EASY Finnish Phrases - Sound like a Finn with these 10 Phrases!

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  • In this video I will teach you 10 common Finnish phrases in spoken Finnish. These are easy, simple, natural and frequently used so make sure to get these down. Find your Finnish speaking partner on Italki: go.italki.com/aleksihimself
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 173

  • @marijavelickovic8740
    @marijavelickovic8740 5 років тому +30

    This is definitely my favourite type of videos! Kiitos! I know these are probably taking a lot of time! We appreciate your work man! 🙏😇

  • @jancovanderwesthuizen8070
    @jancovanderwesthuizen8070 5 років тому +23

    Kiitos, Aleksi! Siisti video

  • @KalloSkull
    @KalloSkull 5 років тому +17

    For some context: "siisti" and "siistiä" actually directly comes from the use of "neat" in English. And "viilee" and "viileetä" directly comes from "cool". But over time they've kinda gotten mixed up and can be used for the same meaning. In English, you might find that saying "neat" instead of "cool" will make you kinda sound like you're trying too hard. In Finnish, it's kinda the opposite, where "siistiä" sounds a bit more natural.
    Also important to remember that spoken Finnish can differ a lot depending on which dialect is spoken in the area. If you speak an Eastern Finnish dialect in Western Finland, for example, you will sound VERY non-local. In the most unlucky case, you might not even be understood. If you travel even 50-100km away from your local area, you will probably find at least some common words that are practically unheard of in your own area.

    • @anetteh5615
      @anetteh5615 5 років тому

      Yes, that's actually really accurate. Living on the western coast of Finland, went about 150km (?) east and felt hella stupid while trying to communicate with other people nor listening to others speak lol.

  • @sidbilly5220
    @sidbilly5220 5 років тому +9

    Thanks for another video! Love these video's about phrases, showing the difference between standard and spoken Finnish.

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому +1

    It’s the perfect phrase to say to one of our Finnish buds for sure. Kittos!

  • @bethanyjollands2115
    @bethanyjollands2115 3 роки тому +1

    You are so brilliant at explaining :) Thank you for this video!

  • @gabrielacarlon3953
    @gabrielacarlon3953 5 років тому +1

    Moi Aleksi! Definitely one of my favorite videos !
    Kiitos paljon ! Musta oot kiva 🤗

  • @lgfrades
    @lgfrades 5 років тому

    Awesome, Aleksi, I learned a lot today! 👏🏻👍🏻❤️

  • @ms.elisabet845
    @ms.elisabet845 5 років тому +2

    Good stuff 😎 Kiitos Aleksi

  • @danilolaurindo
    @danilolaurindo 5 років тому

    Keep it up, Aleksi! This is super helpful

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      Thanks for the comment Dan&Dani Around the Globe!

  • @alexeysoloviev2924
    @alexeysoloviev2924 5 років тому

    Kiitos paljon! So much to learn! Please do more videos like this one!

  • @amazingchannel7926
    @amazingchannel7926 3 роки тому

    Kiitos Paljon Aleksi!Such a great video.😍

  • @simplywatashi
    @simplywatashi 9 місяців тому

    Kiitos Paljon Aleksi!

  • @chuka331
    @chuka331 5 років тому +1

    will definitely use the bonus phrase awesome video!

  • @claudiagonzalezcaceres3254
    @claudiagonzalezcaceres3254 5 років тому +3

    Kiitos! These videos make so much easier learning Finnish! :D

  • @elormk.h.9982
    @elormk.h.9982 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome tutorial !... really helpful

  • @FigtherDiana
    @FigtherDiana 5 років тому

    Thanks aleksi 👌❤️ you are so patient to explain

  • @emadaljayal9561
    @emadaljayal9561 5 років тому +1

    Good Job Aleksi
    I am learning so much From you
    Keep it up buddy

  • @jaferaslanhafez5008
    @jaferaslanhafez5008 5 років тому +1

    Good video aleksi you are helping us kiitos

  • @ayu_nippon
    @ayu_nippon 5 років тому +1

    I love it! Very easy and usefull! Kiitos

  • @user-fl4mj1bv1t
    @user-fl4mj1bv1t 25 днів тому

    Kiitos tästä videosta !

  • @18v3o1fian7jgde
    @18v3o1fian7jgde 3 роки тому

    Thanks, this was so useful.

