Finnish Lesson 01

[glupsamja]

Thank you so much, I love Finnish.

[tekken19901]

Finlandiya'yı çok seviyorum Fince'yi de umarım bir gün Fince'yi sökebilirim

[janzevec77]

kippis to that!!! :) Greetings from Slovenia, have picked some words on Metalcamp and in Planica :D!!!

[angelansonora]

Oh great! I have to roll the "r" like in Spanish? Oh well, I'll just skip that part! Great start! Thank you!

[MrKiraff]

Sinusta ei tule ikinä hyvää opettajaa. Hyvän robotin sinusta voisi saada toistamaan pakkoliikkeitään.

Mutta se oli vain kritiikkiä. Hyvä että yritit :)

[myhappyending546]

The finnish alphabet sounds a lot like the german alphabet! :)

[ShowMeInTheHospital]

hey i laeraned from this video thanks heres what i can do now cuz of you you rock

minulla on a great acent sina olet awesome kylla mina olen practicing

[hardtobelievebutso]

im sorry to say but finnish doesnt sound like any language of latin origin... so even spelling the alphabeth is very hard for a spanish/british/german citizen

[VipeVapela]

@hardtobelievebutso Why sorry? It's special and thats why it's so difficult to you ;)

[4eSaintSeiya]

really thank you =D great video

[alexandertechva]

Great start! Thanks for sharing.

[adpenguingirl25]

Don't get why you don't like this! It's awesome!!

[italomacelloneable]

I speak portuguese as my first language and I also don't find hard to get the languages sounds made. But, I agree with our mexican friend, the conjugation seems to be VERY "agressive"...

[AnonymusArctican]

I am learning because of Johanna Kurkele-"Rakkauslaulu" :).....rakkaus=love and laulu=song....right?....I am Romanian, so is pretty hard to lern finnish, but i won't quit....this lesson it's a big help for me...Thank you!!!

[AdieuOphelia]

Is it okay if I use my French "r" sound? Because I can not roll the r.

Or Is that not okay?

[mexablackmargera214]

pretty cool i loved it -kiitos-and at the end is that HIM singin that song?

[namibean]

I'm over half Finnish and I wish I could have grown up with it. It's very difficult to learn it now that I'm an adult.

[peaceloveacceptance]

@namibean I am 1/2 Finnish and I am thankful I did grow up with it for the most part. My great grandparents never learned English after they moved to the states and my Dad's parents both spoke it often. I remember taking classes when I was really young and I have the binder from that, but I moved from N. Michigan to California when I was 11, so Ive forgotten a lot.... Im 20 now

[nicolasmauser]

im Brazilian,and i will don't give up,i will learn it

[LintuFordKennedy]

anyone in england trying to learn Finnish?? lol i find it hard to remember what i have learned :S awesome video !!

[daniellefesta]

Im learning because of The Rasmus, Nightwish, HIM, Negative, Tarja Turunen....

[tarjanightwish1]

Thank you!! Keep going!!!

[TheMrD1990]

Kiitos... Finnish has always been a language which I'd like to learn, so kiitos for this video.

[Communist2012]

how do you understand the differences between them ? like 'teilla on' can mean mrs & mr have or mrs. has ... etc.

multiple meanings for the same word. so does it depend on context and what comes after that, which makes one understand ?

[BbrokenAngel95]

@Communist2012 only in written languge you can say "teillä on" as "mrs/mr has". Of course you can say it in spoken language, but it sounds quite weird and very very formal. And you can find it out from whole sentence. Hope you understood my english xD

[Communist2012]

@BbrokenAngel95 ok thanks ! :D

[SpicyGlambert]

Thanks, this is helpful!!

[Junming2010]

mina olen mina=)

[TheMrSupercluster]

I'm learning because of Nightwish.

[tarjanightwish1]

@TheMrSupercluster Me too!! jajaja xD

[Xiopex]

Your English was perfect!

[MrGorillerz]

Kiitos :D I'm doing my best to learn Finnish.

[satthukhettieng]

kiitos, i am going to study abroad in Finland in the next two month, so thank you for your sharing

[Suggravitsa]

Awesome language! Sounds very exotic, very "Elfish" to me...

[TheBoomlayboom]

i dont know why... but when i heard the finnish words,, i said it a great language...

[faselblaDer3te]

Wow, Finnish is the first language I get to know which doesn't differentiate between "he" and "she".

[2009veil]

Kiitos, Kulta:-) Very well-you started from basic words.Many lesson are about phrases, fun but just some about:I am, you are, ...etc.By the way-your english is good, don't worry about it.Carry on, girl!

[annandkate1]

Incredible that our languages how similar. I am from Hungary. The prounanciation of the letters are so similar almost the same. :)) I like your language. Thanks for the video! :)

[GenValo]

slow down on the end..

