Matala can also mean shallow. Tämä allas on matala = This pool is shallow. Also note that if some person is tall you wouldn't use word 'korkea' but instead 'pitkä' (long).
Korekea = High. You can call a building korkea. But not a person. If you are talking about a person being tall, we would Not say she is Korkea. We would say "she is Pitkä." "Hän on pitkä" Pitkä actually means long. This is just another weird thing in Finnish.
Such a great video!! Duno why this hits different. I've had suchhh a hard time learning and retaining other languages. But this, I felt actually going in and making sense and sticking and I am SO PLEASED. 💜💜💜💜 I feel like a miracle has occurred. Haha. Now if only I can have this type of video with this type of energy, for Spanish lol. 🤣 anywaysss, so thankful for the breakthrough and information retention and great video 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Hi Katja, I'm puzzled by the use of the partitiivi for the adjective in the second of these sentences; "Taivas on sininen" mutta "kahvi on kuumaa" - could you explain why this is please? Olen etsinyt selitystä Karlssonin kirjasta, tuloksetta...?
I am not Katja, but kahvi is, as we say, ainesana. You can have some coffee, more of less of that stuff. You cannot have some sky. That is the difference basically.
By the way, I'm pretty sure that korkea cannot be used to describe a tall person, for that purpose you would use pitkä, which also means long. For example, "Tuo ihminen on pitkä", that person is tall.
I used to know someone whose last name was Matala. When I started learning Finnish, I wondered if he was Finnish. It was too late to ask him at that point, as he was already deceased. The only thing I knew about his heritage was that he was Eastern Orthodox. I realize that it's certainly possible that "matala" could be a word in other languages besides Finnish, so I just now googled the surname. Google told me that the surname Matala only occurs in Finland, America--and the Philippines.
There's many ways to say fat that vary on the politeness scale, but these are probably the most common ones: Lihava (common, still don't recommend calling someone lihava to their face) Läski (rude) There's a lot of indirect ways to say someone is fat as well. So the list goes like: Lihava henkilö (fat) (another way to say person is ihminen which literally means human) Laiha henkilö (skinny/thin) Pitkä henkilö (tall) Lyhyt henkilö (short) Kaunis nainen (beautiful woman) Komea mies (handsome man) Ruma henkilö (ugly person) Extra: hyvännäköinen (means good looking, can be used for any gender)
Finally I can read Clifford in Finnish. Thanks Kat
kiitos
your vlog help us alot 🥰
Matala can also mean shallow. Tämä allas on matala = This pool is shallow.
Also note that if some person is tall you wouldn't use word 'korkea' but instead 'pitkä' (long).
Jep! :)
Thank you Kat for creating shorter videos, it is more better for us as beginners. 💯
Glad you like them!
Korekea = High. You can call a building korkea. But not a person. If you are talking about a person being tall, we would Not say she is Korkea. We would say "she is Pitkä." "Hän on pitkä" Pitkä actually means long. This is just another weird thing in Finnish.
Yes exactly! I explain it more in part 2 :D
Excellent video, Kat! Kiitos 💝✨
Kiitos! :D
nice and useful words
Such a great video!! Duno why this hits different. I've had suchhh a hard time learning and retaining other languages. But this, I felt actually going in and making sense and sticking and I am SO PLEASED. 💜💜💜💜 I feel like a miracle has occurred. Haha.
Now if only I can have this type of video with this type of energy, for Spanish lol. 🤣 anywaysss, so thankful for the breakthrough and information retention and great video 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Oh wow that's so amazing to hear! :D I'm so glad Finnish is sticking with you! Yay!!!
@@KatChatsFinnish well it's with your help that it is, so thanks so much for doing what you do!!!! 😊
Great video! More useful words to know/learn! Kiitos!
Yay Kiitos tosi paljon for watching!
Kiitos
Спасибо, я изучаю сразу 2 языка )
Hi Katja, I'm puzzled by the use of the partitiivi for the adjective in the second of these sentences; "Taivas on sininen" mutta "kahvi on kuumaa" - could you explain why this is please? Olen etsinyt selitystä Karlssonin kirjasta, tuloksetta...?