  • @wowjef
    @wowjef 2 роки тому +1

    This is great. You are helping me recover my Finnish (I used to speak it many years ago)

  • @alexkovachevich1694
    @alexkovachevich1694 5 років тому

    Great video!

  • @allthingsnordic15
    @allthingsnordic15 5 років тому

    Kiitos paljon, Aleksi! Siisti video! Nice language hacks!

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому +1

      Thanks for the comment All Things Nordic!

    • @allthingsnordic15
      @allthingsnordic15 5 років тому

      @@AleksiHimself Give us more about suomenkieli! :)

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Omg you’re going so fast. I have a Finnish bud who claims he’s a lumberjack and has land in Lapland ❤

  • @Agriking
    @Agriking 5 років тому +2

    Finnish slang! Great stuff!

  • @KatChats.
    @KatChats. 5 років тому +9

    Great video + lots of useful content wohoo!! :D

  • @tuyetanhnguyenngoc6179
    @tuyetanhnguyenngoc6179 5 років тому

    I LOVE EVERY SINGLE VIDEO OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU’RE SO AWESOOOOOOOME

  • @vitosyyrialainen2584
    @vitosyyrialainen2584 Рік тому

    Kiitos paljon ..

  • @Sylalyn_McFish
    @Sylalyn_McFish 3 роки тому

    Kiitos!

  • @ivrishcon-abarth38
    @ivrishcon-abarth38 5 років тому +4

    If you want two beers remember: "Kaks kaljaA", "Yks kalja" when using singular. Also, this only works with the amount of one or two, Yksi tai Kaksi.

    • @barbershop2536
      @barbershop2536 3 роки тому +1

      And three beers kolme kaljAAA, and so on.....

  •  3 роки тому

    Hi! Thanks for the tips!! I've heard of this one 🤣🤣 "let's go lehmät sonnilla seisoo" how safe / unsafe is using it? Since I was told that is too strong / impolite (translated to my language Spanish, does not sound too strong, though) thanks!

  • @ninabadrummonir5202
    @ninabadrummonir5202 5 років тому

    You say very good. I like it.

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      Thanks for the comment Nina Badrummonir!

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Very good

  • @BassCarmen
    @BassCarmen 2 роки тому

    Thank you,i am from italy but i love Finland 💙

  • @Gungnir762
    @Gungnir762 3 роки тому

    Cheers.

  • @SneakingServant
    @SneakingServant 5 років тому +2

    Aleksi! Any chance you were in Helsinki 2 or 3 days ago? I was in Kamppi and I saw a guy that looked a lot like you! I wanted to say hi and thank you for the video - but then I couldn't, I moved in Finland because I'm almost shy and introvert as a Finn, so instead I just stayed there staring weirdly at you, incapable of deciding what to do :D

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Hanna is also a Finnish female name. Yes I am learning very much.

  • @bettyakkemaai5499
    @bettyakkemaai5499 Рік тому

    Thank you so much . I like the video it was super again . But i tend to mistake 2 words .
    Haluan is "I want to"
    ihailla to admire .. something .
    And now I've bin reading ..
    Ihana and I thought it was " I admire" but it's lovely or super nice , then .?!👍

  • @jaferaslanhafez5008
    @jaferaslanhafez5008 5 років тому

    And I will try

  • @quemarioo
    @quemarioo 3 роки тому

    Yks pulla, kiitos! I'm really curious to try pulla when I go there! What is it like?

  • @angelamartin3884
    @angelamartin3884 5 років тому

    great vi

  • @user-gx7qi4ee1e
    @user-gx7qi4ee1e 5 років тому +2

    Do more samilar videos in future , please !

  • @Stweak
    @Stweak 5 років тому

    oh nice now i can say "hi it's been a while" to my finnish friend kiitos aleksi !

  • @sinsinter7814
    @sinsinter7814 3 роки тому +1

    As a hungarian, out of your sentences I found these similar words:
    - mita ----> mi?
    -menne ----> menni
    on ----> van
    kahvi ----> kávé (but its universal)
    en -----> nem
    mennaan ------>mennyünk

    • @shadetreader
      @shadetreader Рік тому

      As Uralic languages, Finnish and Hungarian are like distant cousins

  • @pamelakilponen3682
    @pamelakilponen3682 5 років тому +1

    for kuittia I always just say en tarvi, kiitos!

