Learn To Speak Finnish In 4 Minutes

Basic useful things in Finnish language everyone should know before visiting Finland.
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[@ilpresidentedimarte3493]

speed ×2 and you can learn finnish in 2 minutes

[@TM-ee6rr]

x4 = 1minute

[@lenn1tcore845]

😂

[@ariananieves7374]

😂😂💀

[@acfern6862]

yeah that's how it works

[@Redmasternumber2]

x1000 = a quarter second

[@PikRabbit]

What I learned is you can learn Finnish in 4 minutes because people don't want to talk to each other that much

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

Lol I heard that is really hard to make friends in Scandinavian countries,just hi and bye 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NastyMagic]

No smalltalk? Sounds like heaven.

[@gabor6259]

"We're bad at small talk." Maybe I'll move there. "If you just order a beer, you get a beer." Okay, I'm moving there.

[@darkfrozenwinterstar3639]

As a german, this really made me want to visit Finland😂

[@brandonvillatuya9539]

You'll want to watch the whole video from start to Finnish

[@neelavathimanda922]

😂😂

[@Jemmpl]

I've watched it over and over for some reason 😭 I'm not related to this language at all lol

[@josephglover4546]

0:49 "Learn Finnish...so you can talk to yourself"

[@aladepollo4833]

Lol

[@MonteyCarlo92081]

“It’s pretty funny how we have so many ways of greeting each other and saying goodbye EVEN THOUGH WE DONT WANT TO TALK TO STRANGERS.” Sounds like the perfect place for me. Polite but don’t really care.

[@straypurplecat]

"You don't say these things in Finnish." Ah, Finnish is now my favorite language.

[@Slashco]

"If you order a beer, you will get a beer." Ah, good to know.

[@Islamicshort90924]

Hi

[@amalkhairunnisa5932]

I'm supossed to do my homework how did I end up to learn a language I'm not even related to

[@ella353]

I relate to this strongly.

[@pookoos]

I find Finnish a lot easier to understand than French. I think there's this myth that it's so damn hard, and it keeps people from trying! It's not. It's just different than the Romance family of languages. What makes Finnish easy for me is because the sound of the language is so staccato and consistent in pronunciation, that you can actually hear each word being spoken at you CLEARLY. French on the other hand just gets mushed together and I just can NOT hear what people are saying, even though I can read it. And I have no idea how to change that without being able to live there. SO frustrating.

[@K-TheLetter]

wait until you realize there are dialects

[@tapiola61]

​@@K-TheLetter yes, as a Finn from Satakunta I feel all other speaking strange Finnish if not using almost official Finnish. Especially Savolax dialect (savon murre) Is difficult to understand.

[@zumzzhoney]

Thank you so much we are going to Finland in Januray and I can't wait to show everyone how I learnt Finnish in 4 minutes!!!! Hyva!

[@byptts1384]

I was soooo happy when I first heard how Turkish is quite similar to Finnish, my dream country to live. I decided to give it a try today, love from Turkey :).

[@byptts1384]

@iikisu Wish I can say the same about here one day.

[@koyaaanisquatsi]

I found myself laughing at how straightforward and unapologetic Finnish language/culture appears to be. A breath of fresh air! (I’m from Russia, living in America for 7 years with small talks/fake smiles being almost an everyday thing here)

[@maksimilianbauer5129]

Тогда почему ты там все-еще живешь?

[@RaffiBTech]

You're still responding to your 3yr old video. That's so sweet 😊

[@lks_cs8468]

When u realize the "learn Finnish in 4 minutes" video was only part 1 of 4 683 000

[@finntasticbeast]

LukesteR 🤣🤣🤣

[@eerohorila1109]

Good one🤣

[@Mandy_1410]

I'm from Finland! 🇫🇮 Who else? 👇🏻

[@iloveluru5971]

Mä on suomesta

[@mohamedredaamiri4047]

I'm from Algeria

[@neeasormunen6968]

@@iloveluru5971 sama

[@shalommalca2125]

kosigin

[@shalommalca2125]

suami and somalia ?

[@ridinwithjake]

A language with no "please" and no small talk and no one saying "sorry" - love it! Sounds like Finns would be difficult to offend! Also you are so cool in this video , love the subtle humor.

