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.
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.
Ookkey, I've just started to learn Finnish. My mother thounge is Turkish and after spending a week learning Finnish, I got the power of seing some similar points... Those 3 sentences above are
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
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 .?!👍
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
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
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!
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!
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. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
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!
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
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.
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.
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...😀
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.
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...
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
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... !!!
This is definitely my favourite type of videos! Kiitos! I know these are probably taking a lot of time! We appreciate your work man! 🙏😇
Good stuff!
Kiitos, Aleksi! Siisti video
Kiitti!
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.
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.
Thanks for another video! Love these video's about phrases, showing the difference between standard and spoken Finnish.
It’s the perfect phrase to say to one of our Finnish buds for sure. Kittos!
Ookkey, I've just started to learn Finnish. My mother thounge is Turkish and after spending a week learning Finnish, I got the power of seing some similar points...
Those 3 sentences above are
Kiitos Paljon Aleksi!
This is great. You are helping me recover my Finnish (I used to speak it many years ago)
Good stuff! 😃🙌
Kiitos! These videos make so much easier learning Finnish! :D
Good stuff!
You are so brilliant at explaining :) Thank you for this video!
Moi Aleksi! Definitely one of my favorite videos !
Kiitos paljon ! Musta oot kiva 🤗
Hyvä homma!
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
As Uralic languages, Finnish and Hungarian are like distant cousins
will definitely use the bonus phrase awesome video!
Omg you’re going so fast. I have a Finnish bud who claims he’s a lumberjack and has land in Lapland ❤
Awesome tutorial !... really helpful
Glad to hear that!
Great video + lots of useful content wohoo!! :D
Yeah! 😀
Good stuff 😎 Kiitos Aleksi
Kiitos tästä videosta !
Ole hyvä!
Good video aleksi you are helping us kiitos
Finnish slang! Great stuff!
Thank you,i am from italy but i love Finland 💙
Kiitos paljon ..
Kiitos Paljon Aleksi!Such a great video.😍
Ole hyvä!
Thanks aleksi 👌❤️ you are so patient to explain
Thanks!
Good Job Aleksi
I am learning so much From you
Keep it up buddy
Great video !!
Glad you enjoyed it
Keep it up, Aleksi! This is super helpful
Thanks for the comment Dan&Dani Around the Globe!
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 .?!👍
I love it! Very easy and usefull! Kiitos
Good stuff!
Awesome, Aleksi, I learned a lot today! 👏🏻👍🏻❤️
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
Hyvä homma!
Hurraa! Osaat suomee!
👍👍
Kiitos muuten
I LOVE EVERY SINGLE VIDEO OF YOU AND I LOVE YOU AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA YOU’RE SO AWESOOOOOOOME
Good stuff!
Thanks, this was so useful.
You're welcome!
Cheers.
Kiitos paljon, Aleksi! Siisti video! Nice language hacks!
Thanks for the comment All Things Nordic!
@@AleksiHimself Give us more about suomenkieli! :)
Hanna is also a Finnish female name. Yes I am learning very much.
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.
And three beers kolme kaljAAA, and so on.....
Will do an semester abroad in Finnland this winter and the only thing i know so far is: Perkele
That's a good start!
You say very good. I like it.
Thanks for the comment Nina Badrummonir!
Very good
Kiitos!
Eipä kestä!
Great video!
And I will try
Puhekieli ja kirjakieli ovat niin erilaisia että mun täytyy oppia kaks kieltä🙈
Kiitos kiinnostavasta videosta ja terveisiä saksasta suomeen! 😉
+Tobias v. B. Kiitos kommentista ja terveisiä sinnekin!
Yks pulla, kiitos! I'm really curious to try pulla when I go there! What is it like?
I love it and so you will you!
for kuittia I always just say en tarvi, kiitos!
That works too!
Do more samilar videos in future , please !
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
Most likely I was there!
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!
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!
Good stuff!
The law obliges them to ask and offer the receipt.
In spoken finnish you could say Mää oon aivan kuitti I' m really exhausted.