  • @miriampeniche8911
    @miriampeniche8911 5 років тому +1

    Yeiiiii !! Another great video ! :) Greetings from Mexico

  • @hanna.nguyen
    @hanna.nguyen Рік тому

    ”En tarvi kuuttia, kiitos” is what K-market, Lidl, S-market and Alepa all have in common!

  • @tomibgt
    @tomibgt 5 років тому +1

    You can translate "siisti" even more literally as "neat". "Siisti paita!"="Neat shirt!" Neat, sweet, cool, etc.

  • @_setbes
    @_setbes 3 роки тому +1

    Kiitos että teit tämän videon mä voin nyt puhuu suomee todella hyvä niin mä haluisin tilata, tykätä! Niin joo.. kiitos muutenkin että teit niin olet todella hyvä kiva

  • @tobiasv.b.8761
    @tobiasv.b.8761 4 роки тому

    Puhekieli ja kirjakieli ovat niin erilaisia että mun täytyy oppia kaks kieltä🙈
    Kiitos kiinnostavasta videosta ja terveisiä saksasta suomeen! 😉

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  4 роки тому

      +Tobias v. B. Kiitos kommentista ja terveisiä sinnekin!

  • @stefansantokhie2513
    @stefansantokhie2513 5 років тому

    Wow.....so this vid taught me so much. There are two forms of Finnish. Standard and regular spoken. My name is- Minun Nimeon, How are you- Mitää kuuluu. It is both interesting and super confusing. The class is teaching me one thing and it still feels so alien. 😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @tribequest9
    @tribequest9 5 років тому

    Hey Aleksi, do you get to see the Northern lights in Finland? If so when is a great time and place to see them?

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      Yes. ,mostly in the north but sometimes in the south too. Usually in the winter.

    • @tribequest9
      @tribequest9 5 років тому

      @@AleksiHimself Thanks, will you do a video on this please?

  • @tia9710
    @tia9710 5 років тому +2

    Hey Aleksi! I am learning Finnish now, and I am learning standard Finnish for the beginnig, and my teacher said its better if i learn standard finnish first and then spoken. It is difficult for me to remember words, but I know and understand how grammar works.
    Weird, right?
    If you have any advice,please help! 😅
    Kiitti, moi moi!

    • @jonneturtinen4315
      @jonneturtinen4315 5 років тому +2

      No kannattaa kuunnella suomalaisisa videoita.

    • @tia9710
      @tia9710 5 років тому

      @@jonneturtinen4315 I'm trying, but you talk to fast and I am learning standard Finnish mostly hahaha

  • @geert1583
    @geert1583 5 років тому

    I wish to have known the example of 'kuitti' already last week. This week was my first time in Finland, and soon I was wondering why cashiers ask if you want a receipt. But still good to know for the next time, thanks for the video!

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      Good stuff!

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL 5 років тому

      The law obliges them to ask and offer the receipt.

    • @barbershop2536
      @barbershop2536 3 роки тому

      In spoken finnish you could say Mää oon aivan kuitti I' m really exhausted.

  • @NellasxElensar
    @NellasxElensar 4 роки тому

    Hehee, todellaki tulee käytettyä _En tarvii kuittii, kiitti_ aika lailla päivittäin 😄 Terkut Pohjois-Karjalasta! Mahtavaa ku nii moni ulkomaalanen on kiinnostunu Suomesta ja suomen kielestä 😊 Hienoo työtä teet näitten videoitten kanssa :3

  • @zellfam
    @zellfam 2 роки тому +1

    What or why is there a difference between standard Finnish and spoken Finnish?

  • @suthimajintrachan8296
    @suthimajintrachan8296 4 роки тому

    Me from Thailand but you said so easy

  • @femandres2097
    @femandres2097 2 роки тому

    Can u help me how to learn speak Finnish language, please 🙏🙏

  • @jeffmiddleton9259
    @jeffmiddleton9259 5 років тому

    Siisti!!! Keep the vids coming!!!

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      Thanks for the comment Jeff Middleton!

  • @millag93
    @millag93 5 років тому

    Aleksi, do you know a foreigner whose Finnish is good? Like, on a scale 1-10, close to 10 and not with bad accent/small vocabularity.
    I want to learn Finnish just for fun (not wanting to emigrate or something :D), but I'm kinda discouraged by all the comments saying that Finnish is impossible language for foreigners, or that they always sound funny when they speak it, etc.

    • @SocialistFinn1
      @SocialistFinn1 5 років тому

      @@teacoffee42 Yeah but he lived in Finland. I think OP is referring to someone who doesn't live in Finland.

