My opinion on Pimsleur: I used the 30-day Pimsleur course as my very first introduction to Finnish language (prior to Pimsleur I literally only knew 'kiitos joulupukki'). Pimsleur was 100% worth it for me. My Finnish wife tells me my pronunciation of Finnish language is very good, and I think that is because Pimsleur does an excellent job of teaching pronunciation. It also introduces you to present tense conjugation on your first day (te puhute, mina puhun, mina en puhu etc....). Later lessons introduce you to past tense conjugation, and you learn a limited but wide range of vocabulary. The repetitive Pimsleur style helps it sink in, and I love that I could easily engage with the content while out on a walk and driving to work. For me personally, it was great because it was systematic and organized. I didn't wake up wondering what I was going to practice today. I always knew that I would just do the next lesson every single day I woke up, and I knew the time would be well-spent learning something new. Completion of the 30-day course will not prepare you for social conversations because it is too limited. Also the speaker speaks slowly so it does not train your ear to hear things at a normal speed. But it does give you a foundation that you can build on if you are motivated to learn Finnish. If you already know some Finnish and have already been introduced to vocabulary and conjugation rules, it is probably not worth the $$$. Only worth it if you have never practiced or spoken before.
This was a super interesting video! One of our languages in NZ is kinda similar to Finnish in the sense that Maori words have literal translations. It's very cool to learn stuff about different cultures! :)
Hey KatChats :D I forgot how much fun it was to make this video :D hahaha loved the behind the scenes :D we will totally grow up to be awesome grandmas ^.^
Moi! :) I tried going along with the phrases and failed lol, what a lovely language though, but I have a feeling I won't be mastering it anytime soon! Super helpful for beginners! 👏🏻👍🏻
Wow, you are so fun to watch! You sure had fun and you brought a nice collaboration video! Maybe someday I will learn something! ;) I hope to see you collaborating again someday! Why not? ;)
I just stumbled across your channel, but I watched a few of your videos and now I'm wondering that have you lived your whole life in Finland? And have you studied Finnish from the first grade like other Finnish people?
About Espoossa / Espoossä there is actually a very clear rule on why it is like that. In Finnish the words are always made with vovels "A", "O" or "U" or similarly with vovels "Ä", "Ö" or "Y". These vovels are never mixed together. So with a name like "Espoo" you cannot use "Ä" (as it would break the harmony) and that is why it's "Espoossa"."E" and "I" are considered neutral so they can come up with any word. The difficult thing is then places that only have vovels "E" and "I" in them like "Kitee" (or even "Helsinki") for one. For those I don't think there is really any good rules.About Vantaalla/Helsingissä you also cannot really tell (although there are still some rules that you can learn).
I planned to learn Finnish a while ago, but I never really started tbh, but I guess the start shouldn't be that hard for me, I mean we pronounce the alphabet in german the same as in finnish or at least similar to finnish, and we even have: "ä" and "ö" as well, and we pronounce it on the same way. (We also have a "ü") But Im just too lazy to finally start learning it for real finally, so yea.. :P Oh yea, and the only phrases and words in Finnish I knew until know were: "Katso Sorsa!" which means something like: "Look a Duck!" and "juustokakku" which is "Cheesecake" in finnish (as far as I know) :D ^^ Cool Video again! :) Guess we´ll see more from ya both in the future, huh? :)
Christian Klöckner Yeah starting is definitely one of the hardest parts and finding the motivation to keep at it. Especially when you hit that stage of stagnation that you have to plow through xD Where did you come across those phrases if you mind me asking, seem a bit random haha xD
Yep! :) And haha, yea a finnish friend of mine told me those a while ago, I can´t really remember why she told me "juustokakku" tbh, but I know "Katso Sorsa!" because I asked her to tell me a few random phrases, I knew also a few other pretty random ones, but they didn't really got stuck in my head. :)
I can't roll my r's...so I'm just highly impressed that you can do that. Oh yeah, and also the fact that you can speak English and Finnish. X'D So helpful! Moikka!
Luke Harvey Moi Luke! Look at you getting all fancy with your Finnish language usage haha :D Impressive! And ahh that would be so fun to collab together!