[lrodriguet]

Nice way to begin to learn finnish. Thank you.

[lrodriguet]

Nice way to begin to learn finnish. Thank you.

[romandybala]

Thankyou for posting.

[DreadedLeopard]

Kiitos! 

[purelightink]

I would ask that you bring "Mrs." into the left column with the rest of the singular pronouns. It will look unbalanced, a little, but will be easier to follow.

[RIPinkie]

This video's really helpful so far! Kiitos! ^^

[spawnoftheKing]

ya lost me at 'W'

[johnluvsluna]

I'm curious about Finnish language and these videos will hopefully help when I visit Finland in the summer. Thanks for them, I hope you make more of them

[FBIARMYMILITARY]

I'm half Finnish and I don't know how to speak it help me

[dige90]

I'm mexican and I don't find hard to speak alphabetic sounds because in spanish are almost the same... but the fucking conjugations are fucking hard to memorize, as in spanish lol i think it's just practice :)

[PaulosPrince]

Well, in spite of the lack of a speaking-English voice, I found a bit difficult to memorise all alphabetic sounds of Finnish, because of the numerous differences between neo-latin languages Italian belongs to, (I did forget to explain out me to be a mother-language Italian) and Finnish, as well. But I'll admit your language is very intersting for its peculiarities attracting me. Anyway, Shouldn't I thank you for you to have endeavoured to realize those videos? :) Thank ;), bye from Italy ^^

[arhabersham]

Dont be shy. Am sure your English is better than my Finnish! Thanks for posting Maija ^_-

[IjustloveMCR]

.. whee :D

[RoxsyHeartagram]

Kyllä, hyvä nice intro and outro song too by the way... ;D but as a suggestion, leave more of a gap between saying words so people can repeat them after you without having to pause the video. Kiitos :)

[1906michu1906]

i love this language!!! greeting from Poland

[gredangeo]

wtf?!?! If this is correct. It looks like that there is no difference between He and She. So is everyone neutered or something over there?

[RoxsyHeartagram]

@gredangeo haha! Yeah thats right- the words 'he and she' are neutured at least... I suppose it helps with gender equality :)

[Mompare]

@RoxsyHeartagram If you are talking about a girl and a boy named Jenna and Seth, in English you will probably say "She is really funny" or "He looks sad", and you know who we are talking about. In finnish those sentences would be "Hän on tosi hauska" and "Hän näyttää surulliselta", we wouldn't know which one we are talking about :D So we use names: "Jenna on tosi hauska" and "Seth näyttää surulliselta" and ta-da, we don't have to ask who the hell are we talking about ;) Finnish is odd, yes. :D

[3000Jessica0003]

@Mompare And when we talk we say "Se on tosi hauska" "It's really funny" when it would actually be "He's/she's really funny. We have like million conjugations but then we're too lazy to say he/she. Why we have to make everything so hard?

[purelightink]

@Mompare If my son ever learned this language, he would use the s/he pronouns just to irritate me. In English we have he and she, but he will talk about "my friend," just so I don't know whom he's talking about. (sigh) Some people's kids, I tell ya.

[LilGhoulScout]

Thanks very helpful

[theprojecthp]

im from finlland so those things are very easy if you ask me lol

[christyvalo666]

It seems fitting that I learn Finnish from someone who appreciates the greatness that is HIM:)

[lordviorio]

@christyvalo666 Here for the same reason. All hail His Infernal Majesty!!!!!!!!!

[christyvalo666]

@lordviorio I agree 100%. All hail HIM! :)

[freevoice18]

@christyvalo666 omg!! i love that band!!!1 thats why im here too =D

[christyvalo666]

@freevoice18 lol I think that's why half of us are here. To learn finnish because we love HIM.

[freevoice18]

@christyvalo666 haha true true! btw i have a question, i know they have a new album out but i didint see if they touring, do you know if they are still? i havent been on the fan page as of late haha

[christyvalo666]

@freevoice18 Yeah it's called Screamworks:Love In Theory In Practice. But the tour ended earlier this year and the website is under contsruction right now

[freevoice18]

@christyvalo666 oh ok! thanks! thats why im only hearing music when i go to the webpage lol but i have never gone to a him concert and i have been a fan of theres since i was nine haha so im going to a concert of theres the first chance i get! =)

[christyvalo666]

@freevoice18 Lol it's pretty much the same here. Loved them for the longest time (still do) and I too want to see them:)

[Faih96]

@christyvalo666 here for the same reason!:) after all when I meet Ville (I've sworn to myself that one day I will) I have to be able to speak to him in Finnish:D

[christyvalo666]

@Faih96 I've sworn the same. Only I've also sworn to have his sign my chest, right over my heart, and get it tattoo'd there for the rest of my life:)

[Faih96]

@christyvalo666 Let's hope our wishes will come true.. Good luck and keep loving HIM :)

[ironmaru94]

Useful thanx :)

[kacull100]

I like it!

