12:18 that annoyed "helvetti" made you sound like a true fin xD

There's like no words in finnish language that has 'h' at the very end

I think you found your inner Finnish person finally, when you sighed "helvetti" in your desperation. When you'll find your first spontaneous "perkele" moment, we'll adopt you to be officially a Finnish dude. :D

#luolaisä

Superhappy for you! You actually made your first sentence!! Yksi kahvi, kiitos! GO DAVE!!

Good job Cave Dad! Your confusion with "iso" and "isä" prompted me to share with you the Finnish word for grandfather, which is "isoisä" (pronounced exactly as though you were saying both words back to back) :)

Basicly that -ko/-kö ending transforms a sentence into question. For example "otat sen" means "you take it". But when you add the -ko "otatKO sen" it means "DO you take it". Or "paljon vettä" means "a lot of water". And with the -ko ending "paljonKO vettä" means "how much water". And simply "sinä" (you) when added with -kö ending "sinäKÖ" means "you?". Simple and confusing at the same time I know... :D

English: I go You go She goes/Frida goes Finnish: minä menen sinä menet hän menee/Frida menee

2:30 But that part of Finnish is the easy one: if there is two letters, you say it longer. If there is just only one, you say it shorter. That's it. You don't have to memorize it for different words.

Dave, here is a nice tip for you: In finnish words (words that are not loan words from other languages. So a lot of words in finnish language) we have ”back vowels”(a, o and u), middle-vowels( i and e) and front vowels (ä, ö and y). How does this information help you? Well, if a word has any front vowels, lets say the word ”syödä” , and you type out ”syö-” and you start wondering if it has ”a” or ”ä” , you know for sure that it has ”ä” because it belongs to the same group as ”ö” Someone correct me if Im wrong, but thats the basic idea :)

you’re actually getting so much better (I almost let out a shriek of happiness when u got the kahdeksan right) !! These videos are so entertaining so yesss keep doing these please!

'Paljon' means 'a lot' or 'lots', but adding 'ko' to the end of 'paljon' just makes it a question, so 'Paljonko kello on?' would mean 'how much is the time' if directly translated.

Listen Dave. Don't sweat the small stuff. Learn the words and you WILL be understood. The grammar is secondary and will come with time and practice. The MAIN point is being able to communicate. Minut voida sanoit miten tahansa ja kaikkia suomalainen ymmärtänyt miten tarkoitan vaikka melkein kaiken olen kirjotus väärä tahallisesti That's an example of me writing almost everything wrong yet I feel nearly every finnish speaker would understand what I meant from the greater context of the sentence. So don't give up. You'll get there

I don’t think anything in finnish language end to H... But I love these videos. If you do these videos in december you could do a christmas one learning Finnish christmas words and I’m telling you they are some fucked up words

An easier way to ask what time is it is just "mitä kello on?". Or "paljon kello on?" To break down the "paljonko", paljon means "a lot" and when you add the -ko it becomes a question, "how much". The -ko/-kö ending depends on the other vowels in the word like you mentioned earlier in the video, so you can't ask "paljonkö" because it breaks the vowel harmony. You might see the -ko/-kö ending elsewhere too so it's handy to remember :)

06:45 Vesa with one s is common male's name in Finland and vessa with double s is toilet. :)

If you pronauce word 'kahvi', don't breath in when you say it: it's easier to say when you breath out! And the weird endings in words are grammatical cases that are more complicated in Finnish than in English! In English you basicly put the 'ending' before the word (IN English - englanniSSA). They are very complicated, but you'll learn them little by little! Don't give up, you're doing great! 💘

Hey Dave! If you want to order coffee without sugar, you should say "Kahvi ilman sokeria, kiitos." Which basically means "One coffee without sugar." Thank me later! :)

Your pronounciation is perfect on swearwords :D Keep that dedication going :D

I'm not sure if you have already heard this neat trick about Finnish vowels. If you have a certain word with vowels "aou" in it, the same word never has vowels "äöy", this also works the other way around. So basically there are two types of vowels in Finnish language: the angry ones, "aou" and "äöy" which are never used in the same word with each other, and the friendly ones "i and e" which can be used with every word and vowel. HOWEVER this does not include compounds, because those are just two different words without space separating them. I hope this helps learning :) @Dave Cad

Ehdoton yläpeukku,eihelvetti tää äijä on huvittava :Ddd

Dave, at 6:54 the word 'vesi' changes to 'vettä', because in the sentence 'Can I have a glass of water?'' water is the object of the action. E.g. auto -> autoa (Can I borrow the car? Voinko [minä] lainata autoa?) laukku -> laukkua (He looks at the bag. Hän katsoo laukkua.) vesi -> vettä (You bought a bottle of water. [Sinä] Ostit pullon vettä.) ---notice the different place of personal pronouns in interrogative sentences neste -> nestettä (liquid) käärme -> käärmettä (snake) mesi -> mettä (nectar, honey) käsi -> kättä (hand) I hope this was helpful even at some level.

