Mexican Guy Speaking Fluent Finnish Language - How Did He Learn?

Today I'm joined by Mexican friend Raul, who speaks Finnish very well, almost fluent Finnish. In this video we'll talk about how did he manage to learn Finnish. He's been living in Finland for 6 years and has reached great Finnish skills during that time. He will share his story and tips on how he ended up in Finland and he learned Finnish.
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[@saekka8537]

Raul puhuu suomea ihan kun se olisi hänen äidinkieli, puhuminen on sujuvaa ja ei ole huomattavaa aksenttia puheessa. Raul saa olla ylpeä itsestään.

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista Saekka! Raul on varmaan paras ulkomaalainen suomen puhuja, jonka oon tavannu. Välitetään terveiset!

[@KeimoKissa]

Saekka Jos ihan tarkasti kuuntelee, kuulee pienen aksentin

[@darkazon5343]

n Joo eihän ne aivan täydellisesti opi puhumaan, koska onhan tää aiva HELEVETIN vaikea kieli kun ei menaa itteltäinkää sujua selko suomi

[@mikkobarros8436]

Bienmbi agsendi gu raumalaisl! :D

[@ristuksenvittu]

Älä viitsi valehdella, kyllähän sen selkeästi kuulee että on ulkolainen, monien sanamuotovirheiden vuoksi. Vaikka osaakin kieltämättä yllättävän hyvin matkia suomiaksenttia. Irakilainen tuttu sanoi että suomi on putkeen puhumista, ilman taukoja. Ja kun välillä sanoo ööh ääh, niin kuulostaa suomalaisemmalta. Suomea on siis vaikea puhua juuri siksi että ei ole taukoja joiden aikana miettiä ja siksi kantasuomalaisetkin sanovat joka väliin ääh ööh vitun saatanan paineilmapullo, ihan niinku jenkit sanoo uhh ja kanadalaiset eh?

[@Spotatos22]

Mäd propsit kyllä Raulille. Jätkähän puhuu tosi tosi hyvin :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Älä muuta viserrä!

[@piakaven]

Raul's Finnish is so good that most of the time he does not even have any accent. He must really be gifted with languages, this is really not the standard after year of studying Finnish. Good for him, he has majorly upgraded his options in Finland getting his degree in Finnish. My husband is American and we live in USA, he took some Finnish classes when we first started dating, he lasted 2 hours.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Pia!

[@juliareed9823]

Pia Kaven that is so funny! “ 2 hours”.

[@theyoungdisciple2925]

And then there's me a 14 yr old studying german for 4 months and japanede for 2 by my own

[@theyoungdisciple2925]

@Vikram Keskar It's pretty slow... i study german rarely and got a book for japanese though. I'm more focused on japanese

[@holoholopainen1627]

@@juliareed9823 He learned Finnish in two hours ? That IS just less than PELLE MILJOONAS - GREATES HITS - last ! If You BUY any Record - of Finnish Music - Youre able to sing Karaoke at Helsinki Bars - in two weeks Time ! Mä jokapäivä töitä tee...

[@mikrokupu]

Wow! You can hear he is not just translating Spanish > Finnish in his head, he thinks in Finnish. The rhythm of his language is spot on. I agree, generally Finns are not very patient to listen broken Finnish, they quickly switch to English. Easy perhaps but not helping to learn Finnish really.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! That's the trick in any language: instead of translating from your native language, one should start thinking in that language. :)

[@kristiankoski3908]

"You only are fluent in a language when you think in that language." -My grandpa

[@KatChats.]

This was such an interesting video, I always find it interesting to see how people actually learn Finnish and the backstories behind it. And Raul's Finnish was tremendous!! Props to him !!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Kat! He has indeed become really good at it.

[@holoholopainen1627]

There Are two Ways - to #1 Listen and #2 to read ! If You Listen to Finnish Music or Radio / watch Movies like Uuno Turhapuro ! He IS like Buster Keaton with sound ! He Does so unusual things - that People find amusing ! #2 to read a Finnish author Books ! Try to read something in Your own Language - and Then on suomi ! Many KZbin Videos - joten siellä on kaikki kiintoisa !