  • @user-gx7qi4ee1e
    @user-gx7qi4ee1e 5 років тому +1

    Ihana oppitunti !

  • @aardvark8127
    @aardvark8127 4 роки тому

    I once spoke some Finnish to a Finn, he accused me of being Swedish got a shock when I told him where I was really from.

  • @b6983832
    @b6983832 11 місяців тому

    Puhekieltä opetetaan toisaalta liikaa ulkomaalaisille, joka johtaa usein tilanteeseen, jossa ulkomaalainen kielenoppija käyttää liian familiaaria rekisteriä muodollisissa tilanteissa, ja kuulostaa teini-ikäiseltä kavereiden kesken, vaikka ikää onkin lähes 50 vuotta, ja paikkana virasto. Suomessahan on tämä eri rekisterien ongelma, joka johtuu pääasiallisesti suomen yleiskielen oppitekoisuudesta.
    Tutustuin kerran vähän tarkemmin virolaisille tarkoitettuihin suomen oppikirjoihin (A1-B1 -tasoilla), joissa eräs tehtävämuoto oli kirjoittaa puhekieltä. Muuttaa yleiskielisiä lauseita puhekieleen kirjallisesti. Ei tällaista rekisteriä oikein ole suomen kielessä luonnollisesti. Kalle Anka yrittää jotain vastaavaa ruotsiksi, mutta edes Aku Ankka ei poikkea huolitellusta kirjakielestä Suomessa. Joka tapauksessa nämä esimerkit olivat niin paksua tamperetta, että alkoi oikein naurattaa. Virolaisparkahan tekisi itsensä aivan naurunalaiseksi Helsingissä tai Turussa, solkottaessaan puhdasta mansea!
    Sorry for writing in Finnish, but if you don´t understand Finnish enough to comprehend my posting, you would also not understand the concepts I am referring to.

  • @votilop-video
    @votilop-video Рік тому

    sä ot super

  • @tonyharty3666
    @tonyharty3666 5 років тому

    In America SISU would translate to ELAN, fighting spirit.

  • @oliverc.6415
    @oliverc.6415 5 років тому

    What is the difference between kalja(a) and olut?

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому +3

      They mean the same thing but olut is more like a dictionary word and kalja more casual.

  • @morganask4567
    @morganask4567 5 місяців тому

    I only know one sentence in Finnish : saanko tarjotta olutta . My Finnish friends think it is enough

  • @jennyrodriguez5727
    @jennyrodriguez5727 Рік тому

    😂 he answered what I was going to ask, musta=black.

  • @thetminkhantoo5271
    @thetminkhantoo5271 Рік тому

    MORJESTA tarkoittaa myös Hi ,joten voinko käyttää tätä kun puhun opettajani kanssa? Haluaisin tietää että se on kohtelias tai epäkohtelias.

  • @geographydragon3016
    @geographydragon3016 4 роки тому +2

    Finnish names are very funny.

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  4 роки тому

      Thanks for the comment Nöu Bräxxitt!

  • @gabrielamejenes7284
    @gabrielamejenes7284 5 років тому

    Good explanation but it would be nice if you change the background for a Finnish scenery :D

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому +1

      The background is very Finnish, it's a Marimekko design.

  • @annierouse9515
    @annierouse9515 5 років тому

    I really wanna know the story behind this lumberjack thing

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому

      I heard once an American saying this. 😄

    • @LeslieLanagan
      @LeslieLanagan 5 років тому +1

      It’s actually not an American freight, it’s a derivative of Monty Python, a British comedy group. Americans love “The Lumberjack Song,” where one of the lines is “I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok.” So, not exactly, but close enough. Most anyone in the UK or the United States will laugh at this line.

  • @mattigamer912
    @mattigamer912 2 роки тому

    2:30 couldn't you also say: mitä kuuluuu?

  • @eliasnjetski1146
    @eliasnjetski1146 5 років тому

    Kiitos

  • @mikapiipari3376
    @mikapiipari3376 5 років тому +6

    Vesihiisi sihisi hississä. Try say that fast. I am finnish and it's difficulty for me too :D

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  5 років тому +2

      That's a tough one!