I'm pretty sure every language has it's grammar rules that doesn't make a much sense. However, the example you brought up has to have some kind of logic behind it because I can quite easily tell when you're supposed to use "-ssa", "-ssä" or "-lla" suffix even if when I've never heard of that city/town before. Some thoughts: "-ssa" and "-ssä" suffixes are equivalent to English "in" preposition, whereas "-lla" is equivalent to "on / at". Usually "-lla" comes when the city name ends something like "järvi", "virta" or "vesi" (a lake, stream, water). If you say "asun Konnevirrassa" (I live in Konnevirta), it means you live in the water rather than the shore, which is something that you don't neccessarily do unless you're a fish or a merman. I'm pretty sure that's also the reason why you say "Vantaalla" rather than "Vantaassa". If I'm not totally mistaken, Vantaa's name comes from the Vantaanjoki (The Vantaa river). How to know when to use "-ssa" or "-ssä"? Well, "-ssa" is used with words having back vowel harmony (a,o,u) and "-ssä" with front vowel harmony (e,i,y,ä,ö). One exception is the word "kaupunki" (a city), which conjugates "kaupungissa" although it has front vowel harmony. There might be others, but that's the only exception I can think of.
asdkdodj dshje Ok thanks for the info, I never knew about this and none of my teachers have ever explained it so this is definitely the most info I've ever gotten about this topic :)
Moi =) Mitä kuuluu? what a cool word...kuuluu XD So many u's in such a short word. Anyways, thanks for this awesome video. Kiitos paljon ;-) I would really like to be able to speak Finnish but I guess it's really hard to learn =( Seems like you also have to be very careful how you pronounce a word to make your point clear. It's the same in Chinese (as far as I remember from the 2 lessons I had XD ). The word 'ma' can mean 'mother' but also 'horse', depending on how you pronounce it. So you should make sure that you pronounce it properly ;-) Moi moi
Sebastian Fischer Moi! Yeah it definitely is, two double u's is a lot haha! :D Looks pretty neat! Interesting to learn that Chinese has the similarity in that you have to be really careful with the pronunciation. Thanks for the comment! :)
helsingissä, vantaassa(vantaalla), porvoossa. dont worry where they come. it is so simple. how easy is it to say it. thats correct. (helsingillä,vattaalla,porvoolla) on maailman kaunein puisto. well okey olen tampereella. olen vantaalla. those are when rules not make any sense. only rule is how it sound better or easier say, but in reality meens same lol this time.
Turtleman1234321 Yeah I mean it's perfectly fine to say that too, I just thought it could get a little confusing since it's not that 'official' but it's still quite common xD
moi is not finnish. those are suprised when learn new language and nobody say "hei" but "moi". its like learn czech quick 2 month then go prague and all sentenses you learned is completely 100% difrent how they speak. so why we not learn how local speak and not how its translated word by word lol
Make sure you check out the video we did on My Suomi Finland's channel!! :D
My opinion on Pimsleur: I used the 30-day Pimsleur course as my very first introduction to Finnish language (prior to Pimsleur I literally only knew 'kiitos joulupukki'). Pimsleur was 100% worth it for me. My Finnish wife tells me my pronunciation of Finnish language is very good, and I think that is because Pimsleur does an excellent job of teaching pronunciation. It also introduces you to present tense conjugation on your first day (te puhute, mina puhun, mina en puhu etc....). Later lessons introduce you to past tense conjugation, and you learn a limited but wide range of vocabulary. The repetitive Pimsleur style helps it sink in, and I love that I could easily engage with the content while out on a walk and driving to work. For me personally, it was great because it was systematic and organized. I didn't wake up wondering what I was going to practice today. I always knew that I would just do the next lesson every single day I woke up, and I knew the time would be well-spent learning something new.
Completion of the 30-day course will not prepare you for social conversations because it is too limited. Also the speaker speaks slowly so it does not train your ear to hear things at a normal speed. But it does give you a foundation that you can build on if you are motivated to learn Finnish. If you already know some Finnish and have already been introduced to vocabulary and conjugation rules, it is probably not worth the $$$. Only worth it if you have never practiced or spoken before.