I am not Katja, but kahvi is, as we say, ainesana. You can have some coffee, more of less of that stuff. You cannot have some sky. That is the difference basically.
@@PaulVinonaama Kiitoksia paljon!
By the way, I'm pretty sure that korkea cannot be used to describe a tall person, for that purpose you would use pitkä, which also means long. For example, "Tuo ihminen on pitkä", that person is tall.
Yes pitkä and lyhyt describe the height of people
I used to know someone whose last name was Matala. When I started learning Finnish, I wondered if he was Finnish. It was too late to ask him at that point, as he was already deceased. The only thing I knew about his heritage was that he was Eastern Orthodox. I realize that it's certainly possible that "matala" could be a word in other languages besides Finnish, so I just now googled the surname. Google told me that the surname Matala only occurs in Finland, America--and the Philippines.
Also some people have SUOMI as a surname i guess due to patriotism
There is place called Matala in Crete. So perhaps he came from there, if he also was Orthodox.
Can you make a video about words that end in -ksi? Like: "tulin sairaaksi", "sano se suomeksi" and others?
«The translative case». If you want to look it up online!
Is there a difference between tää and tämä? Duolingo is teaching only tämä for "this"
It’s the same word! Tämä is kirjakieli and tää is puhekieli :)
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In Persian language Suuri means doing something unreal to pass the law, for instance doing Suuri contract for escaping from paying high Taxes.
I guess it would be big thing (insense of crime)
Oh thats super interesting!
Tomorrow is my Finnish language test...😊
Good luck!
@@KatChatsFinnish thank you!I watched your videos to learn Finnish..your videos are so helpful for me..🙏🏻☺️
Some people say buli (big), snadi (small) but it's not common.
Moi herra bean
@@marin_1441 Moi!
Osaan tehdä vesi eristyksen tu eräs Joona Daniel
Where is this "Busan"?
It’s in South Korea
we say skyscrapers in america
Yeah but also not all tall buildings are considered skyscrapers 🙃 💕💕💕 and she just used building as a random example. ;)
Bro She is always 50 percent American
😃🤩😍🤗💝💞😘
And what’s the difference between pieni and pikku 🤔?
Small v tiny
@@samulimaunula5208 Kiiti 😊!
@@71cat forgot to mention that pieni is formal but pikku (pikkuinen) is more common in spoken language.
@@samulimaunula5208 also i heard about Pikku suomalainen
@@samulimaunula5208 👌😊 🙏🏻
2:39 pitäis olla "en yllä siihen" :)
Senhän voi sanoo kuin vaa. Teknisesti sen kuuluis olla "en yletä siihen"
@@stinkyboy okei! kiitos selvennyksestä :)
@@para377 ei mitään :)
Matala means "kill her" in spanish
No way!
ruclips.net/video/M55b01xD6Gc/видео.html Since you've been teaching Finnish for so long, might as well teach us some English too :]
Yes I may as well hahah xD
Kiitos.
Make a video teaching how to say...
Fat person
Thin person
Tall person
Short person
Beautiful woman
Handsom man
Ugly person
Pitkä -Tall
Matala -short
Kaunis nainen -beautiful woman
Komea mies-Handsome man
Didn't know about ugly,fat,thin
There's many ways to say fat that vary on the politeness scale, but these are probably the most common ones:
Lihava (common, still don't recommend calling someone lihava to their face)
Läski (rude)
There's a lot of indirect ways to say someone is fat as well. So the list goes like:
Lihava henkilö (fat) (another way to say person is ihminen which literally means human)
Laiha henkilö (skinny/thin)
Pitkä henkilö (tall)
Lyhyt henkilö (short)
Kaunis nainen (beautiful woman)
Komea mies (handsome man)
Ruma henkilö (ugly person)
Extra: hyvännäköinen (means good looking, can be used for any gender)
Hi, Kat! Can Matala also be used with the sense o "vulgar"? Like when someone cheats or lies, and one says "that's really low"?
Hmm I can't say I remember hearing anyone using it in this manner
Alhainen would be the word for that.
@@PaulVinonaama thank you!