The FINNISH language is a complicated language! The Finnish languages evolved from the Proto-Finnic language around 1500–1000 BCE. I met with my friend Jerry from Escape Mundane Blog to get a lesson in Finnish.
Jerry is a luxury travel blogger from Helsinki, Finland. You can connect with him here: http://www.escapemundane.com/
Here are all the Finnish words we went through in the video:
HEI - Hello TERVE - Hello HYVÄSTI - Goodbye MOIKKA - Bye bye NÄHDÄÄN - See you VOISITKO AUTTAA MINUA? - Could you help me please KIITOS - Please (also thank you) SAISINKO KAHVIN, KIITOS - Could I have a coffee, please KIITOS - Thank you OLE HYVÄ - You're welcome KYLLÄ - Yes EI - No OIKEA - Right VASEN - Left YKSI, KAKSI, KOLME, NELJÄ, VIISI, KUUSI, SEITSEMÄN, KAHDEKSAN, YHDEKSÄN, KYMMENEN (numbers 1 - 10) MAANANTAI, TIISTAI, KESKIVIIKKO, TORSTAI, PERJANTAI, LAUANTAI, SUNNUNTAI (from Monday to Sunday) MUKAVA TAVATA - Nice to meet you HEI, NIMENI ON - Hello, my name is (insert name) HYVÄÄ HUOMENTA - Good morning HYVÄÄ ILTAPÄIVÄÄ - Good afternoon (between "huomenta" and "iltapäivää" is "HYVÄÄ PÄIVÄÄ" which means "good day") HYVÄÄ ILTAA - Good evening HYVÄÄ YÖTÄ - Good night KIPPIS - Cheers HÖLKYNKÖLKYN - Another version of cheers NENÄ - Nose SUU - Mouth KORVAT - Ears SILMÄT - Eyes HIUKSET - Hair HUIVI - Scarf TAKKI - Jacket HANSKAT - Gloves SAAPPAAT - Boots KENGÄT - Shoes MINÄ RAKASTAN SINUA - I love you TERVETULOA SUOMEEN - Welcome to Finland
Have you ever heard Finnish before? Let me know in the comments below!
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If you guys didn't know, the Finnish speak Finnish.
Hi everyone, David Hoffman here from DavidsBin here in snowy Helsinki.
I'm here with my friend Jerry. Jerry is a luxury travel vlogger from Helsinki.
And here in Finland, they speak Finnish.
Finnish and Hungarian are two languages that they don't know where they originated from.
So it's a very complex language.
And today, Jerry is going to give me like a little lesson in Finnish.
We're going to go through a lot of words. He's going to tell me how to say them.
And I'm going to try to, you know, repeat them.
But let's see if I can do it.
Try.
Good try. Try, right?
So, hello.
Hey.
Just hey.
Hey.
If you want to use another one, you could use terve.
Terve.
I like terve. How about goodbye?
Hyvästi.
Yeah, that's more of a goodbye, like goodbye, goodbye.
Forever goodbye.
You don't know when you're going to see the person.
Yeah, but if you're going to like, it's more of a casual one, then you could say moikka.
Moikka.
I'll see you later. Later today or later tomorrow.
Or if you want to say see you later, it's nähdään.
Nähdään.
Please.
In one context.
Can you please help me?
Voisitko auttaa minua?
Yeah, but if it's like please, you can use kiitos.
For example, if you say, like, can I have a coffee please?
Saisiko kahvi kiitos?
You can use kiitos and it's thank you at the same time.
Okay.
So it's not that straightforward, man.
Yeah, it's not just like...
Just like word and word, you know?
Yeah, it's not like little translation.
You're welcome.
Ole hyvä.
Yeah, there's like two words.
If you like translate it, it's like be good.
Be good.
Yeah, kind of.
Ole hyvä.
Yes and no?
Kyllä, ei.
So yes, kyllä.
Kyllä.
It's like K.
K-Y-L-L and then a with two dots on.
Don't worry.
You guys have it right here.
Okay, so let's go right, left...
Oikea, vasen.
So vasten is left.
Oikea, vasen.
Yeah.
Get it?
Numbers one through ten.
Yksi, kaksi, kolme, niljä, viisi, kuusi, seitsemän, kahdeksan,
yhdeksän, kymmenen.
Dude, it sounds like people's names.
Days of the week.
How do you start?
Is it Monday through Sunday or Sunday through Monday?
Yeah, we start from Monday.
Okay, so...
So it's maanantai, tiistai, keskiviikko, torstai, perjantai, lauantai, sunnuntai.
Nice to meet you.
Mukava tavata.
Mukavaka tavata.
Mukava tavata.
Mukava.
Tavata.
Mukava tavata.
Yeah.
Mukava tavata.
Mukava tavata, Derek.
Mukava tavata.
Hello, my name is...
Nimeni on.
Or...
Hei, nimeni on.
Nimeni on.
So it's two words.
Hei, nimeni on.
Three words.
It sounds like I'm a minion or something.
I'm a minion, yeah.
Nimeni on.
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
Hyvää huomenta.
Hyvää muomenta.
Huomenta.
It's like H.
Huomenta.
Hyvää huomenta.
Hyvää iltapäivää.
Okay, no, I get it.
Keep going.
Hyvää iltaa.
And that's evening.
And...
Hyvää yötä.
That's like good night.
Good night.
Okay, so go to sleep, okay.
Okay, how do you say cheers?
Kippis.
Okay, now...
You should know that already.
No, no, no.
Kippis.
Kippis and...
Kittos.
This is my tube.
Yeah, yeah.
And if you want to see the...
Say the...
Like kippis...
Or the cheers version that we teach foreigners.
Like the really weird one.
It's...
Hölkyn kölkyn.
That's what we always teach in D-Day.
It messes people up.
Yeah, yeah, I know.
It's a hard one.
Let's do some rapid fire stuff, okay?
Like nose.
Nenä.
Mouth.
Suu.
Ears.
Korvat.
Eyes.
Silmät.
Hair.
Hiukset.
Scarf.
Huivi.
Jacket.
Takki.
Takki?
Takki.
Takki is jacket.
Gloves.
Hanskat.
Boots.
Saappaat.
Or if it's like shoes, then kengät.
How do you say I love you?
Minä rakastan sinua.
Didn't I say that already?
How do you say welcome to Finland?
Tervetuloa Suomeen.
No.
How do you say it?
Tervetuloa.
Suomeen.
Tervetuloa Suomeen.
Suomeen.
Because now you said Suomeen, it's like vein.
Welcome to my veins.
Alright, perfect dude.
Hey, thank you so much man.
Yeah, yeah.
Thanks, thanks.
My boy Jerry.
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