Kiitos. On the a/ä thing (called vowel harmony): Vowels in finnish are either pronounced at the back, middle, or front of your mouth: Back Middle Front a e ä o i ö u y A basic word needs to have only back vowels or only front vowels, but middle vowels can go with both. So, if you have a word like SANOA, 'o' is a back vowel (and 'e' is a middle vowel so doesn't matter) so if you were to add a suffix on, it's vowels would have to be back (or middle) vowels also. So the letter 'ä' changes to its partner 'a', 'ö' goes to 'o', and 'y' goes to 'u'. So you have SANOVAT, with an 'a', not an 'ä'. And it's the same the other way around: with a word like KYSYÄ, which has 'y' and 'ä', both front vowels, other bits added have to be front also (if the vowels were originally back.) So it's KYSYVÄT. This only works for basic words, so a compound word like LOHIKÄÄRME (lohi [back] + käärme [front]) doesn't have to follow this rule, only the individual words in the compound have to follow it themselves, so one part can be all-back and the other part all-front. As Kat says, this makes the word easier and nicer to say. To research more, it's called vowel harmony.
This is starting to get exciting. I love it when something complex begins to show the patterns by which it was woven together. I also like your pace... not too fast and not too slow. Not too many examples; but just enough that are varied sufficiently to give you the sense of the special rules that sometimes apply.
Well done, once more you are doing a wonderful job at teaching the technical parts of the language. Watching your videos in combination with a course (They teach only in Finnish) have given me a solid understanding of how these, otherwise confusing technical things work :)
I think I’m blessed I watched your first two episodes yesterday hoping to get more and saw how long ago it was and I thought I’d lost all hope of learning Finnish verbs and you just upload this oh my god
I wish I would have had a teacher like you back in the days, when i was in a school. All this would have make a lot more sense back then. Just watched your video about a vowel harmony and learned something I never learned in a school. That was very interesting, thank you.
These videos are awesome. My first language is Hungarian and I always thought learning Finnish would be easy, but the two languages are definitely not as close as I thought they'd be. So thank you, and please keep them coming.
Nailed it. This is, for now, getting easier and clearer to understand. Kiitos paljon! I'm sure it will get harder. I like how you pause so that we have a moment to write down the answers. It's also Kool when you throw in a word but don't tell us the meaning, it's fun to look it up in my Finnish/ English dictionary, forces you to to a bit of leg work. Keep em coming. Maybe a learning video about asking directions! I know that I'll be needing that, entered a road race in Espoo for next September and I'll be flying in to Helsinki. 👍🙂
Thank you for these grammar videos!, It was all very clear!. I was learning Finnish by myself (or trying), But then i decided to sign up to a languages course (German, French, Italian and English), So i had to put Finnish on hiatus, But it has always been my favourite language, I think it's the coolest sounding language ever :p, Hopefully one day i can dedicate more time to it. Keep up the good work, You've always been my favourite Finnish channel :).
thank you so much for this very simple explanation! I'm just starting out and I caught myself thinking that I can't just learn the verb given in the list in my workbook. I need to know why it's form is different from other form and is there some system to it or is it irregular verb and so on. I could just learn it as a sound, but it feels random and doesn't stick, cause I need to put it on some imaginary shelf, which belongs in some particular shelf unit, if you know what I mean😅 the verb has to land on it's place from the very beginning or it ends up being that annoying word with a question mark. now I can grasp the logic, thank you♡♡
Great, now you just need to cover the other 5 verb types and consonant gradation in the nominative, then we can move into the second of 15 cases!!! Joking aside, these videos are really helpful as they are in small chunks, so we only have 1 or 2 key points to learn.
How about the verb “tulla” which means: to come. I have come across it in one of the finnish materials and it says: mina tullen / ma tuun, sina tullet / sa tuut? Is this one of those exceptions?
Half of the verb conjugation paradigm is drastically affordable for Italians or Russians. Very deep parallels between FU and IE. Essentially the same personal endings.
Moi. I just found your videos while learning Finnish so I can work there 😉 This is very helpful coz this is not in our manual ❤️ But I would like to ask for your help on how to conjugate verbs for the Colloquial (Informal) pronouns - Ma, Sa, Se, Me, Te, Ne. Does this rule apply to these too? Also, how the rules in conjugating other verbs like Olla, Kayda and Menna.. kiitos 🥰
hey! great video as usually, clear as daylight :D one question though: you can easily notice, that the pronounciation of the conjugated verbs is pretty much distinctive for each person and number (like in spanish, unlike in french); now my question is whether you can simply say e.g. 'kysyvät' ommiting the pronoun? can I, say, introduce myself by saying 'Olen Viruvor' instead of 'Minä olen Viruvor' ?