[@george.eelwell4746]

I honestly can't believe how good he is. The most astonishing thing (as a guy) is that he has managed to teach himself to speak from lower in the throat - I've been learning for a few years and I've never heard a non-Finn replicate the timbre of Finnish so closely 😯

[@AleksiHimself]

He has taken classes too so he didn't learn it by himself all the way, but nevertheless he is really good!

[@george.eelwell4746]

Aleksi Himself - Videos about Finland Moikka Aleksi! Joo, mä en koskaan asunut Suomessa. Ehkä jonain päivänä...

[@ilkkavuori6032]

Ihan älyttömän hyvin on äijä oppinut kielen lyhyessä ajassa. Nyt toki monta vuotta asumista takana, joten puhuminen on todella sujuvaa.

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Oon kyl samaa mieltä. Ihan älyttömän hyvin vetää.

[@janprochazka6330]

its because of the unique way of learning in Onnenkieli. Its probably the best school for learning finnish lang.

[@jimboc2814]

Kiitos Aleksi, oon meksikolainen opiskelija ja nyt asun suomes, oikeesti tää on tosi vitun vaikea kieli, mut en voi jo puhua hyvin. Mahtava video ja Raul on äijä!

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Aika hyvin sä ainakin tuon kommentin perusteella osaat! Tsemppiä opiskeluun!

[@FizzyToni]

xd

[@Piaapo]

Kiroilet ainakin ku aito suomalainen XD

[@sinikkastudio]

@@Piaapo kiljuin ääneen tälle kommentille :D

[@MRiitta]

Älä käytä kirosanoja, niin pärjäät paremmin Suomessa:)

[@bebe8842]

Thank you so much for this video, Aleksi! It is so nice to see that there are people, non-natives, who succeeded to learn Finnish in such a short time. Bravo to the Mexican guy! Great video! Always great watching stuff about your country!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Elena! I'm glad you liked the video. I thought it gives a better insight, when a foreigner shares his story. :)

[@Agriking]

Ha! There's hope for me to learn it yet!

[@AleksiHimself]

Indeed!

[@noora7254]

Good luck!

[@Mika-si5gw]

This definitely makes me feel like I can continue to learn Finnish. My boyfriend is from Finland and lives there so I'm trying to learn before I move to Finland to live with him.

[@AleksiHimself]

Nice! Good luck and have fun learning. :)

[@holoholopainen1627]

Alku aina hankalaa ! Ensiksi - 1st You need to Have BASIC knowledge of words - then How to put Those after another ! Listen - Listen to Radio - Music - watch Finnish Movies on DVD ! Sitten kun alkaa aiheet olemaan selvillä - niistä on helpompaa puhua ! Lue joku kirja - äidinkielelläsi ja sitten suomeksi - joten kun tiedät juonen voit keskittyä " sanoihin " !

[@cvspvr]

how's your finnish studies going 5 years later?

[@JaDan]

perkele

[@AleksiHimself]

Wassup Dan!

[@JaDan]

not much man. Just same old, same old. Missing my finnish brother so thought I would catch up on your channel. How is life?

[@trotyi2562]

Él es un gran ejemplo a seguir, me da orgullo, ojalá yo pueda aprender mejor y hablarlo así de bien

[@nexXxtable]

My mind is blown :D I wish I could say stuff in Finnish 😳

[@AleksiHimself]

All it takes is time & practice!

[@corruptedholiness8995]

Say perkele correct you get a dime ;)

[@briancooley8777]

Dragon Wiener I don’t know how to roll my r like that unless I’m freezing my ass off

[@user-lj8kg4jd1l]

Satana perkele and vittu - 99 % of Finnish is learnt.