[Munujar]

Aika hyvä

[Annika0610]

I really wanna learn this language dude hahaha

[aleksinjo1]

Perkele vio vitu ... this is so f***ing hard!

[charliebellamiley100]

@aleksinjo1 it's voi vittu :) But good try ;)

[aleksinjo1]

@aleksinjo1 who cares, still it's good cuz' my sister's from Sweden told me that :D

[KLRCory]

i agree< great structure to it, however like said before very fast to absorb all

[ikhsanahmad]

thanks for the lessons!it's really helpfull :) i wanna download all your lessons

[southpacificvagabond]

Thanks for the lesson, it goes a bit fast but still great. Love the ending song as well :)

[Avslutta]

Kiitos

[Tietovirus]

jaa-a, suomi on kyl kolmanneks paras kieli. ekana on latina ja toisena englanti

[ringodianne]

kiitos..everyone!!!!!!this..



[TheAlis1999]

kiitos paulio

[TheQwertyWord]

wow, exacly like the swedish alphabet.. but with less finnish accent lol. :) ..but not the w. "ruotsalainen å"? you don't have å in finland?

[encamile]

tarjaaaa turunen xD made want to learn finnish

[xXRussiaChanXx]

Kiitos!

[Lindag89]

This is great! Thank you so much! But, could you slow it down :P then I can practise along!

[SanaraChan]

Thank you for the lessons =D i just start to learn finnish xD because i have a friend in finnland =) and with this lessons i can hear how to speak finish its important!

[iLoveDJIBOUTI]

please try to slow down when pronouncing you are going too fast

[claudinelle23]

Is that HIM soundtrack?

[TheVoiceofasia]

good effort dear , keep it up and thanks

[rdespradel]

Greaaat, thanks! Kiitos! I would like to learn Finnish because I have a friend in Korvatunturi... ^^

[FallyValo69]

I like it. You don't explain WHY it sounds like that.....

it just is

<3

[mslinnixD]

li´ke it :DD:D:D:D:D

[imNutYing]

Like that

Thank you so much

[AmyHeartagram]

Hei, I have a question, (you have) mean both "sinulla on" & "meilla on" ? P.S. I like this video a lot; it's very helpful.

[Ralex004]

why did the pronoun change????!!!!

[Kizales]

Thank you for the conjugations, it really helped :) I really would love to learn the language but I don't really know how considering I don't have a teacher available =/ I've been using Online translators to help me a bit, as well as a few different websites.

[MrBaconMouth]

I have found out that Finland doesn't actually exist and that the Finnish language is backwards Hebrew or some obscure language. Check my profile for more info how the we are made to think that Finland is actually there.

[Annnabef9]

I have a question if you can't say finnish r, should ypu just say the english one?

[Technobeasts]

=Kiitos maija! Olen opiskellut suomen kieltä, jotta voin puhua kummityttöni kanssa. :)

[AyleeRose]

Kiitos Maija! Olen Suomen kielen opiskelu , jotta voin puhua minun kummityttöäni :)

[blacklabelskater777]

Is the music from a live concert? I really wanna find it now. It sound better than the other versions. Anyway, nice video. Going on to part 2 =D

[steve884]

All the languages I like are difficult.

[r2rinaday]

Thanks for putting this video up. Would love to see more.

[markkelimaks]

kaksois v = Tupla v

[Ralex004]

the prounouns change...y is tht?different declension or something im missing??

[jzjMacwolfz]

You don't like it? why?

I do like it... =D

Thanks..!

[JagdTiger88]

That was very helpful!!!

[chmailfi]

Very good! Thanks a lot!

[mustamakkara89]

All the great Finnish Metal bands got me into learning Finnish! Perkele!!!!!

[Ralex004]

@mustamakkara89 Same here!!!! Wooot!!!! Kalmah's my fave.

[themickerman]

it's awesome thanks a lot! there are very few places to learn finnish. it's nice of you to take the time to put some things up.

[srry4beatinu]

thanks very very very very much for this, im trying to learn all the finnish i can before the foriegn exchange student from Finland leaves to go home :D

[Zinetha]

@srry4beatinu check out Furmilo's video "Learn Finnish pronunciation in less than 10 minutes". I'm Finnish and I think that one is the best tutorial video in YouTube.

Ei millään pahalla, Maija (no offense, Maija).

[srry4beatinu]

@Zinetha thanks, i will

[kano265]

plz go on

[i0Hermony0i]

your lesson is very verrry good....

I hope that I could help you to learn English...

If you want english lessons i'll be prode to teach you.(>_<)

[UrsusProblemus]

This was actually my very first introduction into Finnish :) Thanks!