For "te" it's the same. You would say "te asutte Sipoossa" = You (plural) live in Sipoo For "me" you would actually usually use the passive form, so for example "me asumme Sipoossa" -> "me asutaan Sipoossa" = We live in Sipoo. Another example "me rakastamme sinua" -> "me rakastetaan sua" = We love you (I also changed sinua to sua which is the puhekieli version of sinua) For "he" the colloquial pronoun used a lot is "ne" and also the verb changes a bit, so it would turn from "he asuvat Sipoossa" -> "ne asuu Sipoossa" = They live in Sipoo. Another example is "he rakastavat sinua" -> "ne rakastaa sua" = They love you It's a lot but hope it makes a little sense xD
Can somebody answer plz? Hän syöö OR Hän syö which one is correct. My friend said if the ending is ö, we don't have to double it. I don't understand that.
In informal German you can also ommit the personal pronouns, but it's only common for the 1. person singular and 1. person plural. In a formal setting this would sound aweful. I think it's a result of the languages conjugating verbs. You know the pronoun by looking at the verb. :)
Kiitos. On the a/ä thing (called vowel harmony):
Vowels in finnish are either pronounced at the back, middle, or front of your mouth:
Back Middle Front
a e ä
o i ö
u y
A basic word needs to have only back vowels or only front vowels, but middle vowels can go with both. So, if you have a word like SANOA, 'o' is a back vowel (and 'e' is a middle vowel so doesn't matter) so if you were to add a suffix on, it's vowels would have to be back (or middle) vowels also. So the letter 'ä' changes to its partner 'a', 'ö' goes to 'o', and 'y' goes to 'u'. So you have SANOVAT, with an 'a', not an 'ä'.
And it's the same the other way around: with a word like KYSYÄ, which has 'y' and 'ä', both front vowels, other bits added have to be front also (if the vowels were originally back.) So it's KYSYVÄT.
This only works for basic words, so a compound word like LOHIKÄÄRME (lohi [back] + käärme [front]) doesn't have to follow this rule, only the individual words in the compound have to follow it themselves, so one part can be all-back and the other part all-front.
As Kat says, this makes the word easier and nicer to say. To research more, it's called vowel harmony.
^^ Good explanation! Thank you for this!
You're seriously ridiculously good at teaching Finnish. So grateful for all these videos.. 🙂💙
Awww omg thank you so much, that means a lot. I'm so glad I can help
This is starting to get exciting. I love it when something complex begins to show the patterns by which it was woven together. I also like your pace... not too fast and not too slow. Not too many examples; but just enough that are varied sufficiently to give you the sense of the special rules that sometimes apply.
Well done, once more you are doing a wonderful job at teaching the technical parts of the language.
Watching your videos in combination with a course (They teach only in Finnish) have given me a solid understanding of how these, otherwise confusing technical things work :)
I think I’m blessed I watched your first two episodes yesterday hoping to get more and saw how long ago it was and I thought I’d lost all hope of learning Finnish verbs and you just upload this oh my god
Wow you got so lucky, didn't have to wait!! :D
I wish I would have had a teacher like you back in the days, when i was in a school. All this would have make a lot more sense back then. Just watched your video about a vowel harmony and learned something I never learned in a school. That was very interesting, thank you.
Thank you so much! :)
These videos are awesome. My first language is Hungarian and I always thought learning Finnish would be easy, but the two languages are definitely not as close as I thought they'd be. So thank you, and please keep them coming.
Kiitos paljon. Simple teaching yet very clear.
This is just simplicity at its best...Finnish is a good language to learn
Nailed it. This is, for now, getting easier and clearer to understand. Kiitos paljon!
I'm sure it will get harder. I like how you pause so that we have a moment to write down the answers. It's also Kool when you throw in a word but don't tell us the meaning, it's fun to look it up in my Finnish/ English dictionary, forces you to to a bit of leg work. Keep em coming.
Maybe a learning video about asking directions! I know that I'll be needing that, entered a road race in Espoo for next September and I'll be flying in to Helsinki. 👍🙂
Oh thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm really glad you enjoyed this video! Great idea! I'll note that down
you're such a good teacher, thank you! Kiitos from Denmark:))
Thank you! 😃
Thank you for making it easy to study finnish language. Watching your videos all the way from the Philippines 😊
Hi! Would you be doing videos on the other types of words like Type 2,3 etc? Your videos are so helpful!
I think I should at some point xD Thanks for the suggestion and thank you for watching my video, I'm so glad you found them helpful ! :D
I really enjoy how you teach simple but very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
One of the best finish teaching vedio I saw
You are a very good teacher . Thank you !!!