[@StankGremlin]

@@user-lj8kg4jd1l saatana

[@gabrielacarlon3953]

Hello Aleksi ! Inspiring video cause actually I'm from Mexico too ! I've been trying to learn Finnish through videos and apps, but it's not easy at all! I just know some vocabulary words related to food, colors, animals, numbers and greetings. I've started with some verbs and some grammar points.. And I agree with Raul it's difficult! Pronunciation is quite similiar to Finnish, buy vocabulary.. damn!! There's no way to relate words to Spanish or English!! However it's a beautiful language and culture, so I won't give up! Listening to music is another way to learn and practice. And since I found your videos, i can know a little bit more about Finland! 🇫🇮 Thanks for your videos! Kiitos! 🤗😍

[@AleksiHimself]

Wow thanks for sharing your story Gab! Maybe you can have this video and Raul's results as your motivation from now on. Cos he managed to do it (even if he actually lived and still lives in Finland) so you can you. Don't give up! ^^

[@elina1579]

theDracoIX anteeks mitä.. jos ei oo mitään rakentavaa/ystävällistä sanottavaa niin voit olla vaan hiljaa :) tollaset kommentit tahraa meidän suomalaisten maineen, meinaan onko tää sun mielestä hyvä vaikutelma meistä?

[@kareem8533]

I have to disagree with one thing: Listening to music doesn't help much to learn a language. The lyrics are often "poetry" or almost gibberish and pronounced in a way that not even native speakers understand what the heck they are singing about.

[@lauriryhanen8166]

Esto es muy interesante. Puedo preguntar una cosa? De dónde es usted en Mexico? Y hoy en día, ¿que tal el finés de usted?

[@holoholopainen1627]

Listen to TEFLON BROTHERS MANADONA - on KZbin ! They are at Eurovision Q - with PANDORA ! She is from Sweden - but Everybody knows Her !

[@adiladil78]

The thing I love about this video is that Raul is speaking Finnish and that he is telling us about his wonderful journey in the target language. There are so many videos on KZbin where self-proclaimed 'polyglots' or bilinguals talk about how they learned a particular language, but the videos are always in their mother tongue (English, French etc.). In fact, there are some people who claim to be polyglots and they have dozens of videos about how to learn the languages that they have learned, but you will never see them speak the target language, except maybe for a few memorized sentences in one or two videos. It is hard for me to take what they are saying seriously. One exception is Steve Kaufmann, who has several videos in which he is speaking different languages impromptu. That is the kind of person I would want to listen to. I can sit here and claim that I speak 20 languages and pontificate for hours on how you can become a successful 'polyglot' like me, but if I never speak any of the 20 languages in front of you, I will come across as nothing more than a braggart. People will be as wary of my advice as they would be of the advice given by a homeless beggar about corporate financing, or of the advice given by a 600 pound dude about how to lose weight. Thanks for making the video in Finnish, and props to Raul!

[@lostol7571]

this was an awesome video, I also Mexican Married to a Finn, and trying to learn Finnish...my wife is from Tampere!!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! Good luck with Finnish and Tampere is a great city.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Hyvää Uutta Vuotta 2022 ! Howmuch Have You learned - this past Year ? Kuinkapaljon opit kieltä viime vuoden aikana ?

Oohh nice video👍🏼 I'm motivated to open my Finnish textbook again :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Good Thanks and good luck Pön!

[@IfteKhairulAlamBhuiyan]

The video was perfect and enjoyable for any student interested to learn Finnish language.

[@Gibbetoo]

Hyvää sisältöä ja kiitos Raul.

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista!

[@snowflake4099]

he's such a role model, wow!😍

[@alansalmi]

Great interview!

[@pplotudeces9328]

¡Berlanga! Muchas felicidades carnal. Que sigan los éxitos logrados a través de los años. I'm so proud of you my dear friend! Salúdame a Sanna y a tu bebé (el pequeño "Matías Jesús") jajajajaja. 👏✌️

[@virvalehmusvuori1469]

Todella kiinnostava video ja hirmune kunnioitus ku opiskeli suomea!

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista!

[@bandwagon22]

He speaks unbelievable perfect Finnish. BTW i'm likely not the only thinking that Spanish is one of the most beautiful languages. And there is some truth of claim that German is very logical.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! German is quite logical (I can speak it) and want to pick up Spanish at some point.

[@eylem1975erdogdu]

Thanks for this Video Aleksi, you are awesome, polite and funny. Greetings from Hamburg.

[@AleksiHimself]

Vielen Dank!

[@joannapiecha281]

Moi! I just started learning Finnish (for fun) and I can't say a lot at this stage (puhun vain vähän suomea!). But this video is so motivating! Well done Raul and thanks Aleksi for encouraging people to learn Finnish. I hope to visit Finland one day and practice the language skills :)

[@GROHNRIINA]

Ei vitsi että Raul puhuu hyvin suomea!