This was a super interesting video! One of our languages in NZ is kinda similar to Finnish in the sense that Maori words have literal translations. It's very cool to learn stuff about different cultures! :)
TishTashTash Oh really? How awesome! :D And I totally agree with you there, I'm always really interested in different cultures :)
Hey KatChats :D I forgot how much fun it was to make this video :D hahaha loved the behind the scenes :D we will totally grow up to be awesome grandmas ^.^
My Suomi Finland SO MUCH FUN! :D And yeah I can totally picture that!
Moi! :) I tried going along with the phrases and failed lol, what a lovely language though, but I have a feeling I won't be mastering it anytime soon! Super helpful for beginners! 👏🏻👍🏻
FoodishBeauty Moi! Haha yeah it's a bit difficult xD What are all the languages that you can speak? :)
Wow, you are so fun to watch! You sure had fun and you brought a nice collaboration video! Maybe someday I will learn something! ;)
I hope to see you collaborating again someday! Why not? ;)
Federico Borluzzi Aw thank you so much! :D And perhaps I will haha!
I just stumbled across your channel, but I watched a few of your videos and now I'm wondering that have you lived your whole life in Finland? And have you studied Finnish from the first grade like other Finnish people?
About Espoossa / Espoossä there is actually a very clear rule on why it is like that. In Finnish the words are always made with vovels "A", "O" or "U" or similarly with vovels "Ä", "Ö" or "Y". These vovels are never mixed together. So with a name like "Espoo" you cannot use "Ä" (as it would break the harmony) and that is why it's "Espoossa"."E" and "I" are considered neutral so they can come up with any word. The difficult thing is then places that only have vovels "E" and "I" in them like "Kitee" (or even "Helsinki") for one. For those I don't think there is really any good rules.About Vantaalla/Helsingissä you also cannot really tell (although there are still some rules that you can learn).
+Jukka-Pekka Tuominen Oh okay, thank you for your input! There's always more to learn in the Finnish language haha! :D
Well I think it's easy actually. If the word has A, O or U then it's same for endings that have them; else it's Ä, Ö or Y.
health coming = Well come
In Bulgaria we say “Здравей“ (Hello) which literally translates as “get/be healthier”. Similar as to Finland then. But the use the Cyrillic alphabet.
+Dimitar Dimitrov Ooh okay, interesting!
I planned to learn Finnish a while ago, but I never really started tbh, but I guess the start shouldn't be that hard for me, I mean we pronounce the alphabet in german the same as in finnish or at least similar to finnish, and we even have: "ä" and "ö" as well, and we pronounce it on the same way. (We also have a "ü")
But Im just too lazy to finally start learning it for real finally, so yea.. :P Oh yea, and the only phrases and words in Finnish I knew until know were: "Katso Sorsa!" which means something like: "Look a Duck!" and "juustokakku" which is "Cheesecake" in finnish (as far as I know) :D ^^
Cool Video again! :) Guess we´ll see more from ya both in the future, huh? :)
Christian Klöckner Yeah starting is definitely one of the hardest parts and finding the motivation to keep at it. Especially when you hit that stage of stagnation that you have to plow through xD Where did you come across those phrases if you mind me asking, seem a bit random haha xD
Yep! :) And haha, yea a finnish friend of mine told me those a while ago, I can´t really remember why she told me "juustokakku" tbh, but I know "Katso Sorsa!" because I asked her to tell me a few random phrases, I knew also a few other pretty random ones, but they didn't really got stuck in my head. :)
I can't roll my r's...so I'm just highly impressed that you can do that. Oh yeah, and also the fact that you can speak English and Finnish. X'D
So helpful! Moikka!
***** Yeah I mean even a lot of Finnish children have a hard time with their r's :P Haha heippa!! :D
How did you learn to roll your r's?
***** I don't really know, I've been able to do it for as long as I can remember aha! I never really had a problem with it xD
Finnish language is not hard ,even little kids can speak it :)) I've been living in North America for 40 years and my Finnish is still pretty good
mrfixit2000 Haha well I guess it comes more naturally for some people :D
Moi Katya, I watched this on my tietokone! Loved the collab, we need to do one! :)
Luke Harvey Moi Luke! Look at you getting all fancy with your Finnish language usage haha :D Impressive! And ahh that would be so fun to collab together!
I'll be fluent before you know it! :P It would be amazing!