Aww that's great to hear! Thank you! :)
@@KatChatsFinnish You're welcome. Keep it up.
Kiitos paljon toinen opettaja
I was thought in school but you made it easier for me to understand, thank you so darling
Learning finnish is confusing but you explained it so well. Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Kiitos 🫶
Thank you so much :)
Kiitos, it helps. It's fun to learn with you ❤.
Like Ben Fuller mentioned it here, maybe you can do video explaining harmony of the vowels
I'm so glad I can watch your videos over and over, Finnish is so hard.
True, videos are nice because you can watch them as many times as you need!
Very instructive video thanks a lot
You’re the best
Thank you for these grammar videos!, It was all very clear!. I was learning Finnish by myself (or trying), But then i decided to sign up to a languages course (German, French, Italian and English), So i had to put Finnish on hiatus, But it has always been my favourite language, I think it's the coolest sounding language ever :p, Hopefully one day i can dedicate more time to it.
Keep up the good work, You've always been my favourite Finnish channel :).
Awww that's so amazing to hear, thank you so much you made my day! And good luck with your Finnish! :D
Finnally you posted again! Can you please make a video on asking how old you are and saying how old you are and stuff like that
Ofc :)
Kiitos!!!kat...very helpful...
You are very teacher. Take my love from Bangladesh ❤❤
Kiitos..it really helps me to understand 🙏
Paljon avulias! Kiitos.
♥️ from Minnesota.
Kiitos paljon!
@@KatChatsFinnish Olet kuuluisa! 🤩 Thanks for responding!
He sanovat
He ajavat
He kysyvät
He asuvat
He rakastavat
He katsovat
He pysyvät
The present..the past ..and the future in Finnish. Please. Thanks 🤗
I second that, especially the past tense. Kiitos paljon :)
I think future tense doesn't exist in finnish
@@jansojele289 true
thank you so much for this very simple explanation! I'm just starting out and I caught myself thinking that I can't just learn the verb given in the list in my workbook. I need to know why it's form is different from other form and is there some system to it or is it irregular verb and so on. I could just learn it as a sound, but it feels random and doesn't stick, cause I need to put it on some imaginary shelf, which belongs in some particular shelf unit, if you know what I mean😅 the verb has to land on it's place from the very beginning or it ends up being that annoying word with a question mark. now I can grasp the logic, thank you♡♡
Omg you really break it down for me , your thr best
I really love your videos.
Your VD are so helpful ❤️
Glad you think so!
Great, now you just need to cover the other 5 verb types and consonant gradation in the nominative, then we can move into the second of 15 cases!!!
Joking aside, these videos are really helpful as they are in small chunks, so we only have 1 or 2 key points to learn.
This is super cool! Thank you very much!
Thank you kat for tosi clear explaination kinda get it😊.
Kiitos!
May i know when i use the ä and ö in the sentence i didnt get it😔
Bravo pour vos explications !
I really enjoy your chanel .
Kiitos
Thanks :)
So helpful. Thank you!
You are great! You explain this very well.
Thank you! :)
How about the verb “tulla” which means: to come. I have come across it in one of the finnish materials and it says: mina tullen / ma tuun, sina tullet / sa tuut? Is this one of those exceptions?
Half of the verb conjugation paradigm is drastically affordable for Italians or Russians. Very deep parallels between FU and IE. Essentially the same personal endings.
I learned alot from u..UR so great..❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much 😀 Happy to hear that!
Can you please do video about negative verbs?
PS: You are the best language teacher I have ever seen.❤
Aw thank you so much, and sure I'll add it to my suggestions list :)
@@KatChatsFinnish thank you very much😁
Kiitos paljon!😘
Kiitos paljon❤❤❤
Moi.. i request you please upload more vedios .. i learn a lot from your vedios.
Thank you so much now I have school and your videos really help me so much💐💐👍👍
That's great to hear! Thanks for watching :)
@@KatChatsFinnish ☺️☺️☺️
I would love to have a teacher like u thanks
What a nice thing to say, kiitos ^-^
Ok.. well i think i learn more from your Videos as i learn in my finnish high school course 😊😅 thank you so much for your Videos!!!