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! Oon samaa mieltä. 😀

[@gargapurv]

Your videos are very helpful to und try Finnish culture and its people. Thanks a lot and keep making videos. I love them all.

[@AleksiHimself]

That's great! More videos on the way and newest one coming out today!

[@0PageAccess]

Woow! This guy is awesome, sounds so good! Good job!

[@AleksiHimself]

I agree!

[@MRiitta]

Raul is remarkably talented in languages!

[@dacc84]

Buenale Raul, nunca nos conocimos pero te ha enseñado muy bien Sanna! Saludos!

[@michaellejeune8753]

Moving to Helsinki in a few months. i'll watch this video again in 1 year and see if I can catch something! Onnittelut / Enhorabuena Raúl! Ja kiitos Aleksi for this great channel.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Michaël Lejeune!

[@hwawha5755]

Amazing

[@TheChill4u]

I'm Very Happy For Raul, He Learned Finnish, I'm So Happy, Many Congratulations, Even I'm Trying To Learn Finnish, But I'm Speaking Spanish, English, Oh Yeah, I Learned Italian!!!, Thank You For Sharing Raul's Experience In Finland, He Speaks Very Well, I Got Shocked For That, Well Greetings From Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico!!!, Thank You Aleksi!!! God Bless You!!!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment and good luck learning Finnish!

[@lornailocanachannel7128]

Suomen kielen opiskelija täällä. Thank you for the idea, now I need to tell my friends to speak finnish with me too😅

[@rempseaheinamies9414]

Almost perfect. Very impressive.

[@Ninja-be8jh]

Hey Aleksi, nice videos man. I'm an American in Finland with a very similar story to Raul's. I thought about messaging you actually for an interview but I'm not that brave yet if you said yes :) I have been told I speak Finnish quite well for a foreigner and I am close to the level of where Raul is but not quite yet, after studying/practicing/speaking Finnish for 3 years. It's always nice to meet a foreigner who speaks Finnish well and you can definitely see the similarities in how we are taught the language in school. I notice a lot of Finns have low expectations for foreigners speaking Finnish so they usually compliment you when you do speak it decently. And I notice a lot of foreigners expect to learn Finnish in about 6 months or a very short time even though they hear it's impossible, which is not realistic for most people. For most, Finnish takes a lot of work to read, write, understand and speak so many give up, I have had to invest a lot of my personal time and effort to learn it, a lot of self-motivation and courage, it's become a lifestyle goal like changing your diet or something instead of just a hobby that lasts for a season or so (you don't learn Finnish, Finnish learns you!), I have felt like I have failing miserably at it all the time, but it is amazing to finally start to understand it a lot and speak it decently, for me at least it really does feel like a super power because I'm not a super student and never in my life thought I would learn another language fluently, especially Finnish. Glad you're making this videos, you're on the right track with videos like this :) interviews are great.

[@AleksiHimself]

Wow thanks of sharing your story! We can definitely plan a video together, as I think people will be really interested to hear more international stories of learning Finnish. I agree with you that if one wants to learn a language, consistency, being patient and good learning strategy are important. I myself was able to pickup Japanese in a year with the aforementioned qualities and as you said, people don't need superhuman skills to learn a language fast. Keep learning! If you want to get in touch with me, go to my "About" page and get my info from there.

[@Noneli]

Better do this soon-ish! I am interested to see the upcoming video about this!

[@gwendolynibarra18]

So nice to see a Mexican fellow mastering one of the most difficult languages in the world 😁.

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@ta4702]

Thanks for this video Alex . It gives me the impetus to know i can also learn the language fast though it can be quite frustrating particularly the grammar. Currently at the language school in Espoo.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the feedback and keep on learning!

[@lh9537]

Wau :) Hyvä Raul! Oot hieno esimerkki ja motivaattori sellaisille jotka kokee haasteita suomen kielen opiskelussa. Jatka samaan malliin!

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti hienosta kommentista!