[loose190]

Thanks for putting this up, your work is appreciated for those of us who have to start from the very beginning!

[Bonaparte1990]

I love this language.^^

[papiguapi]

i like it, me encanta, quiero aprender mas, soy Méxicano, y quiero aprender mas sobre la cultura Finlandesa, su education, sobre su economi, sobre la educación sexual que enseñan en las escuelas, es muy interesante la cultura escandinava

[cluenobody]

very good, I like how one can read/see the words as you speak it.I understand better when I read/see the words than oral.thank you

[Pykenike1]

looks like you pronounce the ä at the end of a word differently then the ä in the middle of a word.. E.G. ä in SinÄ sounds diffrently then in hÄn

[Fyrefly514]

Thank you, your video is very helpful,  I was having a hard time pronouncing the words right.

[VRockVulture]

kiitän videosta,hyvä avu tyhmälle virolaiselle

[annapolikan]

it helps..thanx...i am from Greece and i want to learn Finnish..haluan oppia suomea :D

[Ozeneu10]

i'm sorry i could not resists "te olette" sounds like toilette =))) good tutorial overall

[metalgod1993]

Hey, thats HIM.. or wait, might be a cover..

anyway. can somebody tell me if there is a big difference between Helsinki finnish and other?

I heard there was a different slang and stuff.. so I'm just curiose?

[BeastingIt]

@metalgod1993 Sounds like it's a live version of the song.

[ingRockS]

nice! maybe i can learn a little of finnish!

[tuputube1]

like it :)

[pawel3003]

I'm polish and for me, 80% of leter pronunciation is very the same way

I like finnish pronunciation and love the accent. Funny and nice!

[ppeennyyy]

HIM at the end :3 kittos

[fated2pretend1]

my grandmother is finnish and I would like to learn the language....thank you so much for the lesson :)

[Ibib12]

thank you :) I'm from Germany and loooove finnish! 

[Mimbi96]

@Ibib12 me, too/ich auch

[Ibib12]

@Mimbi96

that's cool :) And do you want/try to learn it?

[Mimbi96]

@Ibib12 yes, I want to. could you?

[Ibib12]

@Ibib12

I want to make a finnish course soon, I don't speak many words already :(

[Paulocamposak]

Very good!!! the pronoun changes according to the verb? is it a case of ergotive?

[rina070b]

i think it good clip video for teach but you speak very fast i cannot follow then i have to watched many time but thank you for make this:)

[leventoespinado]

paljon kiitos. I am trying to learn Finnish too...greetings from Turkey

[JohnVoland]

kittos oppitunti, Maija!

terveisiä Kanadasta :)

[ShqipniEtnike93]

well, my gf is finnish and i kinda want learn finnish for her..

and bit by bit i want learn it all.. for her <3

So i thank u alot!!!

Go on with teaching ^^

i need it, we all need it ;)

[Villa666616]

HIM in the background, and a finnish lesson.. I'm from Croatia, and I'm trying to learn finnish because of HIM. May Ville Valo bless you. Keep making the videos, you freaken ROOOOOOOCK <3 <3 <3

[Annnabef9]

kiitos. Toivon mennä yliopistoon Suomessa. Olen amerikkalainen. Minun on opittava kieli.

[starskeexx0]

THANK YOU! i have been trying to teach myself finnish, but i do not have the money to pay for lessons or online lessons so i have been trying to by the internet but i'm not good on pronounciation. This helps alot! Thankyou :D

[whale0melette]

@starskeexx0 try livemocha, i only started yesterday and i can say stuff already,

its free too

eg:

mina olen lihava ja ruma!

not really; mina olen Seksikäs ;)

xx

[kmashif]

Hei sweetie please carry on. Its really really helpful..Kiitos

--

Ashif

[G27dude]

nice lesson. HIM is a good band too. haha =)

[Fan12Anime]

thanks a lot :D

I'm from Poland and I want to learn Finnish ^^

[buiksat]

very good

[DragQueen]

i think finnish pronunciation is really easy for polish people :)

greetings from Poland !

[elenafriend23]

Thank you! A very good lesson for revision! Your English is O.K.!))

[SNota]

lol'd at 0:44

[yulochka22]

kiitoksia paljon



[wahahaha31]

hey THX



[awesomepossum300]

very helpful, i learned the alphabet in ten mins. Very proud of finnish culture

[tequilattila]

grazie ..... kiitos :))

[xhaloxgeekx]

did you burp at 1:11?

[awesomepossum300]

@xhaloxgeekx i think that was another tape put next to the first one

[xhaloxgeekx]

@awesomepossum300 ok XD

[darklight83]

Thank you

[sincerement1982]

Thank you very much! I really like it.

[bluecrowned]

Thanks very much. These lessons are extremely helpful!

[BlackEyedGirl88]

This lesson was very interesting....And I just love HIM! :-)