'Vesi' means water, but 'vettä' means some water

"I know the number eight! That is.. ka.." haha, so cute :D

Recent visit to Finland, and I was paralyzed by Finnish! I came home completely in love with the culture and the language...I am now obsessed with watching Finnish TV shows to help me recognize sounds and repetitive words. I love watching your videos and you make me laugh and feel excited to learn! Can't wait to go back to Finland someday!

Finnish words almost never have an H at the end. They can end with a T or an N (or very rarely an R). Other consonants at the end of a word signify either a name or a foreign language borrow, which means the word probably doesn't follow Finnish spelling rules. You're doing great for someone not native with umlauts!

In worddive you should start doing those grammar exercises (verb conjugation I & II, wasn't it). They'd be helpful for creating your own sentences, like you already kind of did with: "Saisinko teen, kiitos? -> Saisinko kahvin, kiitos?"

Usually no h at the end of words

words in Finnish never end on consonants except sometimes a singular t, n, l, s, or r. Of these, t and n can mostly appear at the end of any word in certain inflected forms, whereas the others (except s, at least in spoken language) only appear very rarely, in the base forms of words.

Dave you starting to hear the letters. Good job. After you can listen to the words you can easily say it and learn. Why it changes..."nobody knows" that is how finnish children feel like in school in a class of Finnish grammar =) Miten saa jokaisen suomalaisen pään hajoamaan? Nomini on suomen kieliopissa sana, joka taipuu sijamuodoissa ja luvussa. Nominit jaetaan tarkemmin neljään sanaluokkaan: substantiivit (nimisanat), adjektiivit (laatusanat), numeraalit (lukusanat) ja pronominit (asemosanat).

This was so funny and great video! I'm always so nervous when you are typing the words and I'm here just like "yes, that's correct, don't change it" or like "oh no there's no h letter in that word, please realise to change it" :D Keep up the good work!

I'm so proud of you! Olen niin ylpeä sinusta! But you are way too hard on yourself! Mutta olet aivan liian ankara itsellesi! I think you have been learning really well, you have actually surprised me! Minun mielestäni olet oppinut erittäin hyvin, olet itseasiassa yllättänyt minut! Keep up the good work, will be cheering for you here! Jatka samaan malliin, tulen kannustamaan sinua täällä! These videos make me smile! Nämä videot saavat minut hymyilemään! And so adorable you want to learn one of the harders languages in the world for your girlfriend! 😊❤ Ja niin suloista, että haluat oppia yhden maailman vaikeimmista kielistä tyttöystäväsi vuoksi!

You are doing great dave! Keep going!

It realy makes me smile to see you get questions right time after time! Keep up the good work!

Dave I am super fricking proud of you! You actually formed a new sentence in Finnish! "Yksi kahvi, kiitos" is perfect and you came up with it all by yourself! Keep it up :)

Nice going Dave! You are making so much progress!

That ”helvetti” at 12:19 got me laughing XD

I have to say huge thank you Dave for these videos! This gave me good laugh as I’m Finnish, living abroad and trying my best to learn one hell of a Slavic language... You are just like me when I’m trying to learn and it’s hilarious :D You are doing great, good luck and do not give up. Just don’t ever put a ’h’ at the end.

basically the words change because in finnish instead of using prepositions such as in or to etc (like in english) we change the ending of the word to express the action. here’s an example: kauppa = store kaupassa = in the store kauppaan = to the store and so on... hopefully this was helpful :)

Love these videos!! I'm learning Finnish too, and I get as excited as you when I spell it the same as you do and it's correct!

If it makes you feel any better, I have a friend who is originally from Germany and when I first got to know her, she'd been living in Finland for about 8 years and her Finnish still wasn't perfect but she was managing splendidly with it. So like you said, it's gonna be a long and arduous process but you'll get there! I was happily surprised by this video alone :) Keep going, brother!

Dave cad Cave dad Luolaisä confirmed

Fun fact: "iso" (big) is also used for "isä" (dad/father) in poetry and I think in "old finnish" too. For example in Kalevala dad is "iso". Same way mother can be called "emo" instead of "äiti" in poetry and old language even though usually "emo" is used only about animal mothers.

It makes me so happy to see your face when something just clicks! Finnish really is one of the world's hardest languages, so you really shouldn't be too harsh on yourself when you struggle with the inflections :) It's just so much fun to see you learn! Also a tip: I can't think of a single word on Finnish that ends with the letter h.

A (maybe) helpful tip on whether there's an H or not: no Finnish word ends in an H.