[@tiihtu2507]

There are other ways to indicate politeness such as the use of conditional and -han/hän suffix.

[@tiihtu2507]

Although when you're ordering something there's no need to use either of them.

[@Boner_Champ69]

Finnish written looks like they were obsessed with vowels and accents over them aännd thëy deccidëd thaat it wäs goiing too be theeiiir wääy of communicäationn.

[@IvanIvan-sn5sq]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@serapugurlugil9214]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FLA270309]

It's funny because it's soöoooö truuueee 😂

[@ArnabDasEE]

LoL 😂😂

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

😂😂😂😂

[@KrishnaDas-fg3sr]

Damn! She's got a great sense of humor

[@mx112e6]

​@卄ㄚㄒ丂ㄚ Not all finns people, but most of them have a very good hearts❤ And they are very respectful people. i like that

[@Maktheblade]

"We're really bad at small talk." Introvert heaven, I'm moving now!

[@spinka3569]

Eihän täällä ole muita kun suomalaisia!

[@alea976]

« Your place or mine? » is accepted while « I love you » and « you’re pretty » is too intimate wow I definitely don’t understand this culture

[@peterk.6093]

Actually as a man I love this aspect and feel sorry for not knowing that before I got married. What needs to be scratched gets scratched and we do not have to make our lives too complicated. At least for some period of life this seems like a perfect approach to life. You can keep "i love yous" for the one you settle down with.

[@serapugurlugil9214]

YES, IT IS REALLY STRANGE !!!!

[@sourabhkurhekar6210]

Me- "Hei! Meille vai teille?" Finnish girl- "Fuck Off!!!!!"

[@iosefcaro]

For a native spanish speaker finnish pronunciation is very easy

[@Freshly-Boiled-Bollock]

I got excited when I learned there was no grammatical gender in Finnish. But when I learned about the case endings, I died

[@nellaemilia_]

Finland is easy af! Olen suomalainen, joten tää on helppo homma :)) Btw, finnish guys are into free buckets xD

[@darkfrozenwinterstar3639]

@@nellaemilia_ sorry but what do you mean with a „free bucket“?

[@dcel6430]

@@darkfrozenwinterstar3639 just google ”Free buckets” u see then XD

[@dcel6430]

@@darkfrozenwinterstar3639 Thousands of people queue for hours for… free buckets

[@ivaneatstacos]

American here fluent in US English and Mexican Spanish. I learned from several Finns that many American English speakers struggle with pronunciation. However, I discovered that if I speak with the accent I use to pronounce Spanish, they come out close to fluent because of the rolling R and emphasized vowels. Not certain if this trick applies to other accents like Italian though. For complicated words, stick to pronouncing them exactly how they're written. If there are double letters just say that letter for a bit longer. For example, "Ravintola" (Restaurant) is kinda said RA-veen-tohl-ah and "Ravintolaan" (To the restaurant) sounds like RA-veen-tohl-aaahn. You can do the same for non-vowel letters like "kk" when she says "Moikka". Also, "Yks kalja" is a good example of pronouncing tricky letters that sound different in English to me like Y = U and J = Y

[@FlorianGuitar85]

As a German it's really cool to learn about that, since our language is, for whatever nonsense reason, widely considered as harsh sounding, but we have like tons of ways to say please, sorry, etc. Also we do not quickly open ourselves uo to strangers but then again, we're very warmhearted and talkative, as we go. Finnland (German way of writing it) is not quite our neighbour but is also not too far away from us....yet completely different when it comes to the people, as it seems. My Hyundai was a reimported car from Finnland and the whole manual book was in Suomi. I tried to read a single sentence and thought.....PEEEEEERKELE!

[@tastysnivel]

You can also use very well known finnish phrase ”Kahvi mustana ja Suomi valkoisena” which means one black coffee thanks.

[@serapugurlugil9214]

STRANGE THEY SAY ( KAHVI ) FOR COFFEE.. IN TURKISH 🇹🇷 IT IS (KAHVE...) IN ARABIC IT IS (KAHWA قهوة)

[@kielo8123]

Onko täällä suomalaisii!