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. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Hey Aleksi, do you get to see the Northern lights in Finland? If so when is a great time and place to see them?
Yes. ,mostly in the north but sometimes in the south too. Usually in the winter.
@@AleksiHimself Thanks, will you do a video on this please?
Yeiiiii !! Another great video ! :) Greetings from Mexico
oh nice now i can say "hi it's been a while" to my finnish friend kiitos aleksi !
Great!
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!
No kannattaa kuunnella suomalaisisa videoita.
@@jonneturtinen4315 I'm trying, but you talk to fast and I am learning standard Finnish mostly hahaha
”En tarvi kuuttia, kiitos” is what K-market, Lidl, S-market and Alepa all have in common!
Me from Thailand but you said so easy
You can translate "siisti" even more literally as "neat". "Siisti paita!"="Neat shirt!" Neat, sweet, cool, etc.
Good point!
great vi
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.
You just had bad luck there.
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
Kiitti kommentista NellasxElensar!
What or why is there a difference between standard Finnish and spoken Finnish?
In America SISU would translate to ELAN, fighting spirit.
Siisti derives from Russian чистый "chistyi" = clean, tidy
Сигизмунд .... and leipä derives from Russian hleba, don't know the kyrillian letters.
@@barbershop2536 hleb=хлеб=leib (viroksi)
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.
Good explanation but it would be nice if you change the background for a Finnish scenery :D
The background is very Finnish, it's a Marimekko design.
Can u help me how to learn speak Finnish language, please 🙏🙏
I used the Metsuri line, was told “ Suomi, Finland, Perkele.
Good stuff! 😃🙌
sä ot super
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.
@@teacoffee42 Yeah but he lived in Finland. I think OP is referring to someone who doesn't live in Finland.
Vesihiisi sihisi hississä. Try say that fast. I am finnish and it's difficulty for me too :D
That's a tough one!
Hmm Watersomething something in the elevator? haha
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...😀
😂 he answered what I was going to ask, musta=black.
Nice!
What is the difference between kalja(a) and olut?
They mean the same thing but olut is more like a dictionary word and kalja more casual.
Ihana oppitunti !
Finnish names are very funny.
Thanks for the comment Nöu Bräxxitt!
MORJESTA tarkoittaa myös Hi ,joten voinko käyttää tätä kun puhun opettajani kanssa? Haluaisin tietää että se on kohtelias tai epäkohtelias.
Mun mielestä voit käyttää!
@@AleksiHimself paljon kiitoksia🥰
I really wanna know the story behind this lumberjack thing
I heard once an American saying this. 😄
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.
Thank you! Are you a finnish man?
Yes I am!
Kiitos
Kiitti kommentista Elias Njetski!
Siisti!!! Keep the vids coming!!!
Thanks for the comment Jeff Middleton!
this got me one step closer to the Finnish line...
...ok i'll see myself out...
I love learning Finnish but I just can't roll the r properly 😩
Do an impression of a tiger
I only know one sentence in Finnish : saanko tarjotta olutta . My Finnish friends think it is enough
😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹
Good stuff! 😃🙌
I love this but could you speak more slowly...I am an american Finn trying to learn my native language:}
You can use the slowdown feature on the UA-cam player.
Finnish just sounds intuitive.
Good stuff!
2:30 couldn't you also say: mitä kuuluuu?
Sure!
musta kulli mun perseessä on
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...
Me watching this being fluent in Finnish 👁👄👁
Good stuff! 😃🙌
Ei kuittia, kiitos! = No receipt please
Even shorter ;)
Too much language for people who don’t like to speak much when sober lol
Miusta!! Mie!!! ??
Can you not just say Sisti as a compliment?
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
Why can’t you say en
Isn't what he calls "spoken Finnish" actually the Helsinki dialect? If so, then he is a bit misleading.
Perhaps Helsingin slangi is influencing spoken Finnish more broadly because of mass media?
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... !!!
You have good intentions but it is too fast to understand
You can slow down the playback Speed from the settings.
musta blah blah blah.
kyllä!