[@caseyalanjones]

Aleksi, thanks for being one of the people who helps Raúl by speaking Finnish with him! :) I agree with him that this is indeed one of the biggest challenges nowadays of learning a language - getting your friends to speak it with you, instead of English (especially for me, as a native speaker of English). I don't speak Finnish yet, but I experienced this difficulty with Polish and German. Sometimes I even got angry with friends for always speaking English to me. I am curious how the language dynamic evolved between Raúl and his wife. Does she speak Spanish? Or did they start off in English? Do they speak Finnish now, and did she help him? Was it difficult for him to convince her to begin speaking Finnish with him?

[@Thranbreaker]

Hyvä video Aleksi !

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! ^^

[@barondemonrepos]

Raul puhuu hyvin puhdasta ja kaunista suomea. Hieno homma! Nostan hattua, kuten sanotaan.

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista Alec Hänninen!

[@marineekanjana2953]

This was very inspiring video for people who are learning Finnish language now to not give up on it easily, like me. Thanks for making this video. Keep up the good work and good luck (Jatkakaa hyvää työtä ja onnea) hopefully, this Finnish sentence is correct.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks Marinee! The mastery of any skill takes around 10000 hours so let's not give up yet! And the sentence was 100% correct. .)

[@holoholopainen1627]

Hyvää Uutta 2022 Vuotta ! Many WHO know How to - study another Language - Can learn another One Quicker ! In Europe You hear - many languages All The Time ! IT just takes Time to know HOW ! Helppoa kun SEN OSAA !

[@Saeshmea]

This gives me hope ^_^ I'm moving to Finland in 6 months and have been learning the basics of Finnish on my own... SO frustrating! :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Start practicing with Finns. You will get good fast if you do that.

[@indigogolf3051]

Wow, his pronounciation is excellent.

[@AleksiHimself]

Indeed!

[@electrorganix]

great video, cheers :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment electrorganix!

[@norttiabid5610]

Motivational video !! Haha im from morocco and i start learning Finnish one year ago and Then i give up .. but this video make me to Motivated to open my Finnish book again ... thääänks for this video

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment and good luck learning Finnish!

[@user-qj2oh4vp6l]

Noureddine tvpranks no mitä osaat suomeksi?

[@jaakkohintsala2597]

rispektit 👍

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! ^^

[@sanfy9654]

Mitä helkaa

[@thelasttrumpet2915]

So much intelligence placed at that table. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪, hyvää päivää!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks!

[@poohspaws8976]

I am really really impressed with this guy. I speak two languages fluently (not Finnish though) and maybe the basics of three others. I think it is impressive to speak this well and understand a complete unknown language as well as this guy does in less than a year.

[@AleksiHimself]

When this video was filmed, he already had been speaking for five years, so back then he wasn't as good as now, but he still could say that he could speak and understand Finnish.

[@mikegehre570]

Wow! I'm impressed. Good going, Raul! Es un milagro! I have been to Helsinki and I speak German, but Finnish was very foreign. I likened it to Swedish and Norwegian

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! Finnish is much different from the rest of the European languages as it comes from a different language family.

[@sanekabc]

That is fast for learning any language well. Wow!

[@AleksiHimself]

I hope it gives some motivation for you. ;)

[@alaric_]

I think that the finnish people feel like it's much more courteous to speak english than finnish. That foreigner might feel embarrassed because of the the mistakes that are about to happen and because of it, the english is better because it's neutral (both makes mistakes) or that only the finnish makes the mistakes. In a sense, they are trying to save pro-actively the foreigners from embarrassment, not realizing they are making things worse. Also one big reason is, for some finnish, that they so rarely get the chance to speak english that they also would like to have the chance to practice. However, that being said, no finnish is going to decline if asked to speak finnish. It's just the first assumption about what the common language will be and if asked, they will all accommodate.

[@AleksiHimself]

I gotta say agree, but Finns have to be persistently asked in order to get them to speak Finnish, some times on each encounter. :D

[@ohgoshitzlin]

A true hero.

[@ewelinakopystynska4572]

My huspand works with that "kone"😄

[@noakuu393]

My parents are Finnish, and I’ve spoken Finnish at home since I was a baby. I’m an adult now and he already speaks significantly better than I do! I can’t lie I’m a little jealous and want to improve my speech. I really need to find a course that would help with that

[@AleksiHimself]

If you want to improve your speaking skills, you need to speak with someone. I recommend inexpensive 1-on-1 lessons on Italki aleksihimself.com/italki

[@maryseeker7590]

This is neat!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Mary Seacross!

