i notice now, finnish grammar is so much similar to russian (almost the same). too easy to learn for me - i need to learn just the words. How to read the letters: exacty 100% (maybe 99) like in German language. I know German.
When I was learning English grammar, I found it so easy and I could hardly make a mistake. However, Finnish grammar is all about memorizing and remembering the tenses, very tough language indeed.
Yes and no. The "i" always comes between the root and the endings indicating person and number. The endings are the same, but the root cannot directly be picked from infinitive. All verbs follow a regular pattern, but there are more than 70 different variations of the basic pattern, so in practice you have to memorize infinitive and e.g. first person singular present and past tense. From these forms you can 99 %:ly find out all other forms.
Just a question, the ending of 3r person plurat "vat": is it written as VAT or VÄT, or it deppends of the verb?? (in the video it appears in boths forms)
Finnish has vowel harmony, so a, o and i never appear in the same words (excluding compound words) as ä, ö or y. So it would be VAT for words with the vowels a, o or i and VÄT for words with the vowels ä, ö or y.
I would like to address a big thanks to the maker of the video for taking the effort. It is great that you wanted to spend the time on making it, and sharing some of your knowledge on this beautiful language.
classes are great but the music is pretty weird ^^
aliothalive 7 months ago
why is it that there is no future tense in finnish?
joulupukki3smurffi 9 months ago
Thank you for this movie, a very useful one, especially for beginners!!
elenafriend23 1 year ago
This has really helped me with my finnish language.
Ashfordly 2 years ago
i notice now, finnish grammar is so much similar to russian (almost the same). too easy to learn for me - i need to learn just the words. How to read the letters: exacty 100% (maybe 99) like in German language. I know German.
Khon444Thai 2 years ago
When I was learning English grammar, I found it so easy and I could hardly make a mistake. However, Finnish grammar is all about memorizing and remembering the tenses, very tough language indeed.
lsg5200 2 years ago
So there is no rule for where the "i" has to go, right? You just have to memorize it??
nemosangel 2 years ago
Yes and no. The "i" always comes between the root and the endings indicating person and number. The endings are the same, but the root cannot directly be picked from infinitive. All verbs follow a regular pattern, but there are more than 70 different variations of the basic pattern, so in practice you have to memorize infinitive and e.g. first person singular present and past tense. From these forms you can 99 %:ly find out all other forms.
ProLimukka 2 years ago
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pinco122 2 years ago
the thing with the "i" is clever, I like it =D
lifeofafox 2 years ago 3
I like this language. In fact I will study it more seriously if I have the opportunity...
stelladeppsi 2 years ago
Thanks for posting it. I was actually looking for explanation for past tense so the video is indeed useful to me :)
hamsteri1 2 years ago
Good video :D I'm hungarian and I always mispronounce 'menee' and 'meni' cause they're almost the same as the hungarian 'menni' (means to go) XDD
verajulis 2 years ago
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verajulis 2 years ago
Great video. Good Very clear.
giinhhakha 3 years ago
'sinä' = you (one person)
'te' = you (two or more persons)
But 'te' can also refer to one person in formal speech. I have explained this in detail in another comment earlier.
ProLimukka 3 years ago
ok so what's the difference between the first "you" and the second "you". is it person vs group (not referring to "them")??
arkityp 3 years ago
jätkä kuulostaa tällä videolla ihan muumipeikon ääninäyttelijältä.
oli ihan pakko kirjautua vaan että pääsee sanomaan
romaliop 3 years ago 2
Johtuu kai tosta äänenpainosta
Myeenh 3 years ago
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milkavalonia 2 years ago
romaliop, nauroin varmaan 5 minuuttia tolle kommentille : DDDD
milkavalonia 2 years ago
menen:D Menni=go in hungarian....
Te=ti
Me=mi
sinä=te
paa=fa
Its so interresting :) this language is beautiful:) I think its not so hard to learn me because finnish and hungarian grammar are so similar :)
Greetings from Hungary:)
CMarcsi20 3 years ago 4
That makes sense... Finnish and Hungarian are related languages :D
Myeenh 3 years ago 12
Yeh and i like Finnish so much :) I would like to learn it. I bought a book already about Finnish language and grammar :)
CMarcsi20 3 years ago 4
I learn finnish...I have finnish textbooks, watch movies, listen to music...Videos on YouTube are pretty rare, and thanks a lot for them !!!
P.S. those pictures are pretty funny :-)
czRanito 3 years ago 7
thank you so much for the video explanation!!
Just a question, the ending of 3r person plurat "vat": is it written as VAT or VÄT, or it deppends of the verb?? (in the video it appears in boths forms)
thank you again^^
kanachan6 3 years ago 4
Finnish has vowel harmony, so a, o and i never appear in the same words (excluding compound words) as ä, ö or y. So it would be VAT for words with the vowels a, o or i and VÄT for words with the vowels ä, ö or y.
FinnHawk 3 years ago 4
OK, I understand.
Thank you so much^^
kanachan6 3 years ago 4
it´s beautyful language but it´s so hard. can anyone help me with learing finish language please?
jajaLP 3 years ago 3
This is very helpful, kiitos! : )
SkittsKuro 3 years ago
I agree!
It is very useful.
I would like to address a big thanks to the maker of the video for taking the effort. It is great that you wanted to spend the time on making it, and sharing some of your knowledge on this beautiful language.
Kiitos!
tpmm1 3 years ago
ITS VERY HELPFUL, THANKS
judelix 3 years ago
This looks and sounds good. I wonder why there's no comments yet. :<
pallomakkara 3 years ago