Kiitos....great video
JW424 Thank you :)
Oh my goodness! I love this language
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***** Hello to Italy! :)
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I'm pretty sure every language has it's grammar rules that doesn't make a much sense. However, the example you brought up has to have some kind of logic behind it because I can quite easily tell when you're supposed to use "-ssa", "-ssä" or "-lla" suffix even if when I've never heard of that city/town before. Some thoughts:
"-ssa" and "-ssä" suffixes are equivalent to English "in" preposition, whereas "-lla" is equivalent to "on / at". Usually "-lla" comes when the city name ends something like "järvi", "virta" or "vesi" (a lake, stream, water). If you say "asun Konnevirrassa" (I live in Konnevirta), it means you live in the water rather than the shore, which is something that you don't neccessarily do unless you're a fish or a merman. I'm pretty sure that's also the reason why you say "Vantaalla" rather than "Vantaassa". If I'm not totally mistaken, Vantaa's name comes from the Vantaanjoki (The Vantaa river).
How to know when to use "-ssa" or "-ssä"? Well, "-ssa" is used with words having back vowel harmony (a,o,u) and "-ssä" with front vowel harmony (e,i,y,ä,ö). One exception is the word "kaupunki" (a city), which conjugates "kaupungissa" although it has front vowel harmony. There might be others, but that's the only exception I can think of.
asdkdodj dshje Ok thanks for the info, I never knew about this and none of my teachers have ever explained it so this is definitely the most info I've ever gotten about this topic :)
I am gonna be so fluent in Finnish now!
Warren Haydon Haha definitely xD
in Spanish greetings is said "Saludos" and "salud" means "health" so TERVE!
I agree with Tania, it's easier for Spanish speakers to pronounce finish. I watch the video and i could pronounce all the words XD.
1OOx1OOtOMimii Yay! That's excellent!! :)
Moi =) Mitä kuuluu? what a cool word...kuuluu XD So many u's in such a short word.
Anyways, thanks for this awesome video. Kiitos paljon ;-) I would really like to be able to speak Finnish but I guess it's really hard to learn =( Seems like you also have to be very careful how you pronounce a word to make your point clear. It's the same in Chinese (as far as I remember from the 2 lessons I had XD ). The word 'ma' can mean 'mother' but also 'horse', depending on how you pronounce it. So you should make sure that you pronounce it properly ;-)
Moi moi
Sebastian Fischer Moi! Yeah it definitely is, two double u's is a lot haha! :D Looks pretty neat! Interesting to learn that Chinese has the similarity in that you have to be really careful with the pronunciation. Thanks for the comment! :)
+KatChats Ei se mitään ;-)
So nice video! Brazil here
+Daniel Erbon Thank you ! :)
Useful video ....
Miodrag Nenadovic :)
moi!! 😍😍 I'm new here in Finland
+Kristine Esguerra Moi! :)
pakko sanoa tosta kuusi sanasta, että jos jättää K:n pois se on uusi
ladalada Joo enpä tullu ajatelleeks :D
More lerning finnish videos, its realy interesting :)
soulis1000 Glad that you enjoyed it. Maybe I'll make another part to this then at some point :)
+KatChats That would be awesome :)
helsingissä, vantaassa(vantaalla), porvoossa. dont worry where they come. it is so simple. how easy is it to say it. thats correct. (helsingillä,vattaalla,porvoolla) on maailman kaunein puisto. well okey olen tampereella. olen vantaalla. those are when rules not make any sense. only rule is how it sound better or easier say, but in reality meens same lol this time.
I hear my father say Moi as goodbye :/
Turtleman1234321 Yeah I mean it's perfectly fine to say that too, I just thought it could get a little confusing since it's not that 'official' but it's still quite common xD
KatChats Oh, I see thank you for the clarification :)
I speak French and I think finnish is not easy language ah ah. I find it beautiful but very hard to learn.
stromghouls Yeah a lot of people find it pretty hard!
No doubt finnish is hard language to learn , but I think my language lithuanian is harder
moi is not finnish. those are suprised when learn new language and nobody say "hei" but "moi". its like learn czech quick 2 month then go prague and all sentenses you learned is completely 100% difrent how they speak. so why we not learn how local speak and not how its translated word by word lol