[@mattturner7531]

Raul's got lots of neurons firing. One smart dude. Sounds like my late grandfather - fully cultured Wirkkala.

[@Hrng270]

Raúl congrats to talk finnish well ya represents all latines talking this Hard, exotic and rich, pretty idiom.🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻👍👍👍

[@danielkelly6682]

My motivation! Olen muuten Jamaikalainen

[@Nativestyles]

Dude! Lol love it!

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@bb3ca201]

Even Raul's accent is perfect! Well done! Minä asun Kanadassa ja haluan opiskella suomea parempi :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitos kommentista Robert!

[@morishidol4209]

R W Paremmin😈

[@moemountain5405]

Very cool. My wife is Suomi. I am learning slowly but good

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@saudalfaisal30]

Congrats Raul. I'm still stuck in suomen kieli😯

[@AleksiHimself]

Keep learning, keep learning smarter and don't give up.

[@TheWariu]

Respect

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff! 😃🙌

[@amarug]

This is insane, no idea how anyone can get this native-like in Finnish. Probably one of about 10 people in the world 😂

[@RoadRunnerMeep]

Your vieos are always awesome Alexsi, I think I'm always switching between you and 4 others as they stop me getting so bored. I need to find some finnish penpals, you can only pick up so much from google translate. Finnish sounds Italian to me with some of the words

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Road Runner!

[@Turnsnap]

hei Aleksi, kiitos kaikki sun videoista. mä halun muutta Suomen ja opiskella Turussa. olen puoli suomalainen mutta en voinu saada kansalaisuuta. olen tutkinut paljon mutta on vielä pari kysymystä . jos voidaamme puhu sähköpostin kautta se ois mahtava. anteeks, mä ymmärrän että kaikki youtuberit saa tälaisia kommentit aina, mut olisin uskomattoman​ kiitollinen jos mä voisin kysy experttista neuvoja. tuhansia kiitoksia ja paljon onnea

[@AleksiHimself]

Moi Erik ja kiitti kommentista! Joo kysy ihmeessä. Löydät mun yhteystiedot tuosta "tietoja"-osiosta. :)

[@hennahallikainen711]

Also my Italian friend learned fluent Finnish in one year.. you can do it if you are motivated.

[@bintangbenua]

Mexican native language (Nahuatl) and Suomi are similar phonologically and gramatically. Both don't pronounce consonant b,d,g except for loanwords and both are agglunative. Old brotherhood of Siberian people, Uralic and Aztec. Hopefully, Mexican could revive Nahuatl as official language of Mexico as Finnish could revive Suomi after they used Swedish as their official language 300 years ago.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment domar lolodi!

[@davidk5954]

The guy of the video most certainly doesn't speak any Nahuatl.

[@bintangbenua]

@@davidk5954 Of course he doesn't speak anything of Nahuatl

[@eldakka2163]

B,d,g are all pronoinced in finnish. And the ones using swedish back then were only small minority with power whilst the normal finns used finnish and couldn't speak a word in swedish

[@markuskuisma5570]

@@eldakka2163 Spoken Finnish used not to have those letters pronounced, even some decades ago people did not pronounce them. Many words including those letters were borrowed from other languages (e.g.banaani, digitaalinen, gerbiili).

[@paolasolano3344]

I'm mexican and this is awesome 😨 finnish sounds super hard to speak. Great video🙌

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Paola Solano!

[@oona7099]

Siis Raul puhuu ihan sika sujuvasti suomea! 😃👏👏

[@AleksiHimself]

Niin tekee!

[@JonneNumeroYksi]

Vitun hyvä äijä Raul!

[@AleksiHimself]

Jep!

[@1982aromerom]

I want to clarify that in te-office only lets you do the courses if less than 3 years ago that you live in filandia and it does not matter if you have been working before and did not have the time to study that are intensive courses of many hours

[@AleksiHimself]

Alright so new people can take this then.