These are just best (and so funny I laughed so much)! Can’t wait the next part!

I think you should learn some finnish grammar, I think it would help you more than just learning single finnish words. Like why in the pictures the word in question was "mennä" but in the sentence it was "menee". If you know why and how this works, you can apply it to most verbs. Because there is certain logic behind all this, believe it or not.

I love this series!

More Dave! You're doing so well! :)

Good job Dave! And many small victories are better than one big victory when learning something new :)

"Vesi" is the infinitive form of the word water (or the basic form). "Vettä" is the objective form, for example: "drink water" = "juo vettä". The word changes because Finnish doesn't have prepositions like English does. So for example: "jump into the water" = "hyppää veteen" "come out of the water" = "tule pois vedestä" "you were too long in the water" = "olit liian kauan vedessä"

Dave, you are doing AMAZING! You know many basics so it will get easier soon! You will be a master some day, just gotta go step by step. Tsemppiä, hyvin menee!👍

Hey man, you're doing great with the Finnish language. I can imagine it's not one of the easiest languages to study so mad props to you. Thank you for all the entertaining videos!

Go Dave!! :) these videos are awesome,keep it going :)

Yeah the suspense is real when you're like thinking between double letter and single letter and when you get it right i'm actually celebrating with you :D also with a and ä too. I'm here like "no no no it's ä not a :O"

Ä, Ö and Y are usually used together in the same word and A, O and U are used together. I and E can be used with any vowels. It's because the sounds for A O and U are formed at the back if your mouth and Ä Ö Y in the front. Some words make an exception though, like 'olympialaiset' (the olympics), for example. As you can see Y is used with O in it.

Go for it Dave!!!!! I'm learning with you!!!

"vesi" changes to "vettä" due historical reasons (it used to be "vete"). But yeah, I think only people who study linguistics know this ::DD Same thing with "käsi" (hand) -> "kättä". But do not freak out, those forms are rare and you can learn them by heart! Good job with all this learning and thank you for the great videos!

Oh my god how cute u are when u trying to learn finnish! 😂 but it’s so nice that u are really trying your best! U are doing so much better than the last time, u got this bro 👊

Please, continue learning. You're doing very well!

Marrying a Finnish Swede - so unfair since you have to learn not one, but two languages 😅

#luolaisä 😂👌🏻

Than you for making me laugh so much! Keep going Dave, you are going to make it! :D

You should make a video in which you eat gingerbread-tasting products. 😃 Such as Fazer’s gingerbread chocolate, Arla’s gingerbread curd and gingerbread-Domino 😊

I feel your struggle with learning a new language, but believe me, if you can keep up that good motivation that you have, you'll definitely learn Finnish sooner or later. Just try not to rush it, just be happy whenever you learn a new word and when you start knowing words, you can try to combine them and make some sentences. I really want to hear you speaking fluent Finnish some day :)

I love how you sound words out and figure out how they are spelled. Makes me so proud for some reason. You're in the klubi! :D

About dubbel letters: You made me remeber that some non-Finnish person said to me (when trying to learn Finnish) that she was afraid to use the word tavata (= to meet), beacuse when conjugating (?) the verb, it comes so close to the verb tappaa (=to kill), and she was using this as an example: "Will I meet you to morrow?" - Tapaanko sinut huomenna?, because she was afraid to mix it with "Tapanko sinut huomenna?" (=Will I kill you tomorrow?). I had never thought there would be a problem there, but obviously, if one is not used to having dubble letters pronounced when spoken, things like these might be confusing :)

You are really good in learning!

100k congratulations dave.

You can do it Dave, dust don't give up!👍

You are really good at finnish!!!

Well done Dave. I can see you're getting better and better. Don't mind about little mistakes. You have done this such a short time. Usually we finns start to learn english at the age of 9 and still it is far from perfect. Keep going 😊

Good job, Dave. So close yet so far ( the story of my life).

Very good Dave!

Keep it up m8! I have seen lots of progress!

Hyvin menee! Lausut suomea hyvin.Hyvä Dave! :)

All memes aside, you're making some really remarkable progress and I'm genuinely proud of that 👌

Go dave! Learning any new language is a long and arduous task.. but slow and steady wins the race as they say =) I did fist pump several times .. like when you said "yksi kahvi, kiitos" or when you knew right away what "ei ole uusi" means =) I hope you enjoy these moments too! Love your videos, keep up the good work!

menee = goes

I don't know if someone already said it, but when you were wondering why the word 'vesi' turned into 'vettä' it was because of the word 'of'. We don't have the small words like 'on', 'in', 'of' etc in Finnish language, so we use different endings instead. So if you were to say for example "saisinko lasin vesi" instead of "saisinko lasin vettä" it would be pretty much the same as saying "may I have a glass water". Also: you are doing fantastic! Finnish is one of the hardest languages in the world, and your pronounciation is already very good! Keep on going, you can do it! 😊

One rule I noticed with German and to lesser extent in English is that the vowel before single consonant is long and before double consonants is short. Whereas in Finnish long vowel is actually two vowels a /= aa. With harder consonants (like 'k') in Finnish there is a glottal stop and in softer ones (like 'n') a short stop or prolonged sound before the start of next one. I h

You can do it Dave! I really want to see this happen. I'm too invested in this for my own good. Kahdeksanklubbbbi!