[@ar-gamessuomi7537]

Kielo on

[@Zapatero078]

please HEEEEEEEEELP i need to turn into a hyper polyglot gigachad and i need to learn this language

[@ElNinoLego]

Chad to gigachad transformation

[@saurfish]

Literally the reason I’m here

[@alejandroleguizamo7722]

About Finnish - Hard: the agglutination, ending up with very long words. Easy: you say what’s written, the rules are clear, and it’s pronounced in staccato, the syllables are easy to discern. I’d love to learn a non-romance language (I speak Spanish, English, some Italian, and a little French), but there aren’t many Soumese people in my neck of the woods...

[@lorenzocabrini]

English, a romance language?! Sorry, but no. It is a germanic language with a lot of latin vocabulary, which mostly came via French.

[@urmom9293]

How many finnish people actually watched this lmao--

[@kissatytto0107]

Mä

[@wilstrup8]

@@kissatytto0107 Mä = English: baa

[@R_sse]

Laitakaa paljon likejä niin eri maalaiset luulee mun sanoneen jotain hauskaa.

[@combo7023]

1000iq

[@tiihtu2507]

− ∞ iq

[@FrankSerpico29]

Her English has a charming Irish twang to it

[@samnrob1]

Bit of Scottish as well

[@zloychechen5150]

@@samnrob1 yeah, these Polish notes always sound nice.

[@pk-fi1ok]

You mean the "aarrr", ya?

[@liambarry35]

It actually sounds pretty Canadian

[@gigachadlefemoid2790]

as someone with commitment issues i feel like Finland is a wonderful country to live in

[@shinrai2478]

Want to learn finnish in 2 seconds? Perkele That's the whole language.

[@mindflower89]

What does it mean ?/

[@valhoundmom]

Oh c'mon it gets more filthy than that! ( meant with love)

[@TheAmateurHobbyist29]

*When you see the Russian tanks over the horizon* *PERKELE*

[@Taavetti20035]

Tai EI VITTUJEN KEVÄT

[@jakurdav]

1:58 Canadians: *heavy breathing*

[@KittStone]

Lmao yes

[@AnnaCurser]

ah yes, the finnish distance, a nation that practised social distancing before 2020, where a youtube video makes the creator too unconfortable, because it's too personal of an exchange, and when they see someone walk down the street in their direction, they tell them that they are Too Close. that actually sounds pretty nice.

[@neeakapanen8522]

Kaikki tykkää tästä ketä on suomesta 🇫🇮🇫🇮 👇

[@suolanenkape6944]

Suomi perkele

[@miialappalainen7323]

PERKELE SAUNAAN SIITÄ

[@therealOWC]

Mä

[@esatapiola4349]

Jepp !!!

[@millaannukka]

Minä

[@domilontano]

I'm a Finnish-American who grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of my town is Finnish. My dad and my uncles would speak Finnish with grandpa when they didn't want us kids to understand. Which was most of the time. Even though I've never been to Finland, I also have many of the cultural characteristics of Finns, which I learned from my family and neighbors. It's subtle. Throughout the video I kept saying "Oh yah, me too."

[@pixiegirl33]

My Dad grew up in Toivola, Mi. I wish I had learned to speak Finnish.

[@Phlebas]

I'm Finnish on my dad's side of the family (my great grandparents were from Finland then moved to Canada), but I don't know the language very well - just a few phrases that you might pick up in a tourist phrasebook. That said, I have a distant Finnish cousin who I'm in contact with and I have a standing invitation to come visit, which I hope to do some day. So I'm beginning to make an attempt to be able to at least struggle through a full conversation in Finnish.

[@K-TheLetter]

that’s cool

[@dogedude3859]

Unless you speak Hungarian, Finnish is probably one of the hardest languages to learn

[@BenDover-kv1oi]

Btw, Im finnish and I dont think its so hard to learn. Heippa kaverit. Goodbye friends.

[@blackcoffeebeans6100]

@@BenDover-kv1oi of course it isn't hard for finns. Finnish is one of the hardest languages in the world. This is offical.

[@rebelforever5538]

Finnish sounds like japanese. I'm shocked. It's beautiful to hear.