[@nicollegomez3811]

Raúl, estoy estupefacta 😍

[@lumiahtisaari148]

Raúl, eres mi héroe! Yo viví en Loppi un año y pasé tanto trabajo para aprender Finlandés. Admiro tu desempeño, qué inspiración hermano!! Onnea

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment!

[@trotyi2562]

Y si aprendiste al final?

[@lumiahtisaari148]

@@trotyi2562 Sí! No super fluido porque todos querían practicar su inglés conmigo entocnes no todo el mundo me ayudaba, pero la verdad que si me quedaba un poco más y estudiaba, lo lograba perfectamente.

[@trotyi2562]

@@lumiahtisaari148 osea que el tipo del vídeo habla en serio como verdadero nativo, tú qué opinas? Me sorprende porque allá todos hablan inglés no? Yo también quisiera aprender fines pero sin maestros, crees que lo logré?

[@lumiahtisaari148]

@@trotyi2562 Este chico del vídeo es impresionante. No tiene ni acento. Allá casi todo el mundo habla o al menos entiende inglés, sí. Pero a muchos les da vergüenza hablarlo. Puedes aprender finlandés sin profesor, claro, pero sabiendo que 3s más difícil. Pero tienes que estudiar mucho. Puedes comenzar con los vídeos de Finnish Pod 101 que están en KZbin, luego te recomiendo que compres algún libro para aprender y te inscribas en un app como Tándem para que hables con nativos y ellos ayudan. Al final del día, cómo cualquier otro idioma, la inmersión es lo que más ayuda. Puedes aprender por tu cuenta bastante vocabulario y las conjugaciones básicas. Luego los casos gramaticales, las excepciones a las reglas, la entonación y las conjugaciones especiales son mayor reto. Pero poco a poco se logra. Una cosa que debes saber que es hay un idioma escrito y otro hablado. El hablado es mucho más corto y lleva jerga. Si escucha música o ver películas de niños en finés, debes saber que las palabras pueden verse y sonar distinto a lo que estás aprendiendo en los libros y es por eso.

[@olli_k]

Raul's first bit was so much like a true Finn... 0:28 Then again at 0:38, typical of many Finns when explaining something. He has great pronunciation and he has really grasped the language in a short time!

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! He indeed has!

[@JesperSalama]

Raul on kyllä yllättävän taitava puhuja! Propsit hänelle 😎

[@AleksiHimself]

Samaa mieltä!

[@barendborrelworst3850]

Wow, great how het speaks it do well. I try to speak it for a couple of years now, cause it sounds great. Puhun suomea nyt, mutta, se on vähän. Minulla on vähän aika opettelen Soumea tällä hetkellä. In a couple of years i will visit Finland, hope i get to learn a bit faster then...

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment! Tsemppiä suomen kielen kanssa!

[@thepracticalmagicoffrugall3017]

hahaha....the partitive plural is Hard!!! For me, it is one of the most difficult parts of Finnish! I am so surprised that Aleksi is so surprised at that . I guess we can't see through our own language. I am a native English speaker and had NO IDEA how messed up English spelling was until my kid was learning to spell. I guess I blocked out the trauma.😅

[@AleksiHimself]

After having taught Finnish, I do understand why people struggle with it. 😁

[@Jopsulainen]

Kaveri puhuu aivan loistavaa Suomea. Hatunnoston arvoinen suoritus. Hienoa :)

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista! ^^

[@AleksiHimself]

Pris Sauvage you can check my video about WordDive. You can start learning Finnish at home. ;)

[@iceFate666]

Finnish language have so much similar words with lithuanian , many of them were taken so i think it will be not that bad for me to learn it but grammar , i think i will cry :D

[@Hrng270]

Finish its, now in few moments i was heard finnish podcast, focus on phonetics, in phonetical way,aspect remenbers a little spanish, basco, navarro, little paused, slowly and when finnish is spoken fast remenbers karelian, veps, jurchen and tocharian in many times. Ive heard quenya too its based on finnish, its a tonal semi tonal idiom in a volume moderated. Finnic uralic idiom in fact.

[@emppuv6083]

I'm finnish and came to watch this for fun, but it gave me hope in learning french, that I might be fluent with good pronounciation someday

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff!