I'm so proud of you... I can't believe how good you are nowadays

11:37 actually no. The verb mennä is used in both cases: when asking "how is it going" and when speaking about going to somewhere. Also mennä is infinitive, "to go" and it conjugates like this: singular: minä menen (I go) sinä menet (you go) hän *menee* (he/she goes) plural: me menemme (we go) he menevät (they go) te menette (you/You go) Or simply: menen, menet, menee, menemme, menevät, menette; because in finnish the ending tells the doer. One another point: verbs in infinitive never end with a consonant (syödä) ;D Overall fewer words in finnish end with a consonant, its much much rarer than in english

I find these videos very intresting. It's cool to see how you are learning our language.

I'm so glad you're marrying her☺️

You are so good!!

Tsemppiä! You can do it! I think all languages have qualities that are difficult to learn or hear if we're not used to it. Because there is no need to differentiate double letters in English, it makes sense why it can be difficult to hear them in Finnish. Native speakers hear this because it has a meaning whereas language learners have to train their ear to hear it.

6:55 Just to know, We dont use ''a'' or ''of'' kind of words so thats why its changes from ''vesi'' to ''vettä''

You're killing the game, Dave. Been here from 30k

Don't worry too much about that menee/mennä mishap Dave! I was cheering for you for even getting the word right haha. I'm learning Spanish in uni rn and went through a fast phased three month course and I still can't conjugate the verbs right. And Finnish conjugation is just madness..

Hi Dave! Like few people have said, that we have no words with h at the very end, but in general we have quite few words that have something else than vowel in the end. I would say that at least 95% of words have vowel as last letter. And when there is no vowel in the end, it usually is letter N. Like ohjain (controller), poljin (pedal) or avain (key). Even if this isn't solid 100% of cases, it covers most of the cases. EDIT: And while thinking, the rest of the words have S in the end, like lihas (muscle) or lammas (sheep). So words end with a vowel, n or s 99,9% of cases at least. And as a actual comment, these videos are very entertaining to watch. First, you keep me amazed how well you can pronounce words that you see or hear first time. Besides that, I would say that your typing is at least very good if not great. I would say that every Finn has problems with "single or double consonant" while they are learning the typing (between the ages of 6 to 9 years old). So if you can do that well, you could say that you are doing at least as well as native children. And they have much more time to put to the learning process (and let's not forget that they have teachers around).

and try to say HÄÄYÖAIE on your video

Wow, as a Finn I haven't thought a lot how difficult languageeFinnish really is. But your pronouncing sounds really good! Well done Dave! :)

You can do it! ❤️

Trippy! I got a Lidl advert and it was your video😂😂

Good job Dave

That's a sneaky ö!

Dave. Finnish is 1 of the hardest languages, and I know 1 reason why. I'll tell some examples: I go = Minä menen You go = Sinä menet She/He goes = Hän menee They go = He menevät You go = Te menette We go = Me menemme And. I run = Minä juoksen You run = Sinä juokset She/He runs = Hän juoksee We run = Me juoksemme You run = Te juoksette They run = He juoksevat These things are hard to remember, but I hope you will learn these. Also different finnish peoples from different cities speak different way. Like: Minä = Minä/Mä/Mie Sinä = Sinä/Sä/Sie I know, hard to remember :D

Dave. Re double consonants. Using your best cockney accent, think how a Londoner might say "a black hat" and how he would say "a black cat". A cockney does not aspirate the h in hat, so that HAT comes out as AT. So both BLACK (h)ATand BLACK CAT contain exactly the same string of consonants, but there is still a DIFFERENCE in the way the cockney pronounces these two things. Ask your fiancé to say "Ä BLÄKKÄT" and then ask her to say "Ä BLÄKÄT". Which one is the cat and which one is the hat? The difference in K compared to KK is in the length of time you pause before sounding the K. Ask her to say KUKA (who) and KUKKA (flower) and listen to how long she holds that K! It is a tiny difference but you can hear it. A cockney knows if the other person is referring to headwear or an animal because of that tiny difference. Next time you are in Finland go see how books are written for children learning to read. KUKA would be written phonetically as KU-KA, but KUKKA would be written as KUK-KA, forcing the K to be held longer.