[@mx112e6]

Finnish sounds like Korean also 🤣🤣, but they are same family language with Hungarian, because they are both Finno Ugric

[@humanbeing4841]

As an English speaker some annunciations of Finnish words sound Japanese.

[@kacey797]

Yo i just learned Finnish in 5 minutes. Now I feel like i have the energy to learn all world's languages today 😃

[@satiroglu44]

02:36 "What did I just say?" Even she struggles as a native so I consider myself very successful.

[@MayoiBlackBird]

Kuka muu tuli tänne koska osaat suomea? 😎 Edit: Omg kiitos laikkeist!!! (Likes)

[@Caro_they]

Mää

[@sofiapirhonen8311]

En ainakaan mä....😂

[@saimihm]

MinÄ

[@miljavainio9194]

Mä

[@julietttthehooman1635]

Miks muuten tulisin😁

[@beatrizcruz5439]

I'm from Brazil, have no idea how I ended up here but now I wanna learn Finnish

[@finntasticbeast]

Hahah glad to hear it!

[@Mika-mc5ms]

😂

[@funfacts5221]

I am here because of Sana Marin

[@rafitheshaulin5595]

As a hungarian speaking person I find these words reltively easy to pronounce

[@Jyyhjyyh]

Hungarian and Finnish definitely have a similar sound to them, despite being so distantly related, as opposed to many Uralic languages spoken in Russia which you could easily mistake for being Slavic based on the way they sound.

[@jtinalexandria]

Great lesson. Your accent is nice and clear, sounds as if you learned English in Ireland.

[@leesurridge2947]

I don't know the Finnish language, but whenever I hear someone speaking Finnish it makes me think that it is the music of fairies. It's so beautiful sounding.

[@LucasAraujo-ji1pm]

For me finnish is such an beautiful and mysterious language at the same time I like hearing it! I wish I could learn it, but only learning from the internet is quite complicated for me! I love Finland.

[@teemuturunen9651]

I love Finland too

[@Fireflight97]

Finnish sounds like reverse Japanese lol

[@ilaly6391]

Hahaaa I'm glad someone else thinks this way! (I really love Japanese but find Finnish still more beautiful to the ear!)

[@humdrumyokel9890]

you are not correct, it is the other way round, Japanese sounds like Finnish in reverse ... for sure ... The Japanese have even chosen to have the color of their hair in reverse to the Suomesians ... It is Japanese that twist everything, me think ...

[@jessicahope2225]

I'm Finnish and Mexican. I'm finding from watching this video. I can say Finnish words so comfortably. Spanish words are hard for me

[@jessicahope2225]

To add I grew up in the USA and only speak english

[@jessicahope2225]

I also am not good at small talk😂

[@silverkkp3054]

0:08 Finnish peoples: We got hard language Poles: hold my Konstantynopolitańczykowianeczka

[@saaga2235]

Spelling in Finnish isn't that hard. Almost every single word is spelled just like they're pronounced (few exceptions of course). It just that the grammar is from an another dimension and really hard to learn.

[@veetee355]

When you make a video about learning Finnish and then only Finns are watching the video 😂👌

[@finntasticbeast]

Right???? 😂

[@massimo.nadalin]

@@finntasticbeast Don't worry, also an italian is watching!

[@erichkostner500]

finntasticbeast and Germans too

[@finntasticbeast]

@@erichkostner500 yayyyy

[@serapugurlugil9214]

TURKS TOO ❤ 🇹🇷

[@kaspermarthinsenbjerg138]

‘How to speak finnish in 4 minutes’ is a nine minute and one second long series split up in two episodes. It was great to watch though

[@sivapriyaswamini8277]

I heard that Finns practice naturally 'social distancing', part of culture. Someone said also that they have the word for 'wondrous' - ihmeellinen - and if you drop some letters, you get the word for a 'human being' -'ihminen'. Sounds like something useful, how to perceive each other. Peace.

[@morteparla6926]

One cannot be a master of the Finnish language without knowing the proper use of "Perkele".

[@serapugurlugil9214]

DEVIL ??

[@MinLumi62]

Ihana...my daughter gets that a lot ..ihana..😊 We are Kenyans living in Finland.