[@oye8585]

Me too i studied finnish at TE. The difficult part about finnish is the formal and colloquial forms. As we study the formal form it is difficult for us to understand the colloquial form because as students we are use to the formal form. The translation doesnt fit with what they are saying on some parts. 😁

[@matiaskoivu5871]

Basic rule, use that language, no mater how well u speak or read... Do not use your any other language, if not need. Read more and more. Read loud also. Respect all who speak finnish.

[@AleksiHimself]

Good tips!

[@holoholopainen1627]

The Method is Called Uuno TURHAPURO ! Uuno Finally Gets a Job at Spains / Costa Del Sol - and Need to know Spanish ! He STARTS - to forget ( loose on purpose ) His FIRST LANGUAGE ! Have You seen any ? / UUNO is Great - like When He Goes to Finnish MILITARY Movie is The Most Cinema seen Movie at ALL TIME ! He Didnt receice OSCAR for This - but It was Close ! JÖRN DONNER is The Only Finn - That has Received an Hollywood OSCAR !

[@jarocari_0693]

I'm a Mexican girl in love to Finland culture (including language) 😍🇫🇮! I know it's a difficult language, but too beautiful and interesting... Aleksi, did you trying to learn Spanish? ;)

[@AleksiHimself]

Hello Jazmin. I know you're always engaging my Facebook posts. :P I haven't learned Spanish yet, but love to start one day.

[@holoholopainen1627]

Hola - We would ALL LOVE to speak Spanish ! Are You in Europe or at Home in Mexico ? Listen to a Song called MARADONA by Teflon Brothers ! The Song is called Summer of 86 ! This year TB are taking part of Eurovision Song QContest with PANDORA ! She is from Sweden but is learning suomi too ! Have You ever watched DARUDE RUN - Sandstorm - at Downtown Helsinki ? Hasta Lluego

[@leslie7200]

Herranen aika ku äijähä puhuu kuin mikäki suomalainen, tosi isot propsit hälle, ei ees kuulu aksenttia puheessa :o

[@AleksiHimself]

Tarpeeks ku treeenaa vaan. :P

[@Darianka7565]

Estoy muy impresionada!!! Una motivación definitivamente para continuar estudiando finlandés. Does he have an Instagram or something to get in contact with him for some advices?

[@Gabranthh]

Wow he is really good

[@AleksiHimself]

He is!

[@squeekyclean1644]

Awesome, I'm hispanic and I speak fluent Russian, and currently learning German & Swedish [will likely surpass my spanish]. In fact my spanish [original tongue language] is only intermediate lol since I never had proper schooling for it just what my parents spoke. But the other languages were properly trained. Ohh and of course english is native.

[@EchelonIV]

Helvetin hyvää suomea kyllä. Ei voi muuta sanoa. Varsinki tongue twisterit ku kaikki noi oli yhdyssanoja ja suorilta löysi yksittäiset sanat sieltä. Aivan mahtavaa. :D

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista!

[@nakkijamakka]

Mahtavaa

[@AleksiHimself]

^^

[@PaiviProject]

Wow todella hyvin Suomea puhuit. Oli oikein kiva kuunnella ! Kaipaatko niita mexican ilmastoja ? Mitas talvesta tykkaat ? Kiva video. Kiitos 💗🇫🇮

[@AleksiHimself]

Kiitti kommentista Paivi Project!

[@lpsemilie1623]

Omg Mä rakasta Mexicoa, hyvää ruokaa, ja itse opiskelen espanjaa, joten se voi olla osa syyllinen :).

[@AleksiHimself]

Mahtavaa!

[@LotusofDeathSyndicateGTA]

Raul kirjaimellisesti sano noita kieli juttuja paremmin ku minä välillä Raul literally said some of those tongue twisters better than me

[@valleydog9102]

I'm a Finn who moved to Canada as a boy. His Finnish is better than mine. I can't detect an accent in Raul's Finnish and he sure can roll those "rrrrr"'s. El perrito.

[@AleksiHimself]

Thanks for the comment Valley Dog!

[@Raniss_Plays]

Hey i am mexican too and i'm learning finnish, 😃

[@AleksiHimself]

Good stuff! 😃🙌