very helpful for me as i'm the beginner. Now I'm trying to say some words & sentences as well with my partner. This seems very interesting to me. Anyways, thanks Anna . wonderful session , I must say♥️

[@brenobossatto713]

Kiitos paljon from Brazil.

[@Joilel]

You are important teacher and you are smart 🤓 so thank you for helping 😊 i like your channel 💯

[@justinecarl9922]

kiitos paljon anna :)). I have a very clear vision that I will relocate to Finland.

[@aleikycabrera9939]

kiitos paljon, you are doing a great job, started to watch your videos today and I really love them

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Glad to hear you enjoy them! Thanks for watching! :-)

[@areeshasaleem5203]

Kiitos paljon Anna 😊

[@daniellaswt6051]

I really love your way of teaching. Am learning a lot . Thanks Anna

[@DoktorSean]

Kiitos paljon videostasi, Anna! Se oli mahtava. Sinulla on tosi hyvä "opetusmuoto"! It's nice the days are so simple - makes up in part for the tricky months!

[@oka-yoke]

Kiitos Anna

[@shaidasabah2606]

Your teaching style is perfect, thanks alot

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thank you so much!

[@lillienwaligora6082]

Thanks Anna (from poland)

[@plantplants3768]

Kiitos from Greece ❤️

[@aliahcabardo5918]

its really helping kiitos paljon anna😊💕💕for sharing from UAE

[@aliya5836]

Thank u so much from Pakistan

[@fugitivecomeback2379]

Hei anna its me again my finnish is perfect my finnish friends grandpa and father are shocked I was on FaceTime speaking finnish and they were shocked to see an American on the other end apparently my friends father likes me and respects me for my finnish skills thank you so much for these lessons

[@lailanieollin2020]

Moi! ope Anna .. i am just started studying Finnish language and it is awesome to be a part of your video's 😇...can you make a video on how to put dates on the month's (example birthdays) ..kiitos😊

[@carmagodi]

Many thanks. God bless you

[@mr88cet]

Kiitos, Anna! Several of these words seem to break vowel-harmony, especially the “kuu”s mismatching what comes before it. For example, it would seem like “heinäkuu” would need to be either “heinäkyy” or ”heinakuu” (?). I guess that’s because they’re technically compound words, the “kuu” being “moon,” as you pointed out.

[@okaro6595]

It is a compound word so the vowel harmony does not apply. Kuu means moon. Kyy would be a viper. One special word is tällainen (like this). It seems to break the vowel harmony but it actually comes from "tämän lainen". Many say it as "tälläinen" so they put the vowel harmony where it does not officially belong. In Finnish there is a comitative case which means with something. It is always in plural like "koirineen" even if there is just one dog. It is seldom used, instead people use postposition "kanssa". Officially one would say "koiransa kanssa" but in spoken language one says "koiran kaa". But remember spoken language does not have word breaks. Is that a postposition or a new case: "koirankaa"? Well if he comes with his mother it is "äidin kaa" but some actually say "äidinkää". That in no way can be short of "äidin kanssa" . It is actually a new comitative case. Now Estonian has also comitative and what is the ending there? Well it is "ga". Estonian is in many ways a more developed language. Many things that are unofficial in Finnish are official in Estonian.

[@mr88cet]

@@okaro6595, good clarification! Thanks. I was suspecting that was the reason, but wasn’t sure. I guess vowel harmony is preserved between roots and endings (e.g., oletteko vs. tiedättekö), but not across compound nouns (etc.).

[@amirahtamov8239]

Great Done!💕

[@helloimhellio]

Great lessons! Congratulations, please keep on.

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thank you!

[@janinecapacio8410]

i really really enjoyed this videos of yours it really helped me with my study ❤️❤️❤️

[@hakimarahimi6047]

Thanks dear Anna

[@assiataho1957]

Kittos ,you are good in teatch Saïd from morroco

[@dandy9483]

Thank Opettaja.

[@KnigthMare69]

Wait, it all makes sense now, december is joulukuu, and in Christmas there's joulutorttus... wow, my mind just opened immensely for no reason, but I guess that's one way to remember December now

[@hakimarahimi6047]

Kiitos paljon.

[@meronmesay8905]

kittos Anna from Ethiopia

[@franklinm9775]

so great you are doing it very well dont stop it well done kiitos paljon!!!

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thanks so much! Will definitely keep making videos. :-)

[@franklinm9775]

@@FinnishWithAnna yeah!!! thanks

[@arsalakhan7150]

Finally I learnt it, Usually we practicing it in WhatsApp group Unluckily we don't hav3 much Finnish there your vidoe is so much helpful..

[@FinnishWithAnna]

So happy to hear this!

[@arsalakhan7150]

@@FinnishWithAnna kittos Anna 😁

[@jobranjobran8332]

Kiitos 🏵️😊

[@mye5984]

Kiitos 😊

[@temesgengoitom2662]

Kiitos

[@delihchemsou8848]

Thanks ana 😍😍

[@lorenamelo466]

you're awesome!

[@cogofknowledge6142]

Good job Anna !

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thanks so much for your support!

[@cogofknowledge6142]

@@FinnishWithAnna You are most welcome :)

[@aaadit4131]

Super learn new language here

[@annalizacabigas3611]

❤❤❤

[@essahvlogs5510]

thank you

[@ngohari4707]

tanx, it was great 👍

[@tikarambhandari3701]

Thanks

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

'torstai' sounds like 'Thursday' said with an Australian accent

[@Carina-kx2jw]

Do you have a video explaining how to say the days (number) for example I thought you could say Maanantai kaksikymmentä kaksi. I was told its kahdeskymmenestoinen 😅

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Yes I do, check out lessons 49 and 50! :-)

[@cecilliacc8369]

Hello, what do you mean by capitalized? Thank you!

[@FinnishWithAnna]

I mean written with a capital letter. :-)

[@cecilliacc8369]

@@FinnishWithAnna Thank you!

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

Good video.

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

1. Weekdays & months = Viikonpäivat & kuukaudet. Monday - maanantai Tuesday - tiistai Wednesday - keskiviikko Thursday - torstai Friday - perjantal Saturday - lauantai Sunday - sunnuntai 2. January - tammikuu February - helmikuu March - maaliskuu April - huhtikuu May - toukokuu June - kesäkuu July - heinäkuu August - elokuu September - syyskuu October - lokakuu November - marraskuu December - Joulukuu

[@franklinm9775]

happy independence day!! its my birthday too hehe

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Thanks! I just uploaded a new video about Finnish holidays. :-) Happy birthday, hope you have a good one!

[@franklinm9775]

@@FinnishWithAnna kiitos i am going now to watch your new video yeah

[@khantphone-zw5cn]

Nice😮

[@linkougirllinkou2053]

Studying Finnish 😭😭😁😁😁

[@ruwanthiruchira00]

What’s the meaning is heippa

[@AWET605]

heippa means bay bay the same moi-moi

[@regularpersonLIVE]

"Keskiviikko" means "middle week" in literal sense.

[@sabetunnahar1718]

Theke you from bangladesh

[@idoyoutube2019]

Hei. minä on soumi. minä puuhuu soumi peinei sinä on hyvä minä soumi (Hi. i am finnish- i talk finnish small you are good i finnish) (im still not very good at finnish but im still kinda good)

[@FinnishWithAnna]

Keep practising! :-)

[@uqubagidey3516]

Anna do you have private address? Like email, discord, phone number. Thanks (kittos)

[@user-ob8zz7hg8h]

Kiitos