[@marcmona1864]

Sounds like a country I would like to visit perfect for an introvert lol

[@geomattech7891]

thanx i finished watching the video, now i can speak finnish

[@finntasticbeast]

Ole hyvä

[@valera4176]

@@finntasticbeast sina olet hauska

[@markclinton8681]

@@finntasticbeast Hi

[@MicheleSantanaBerry]

You don't have "please"!? OMG, I don't know if I can live without it :o

[@tissot233]

There's no she or he either and that has never been a problem. ;) "Please" depending on the context could be replaced "olisitko ystävällinen" (would you be kind) or "kiitos" (thank you) is often used when you have example finished saying your order.

[@MicheleSantanaBerry]

@@tissot233 I know. It's amazing how different languages are. My first language is Spanish and for me the word please is essential, but of course I understand that in other languages things are different :)

[@basiapustelnik2388]

i cant live with it lol

[@corneliusscipio777]

"Kaputsiino" "Lattttte".. I am italian and this blew my head up 🤣

[@finntasticbeast]

Hahahaha sorryyy 😂😂😂

[@corneliusscipio777]

@@finntasticbeast no sorry!! It's so funny and you finns are very nice people 😊

[@serapugurlugil9214]

WRONG IT IS LATTTTTTE WITH 6 Ts NOT 5 😇😂

[@omgitsjoetime]

My dad used to speak finish but he forgot. I always wished he could remember when I was a kid I wanted to learn.

[@taitjones6310]

How are you supposed to meet new people or make friends in Finland when it's considered impolite to talk to strangers? Not just as a foreigner, but how does that even work when you're a native?

[@Karpousti]

It doesn't work.

[@azulazi4316]

alcohol.

[@taitjones6310]

@@azulazi4316 So everyone in Finland is just stuck up and need to get drunk to pull the sticks out of their asses?

[@rodduke2040]

@@taitjones6310 ahahahaha i agree too, that's mess up but it's their culture, if I would go to Finland I would talk to strangers no matter what

[@viia8401]

It's not impolite, it's just not a commln habit to do, we like our personal space. It's still okay to come talk to us haha

[@raakyhelvetti9446]

Alussa voikin tuntua , että Suomen kieli on yksi helpoimmista , mutta sitte kun alkaa opettelemaan lauseita niin sitten voi olla vaikeeta.

[@matustomasik932]

PERKELE

[@Androzofficial]

What that mean?

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

Sounds like my kind of place. No fishing for compliments, no doting, say your business and go. Moi moi

[@danielliew8819]

me too. cut down so much nonsense hahahahaa

[@PassportPirate]

That's a pretty strong Irish accent..

[@CR0NUSss]

Put this video on 2x speed so u learn it in 2 mins

[@sorapantsu8598]

What a pretty logic!

[@lattethefartlord9297]

Oh yeah this is big brain time

[@maisastenberg7276]

Ketä suomalaisii tääl? I'm from finland

[@minjawwsx3219]

Maisa Stenberg mää oon

[@viltsu6265]

Mää tietty XD

[@sanlansini1925]

Minääääääää. Mee to

[@markikonen7627]

Maisa Stenberg mä

[@sini6026]

Mie!:3

[@thormusique]

Excellent, thank you! You Suomi are among my very favourite people in this world. There is so much about the people, the culture, and the language that is truly fascinating. I've travelled a lot and lived in many places (mostly in Europe), and I can't think of a single culture I've encountered whose people are more practical and straightforward than the Suomi. Now, see what you've done? You've made me miss Finnland very much. Note to self: Book that trip to Kontiolahti soon. Cheers!

[@sxrumm]

Only words/sentences you need is: Tuo olut!, Vittu, perkele, and most importantly Torilla tavataan

[@axelkovero1449]

Kyllä

[@tormendor8585]

t a v a t a a n v a i k k a h e t i

[@erin-qm6ul]

Miks mä katon tätä. 😂

[@neeakolehmainen919]

Ketä suomalaisii tääl on ??

[@kultainenankka9952]

Osaan Suomea tosi hyvin ja läpäsin koko Suomi duolingon kiitos kun teit tän videon arvostan työtäs.

[@jgtbym601]

Your sense of humour is adorable. I’m an old man, so I can say that. LoL Thanks, I started learning Finnish today with this video. Kiitos!