    • @ramb0nat0r
      @ramb0nat0r 4 роки тому

      Hmm Watersomething something in the elevator? haha

    • @livinginthetropics8470
      @livinginthetropics8470 Рік тому

      I checked this out and got:
      1. The water pixie hissed in an elevator.
      2. The sea monster was hissing in the elevator.
      3. A water troll was hissing in the elevator.
      4. Water devil hissed in the elevator.
      5. The water spirit was hissing in the elevator.
      Safe to say something was hissing in the elevator. LOL...😀

  • @AnOriginalYouTuber
    @AnOriginalYouTuber 3 роки тому

    Finnish just sounds intuitive.

  • @user-lj8kg4jd1l
    @user-lj8kg4jd1l 3 роки тому +1

    Siisti derives from Russian чистый "chistyi" = clean, tidy

    • @barbershop2536
      @barbershop2536 3 роки тому

      Сигизмунд .... and leipä derives from Russian hleba, don't know the kyrillian letters.

    • @user-lj8kg4jd1l
      @user-lj8kg4jd1l 3 роки тому

      @@barbershop2536 hleb=хлеб=leib (viroksi)

  • @kftspss
    @kftspss 3 роки тому

    I love learning Finnish but I just can't roll the r properly 😩

  • @SomeOrdinaryJanitor
    @SomeOrdinaryJanitor Рік тому

    this got me one step closer to the Finnish line...
    ...ok i'll see myself out...

  • @ahmedaadily1986
    @ahmedaadily1986 2 роки тому

    😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @queenlyfrimps2307
    @queenlyfrimps2307 2 роки тому

    Thank you! Are you a finnish man?

  • @jillcassill8743
    @jillcassill8743 2 роки тому

    I love this but could you speak more slowly...I am an american Finn trying to learn my native language:}

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  2 роки тому +1

      You can use the slowdown feature on the UA-cam player.

  • @epiclemon9927
    @epiclemon9927 3 роки тому

    musta kulli mun perseessä on

  • @minad2883
    @minad2883 3 роки тому +1

    the reason why I really want to learn Finnish is that I want to have the possibility to live in Finnland someday when I will have my own kids because their education system and ideology is way more modern and effective than ours in Germany. Like as if 9 hours of school is helping you grow when it comes to life. Some of our teachers are so underqualified and old-fashioned...

  • @iirismaattala
    @iirismaattala 3 роки тому

    Miusta!! Mie!!! ??

  • @anelma.9540
    @anelma.9540 2 роки тому

    Me watching this being fluent in Finnish 👁👄👁

  • @Lunaholic94
    @Lunaholic94 3 роки тому

    Ei kuittia, kiitos! = No receipt please
    Even shorter ;)

  • @bror8228
    @bror8228 4 роки тому

    Nyt meni vähän pieleen... en oo kuullu kenenkään sanovan "en tarvi"... pitäis olla "en tarvii"...oon kyllä kuullu vastaavia "puolikielisyyksiä".... yks yritti väittää ihan pokkana että maailma tavataan mailma... esim. mailman ennätys... !!!

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Too much language for people who don’t like to speak much when sober lol

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Can you not just say Sisti as a compliment?

  • @squidwardDK
    @squidwardDK 3 роки тому

    Isn't what he calls "spoken Finnish" actually the Helsinki dialect? If so, then he is a bit misleading.

    • @shadetreader
      @shadetreader Рік тому

      Perhaps Helsingin slangi is influencing spoken Finnish more broadly because of mass media?

  • @anaabendroth3460
    @anaabendroth3460 5 місяців тому

    I would have watched this video all the way through but I couldn't deal with him waving his arms all the time. Really, dude, get some duct tape or rope or something and tame those things, lol

  • @jennifertiitinen9006
    @jennifertiitinen9006 8 місяців тому

    Why can’t you say en

  • @bobbiethompson6962
    @bobbiethompson6962 3 роки тому

    You have good intentions but it is too fast to understand

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  3 роки тому

      You can slow down the playback Speed from the settings.

  • @cathrynm
    @cathrynm 5 років тому

    musta blah blah blah.

  • @jodielevy7629
    @jodielevy7629 2 роки тому +1

    You speak way too fast!!!

    • @AleksiHimself
      @AleksiHimself  2 роки тому

      You can use the slow down feature by clicking the gear icon on the UA-cam player.

  • @tomdrayden7776
    @tomdrayden7776 3 роки тому

    i annoyed my friend with this video

  • @Katzinbootz365
    @Katzinbootz365 Рік тому

    Great video !!