Aww you're so sweet, thank you so much. I'm so glad that you find my videos helpful ^-^
Thankyou, 1 2 3 was very helpfull
Glad it helped :)
Kittos paljon❤❤❤
Moi. I just found your videos while learning Finnish so I can work there 😉 This is very helpful coz this is not in our manual ❤️ But I would like to ask for your help on how to conjugate verbs for the Colloquial (Informal) pronouns - Ma, Sa, Se, Me, Te, Ne. Does this rule apply to these too? Also, how the rules in conjugating other verbs like Olla, Kayda and Menna.. kiitos 🥰
Kiitos❤
Kiitos!
hey! great video as usually, clear as daylight :D one question though: you can easily notice, that the pronounciation of the conjugated verbs is pretty much distinctive for each person and number (like in spanish, unlike in french); now my question is whether you can simply say e.g. 'kysyvät' ommiting the pronoun? can I, say, introduce myself by saying 'Olen Viruvor' instead of 'Minä olen Viruvor' ?
Yes you most certainly can, and in speaking it's usually more natural to omit it! :)
@@KatChatsFinnish thanks! or should I say kiitos!
Actually, you can only omit the pronoun in 1st and 2nd persion, not 3rd.
Kiitos, gracias, grazie ;)
Thank you so much😘
Kiitoksia katia❤️
Kiitos 😊
Kiitos, se on hyvä
You are Blessed
Kiitos
But if ajaa was in 3rd person singular it would be "hän ajaa" again?
Me sanomme
Me ajamme
Me kysymme
Me asumme
Me rakastamme
Me katsomme
Thank you...
29/11/2023 real thank you so much
Thanks
0 dislikes, as it should be
Is it going to be the same rule in conjugating when it's colloquial?
For "te" it's the same. You would say "te asutte Sipoossa" = You (plural) live in Sipoo
For "me" you would actually usually use the passive form, so for example "me asumme Sipoossa" -> "me asutaan Sipoossa" = We live in Sipoo. Another example "me rakastamme sinua" -> "me rakastetaan sua" = We love you (I also changed sinua to sua which is the puhekieli version of sinua)
For "he" the colloquial pronoun used a lot is "ne" and also the verb changes a bit, so it would turn from "he asuvat Sipoossa" -> "ne asuu Sipoossa" = They live in Sipoo. Another example is "he rakastavat sinua" -> "ne rakastaa sua" = They love you
It's a lot but hope it makes a little sense xD
Nice to follow you!
Thanks!
Minä rakastan sinua - did I say it right?
How to used them (ä and ö)
Are these conjugated differently for the puhekieli (informal) versions/pronouns?
+Bygonya Raya Mainly just the pronouns or you could use "me puhutaan"
Can somebody answer plz?
Hän syöö OR Hän syö which one is correct.
My friend said if the ending is ö, we don't have to double it.
I don't understand that.
"hän syö" is correct. When you say it out loud it might sound like it has two ö's but there is only one!
Asua - asutte
Rakasta-rakastatte
Katsoa - katsotte
😀🙏
Rakastamme, rakastatte :)
Got it 🤓😎
Can you work with me?
Thanks ..muchas gracias 🤗
Thanks for watching ^-^
@@KatChatsFinnish but please we need more videos about grammar
what about "se"? How do we conjugate it?
Se would conjugate like this:
se ajaa, se katsoo, se rakastaa, se sanoo
Fun fact. Conjugating verbs and ommiting personal pronouns happens in Greek, too, even though the languages aren't related in any way
Most languages have these features
German has it but you don't ommit the personal pronoun like ever... i think
In informal German you can also ommit the personal pronouns, but it's only common for the 1. person singular and 1. person plural. In a formal setting this would sound aweful.
I think it's a result of the languages conjugating verbs. You know the pronoun by looking at the verb. :)
yeah that was my point, thank you
Always love you..😚😙😘😍😊
Asua - Asumme
Rakastaa - rakastamme
Katsoa - katsomme
😬🤓🙏
Excellent un spanish
He asuvat
He rakastavat
He katsovat
He pysyvät
I love these videos! Thanks so much for these explanations. Finnish is my first non-germanic or romantic language, so your videos are very helpful!
Glad they help!
Te sanotte
Te ajatte
Te kysytte
Te asutte
Te rakastatte
Te katsotte
You are so baeutyful,
Kiitos :)
Minä nauran, Sinä naurat, Hän nauraa
Minä itken, Sinä itket, Hän itkee
Asumme,Rakastamme,Katsomme . Mina rakastan suomi.
Me asumme, me rakastamme, me katsomme
Me asumme
Me rakastamme
Me katsomme
I want to learn days of week in finnish
Oh I already have a video on that :)
Katsomme
Baby girl you are the best
Kiitos :P
👍👍👍👍⚘⚘⚘😙😙😙
as indonesian, i think learn France language is harder than finnish.. Kiitos.
That's until you learn all 15 cases in Finnish and inflection.
No way. French is not that difficult if you have a good teacher as Kat in Finnish 🙂
Te asutte
Te rakastatte
Te katsotte
Puhutte