[@benzemathegoat5635]

Kuka tuli ettii suomalaisii kommenttei😂😂

[@niksuuytyt5104]

Minä

[@kaikilledubbeja5720]

Sama

[@rand0m782]

Minää

[@Dollyav_]

Mää ja joo oon myöhäs mut🤷🏻‍♀️

[@leman.h]

Actually we do have a ‘please’ in finnish, and it’s the same word as ‘thank you’. So you can say ‘kiitos’ when ordering or receiving something, which most people do in Finland.

[@hepatiitti4569]

A beer thank you

[@celtspeaksgoth7251]

I spent 3 months on student exchange on Oulu many many years back - spent *all* my spare time at the laskuverjokerho at the edge of the airport. Many adventures. Also jumped at Rovaniemi and Helsinki. I remember buying makara perunat - close to British food. Hyvaa Paiva ! Huomenta Huomenta ! Kiitos paljon. Finnish - Suomilaienn is a great mental workout - after that other languages are less intimidating. Wish I could have stayed....

[@raisedahell5165]

I've been learning finnish for 3 days, it's not that complicated, I can already do a 5 minute conversation on basic topics

[@staropramen478]

The easy phrases and pronunciation aren't hard at all, but you will notice later down the path how insanely complicated the language is, however you don't need to fully master the language. But in practice the hardest part is when it comes to all the slang and dialects because there are so many of them.

[@xArielx1989]

I have no use for it, and I will probably never use it. But Finnish sounds funny as a Spanish speaker and I kinda want to learn the language now 😂

[@John_Smith76]

So I'm trying to learn a language spoken by people that don't want to talk to me?

[@finntasticbeast]

Yes but it’s useful for your inner monologue

[@John_Smith76]

@@finntasticbeast That's awesome. :D

[@DoubleGauss]

3:22 Is that what an introductory conversation in Finland normally leads to ("Your place or mine") ?

[@Kolvatn]

lol

[@benjespina]

Will be going to Finland in a couple of months to attend a wedding so Im trying to pick up some phrases that could be good conversation starters at the reception. :p

[@pelimies1818]

Don’t order: “Yks Kalja”, because next they have to ask, which size of beer you want. THE CORRECT way to order a beer is to say: ISO KOLMONEN. If You want a beer with little more alcohol content, you say: ISO NELONEN ISO means big, i.e. half liter beer. If you want yo be an absolute PRO in your visit in Helsinki and awe everybody, just be cool and say: “Stobe” pronounced [stobɛ] This word is not known outside Helsinki area, so don’t use it in other parts of Finland; they might hit your in the face.

[@davelaitinen9869]

Being a Canadian with Finnish ancestry, I apologize for not apologizing.

[@mahdijaff1]

Great video thanks. I am about is it Finland July and start learning basics.

[@xionkale3688]

"Your place or mine?" is ok but "I love you" is too much?... speaks a lot about the hookup culture here in Finland.

[@528Circle]

😂😂

[@playzraita6162]

Suomi on paras maa elää

[@braxcalcuter2406]

Suomi mainittu torilla tavataan :D

[@leiniecorpuz1728]

This is perfect..I have a cousin from Finland and whenever they are having vacation here in the Philippines I always heard the word kiitos to them

[@harikishore2514]

Believe me, now I can speak Finnish

[@eliza3319]

Finland 👌🏻🇫🇮

[@kais3297]

step 1. be finnish

[@Oktytto]

I am finnish 🤣

[@kais3297]

@@Oktytto perkele ku ei voi mennä torille

[@AzatskyDungeonMaster]

Hei!

[@gyorgycziffra7762]

I never felt in place at school. Now that I’m learning the language it’s just like me. My great great grandfather fled from Finland from Russia and married his wife who grew up eight miles from him. Their last name was Asphores but changed it to Alexander because America. I am learning the language and think it is easy to learn for me. Duolingo has a lot of compliments and I didn’t think they were necessary. For example: Terve ja tervetuola.

[@osemarvin2847]

On the other hand, if the Finnish words are difficult to pronounce, you can always speak English to us. Not a big deal.

[@otobustutkusu303]

My native is Turkish and the pronunciations are so easy to me =] very similar to Turkish pronunciation,