The Finnish Language

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-Kokko, kokoo kokkoo koko kokko. -Koko kokkoko? -Koko kokko. Finnish is pure poetry.

Finnish: has no grammatical gender me: "Well, maybe this wouldn't be too hard to learn" Finnish: also has 15 grammatical cases me: "Finland is too cold anyway"

This man knows things about my language that I don't.

English: "I wonder if I should run around aimlessly" Finnish: "Juoksentelisinkohan"

Fact : about 70 people in Finland don't belong to a metal band.

Finnish is easy. Perkele and Noni. The only words you need to sruvive in Finland.

I'm greek and I want to share a funny story with my finnish friends: The old greek flag is the same as finnish flag, EXCEPT, the cross is white and the rest is blue. When we were around 5 to 7 y.o. in school, in national holiday days (2 times per year) the teachers would give us flags with only the lineart of the flag, for us to colour. Me and some other kids, always messed the colours up and practically drew the finnish flag. The teachers would explain that this is not the right way, but never excluded us from the feast. So every kid would hold its flag for the school feast, only about 1/4-1/3 of them were practically finnish ones. The finnish flag might be the first flag I knew apart from greek for that reason.

Learning Finnish is no joke. I learn Finnish and now am at intermediate level and learning a different language can really open your mind. You literally have to change your way of thinking and approach to the language.

Everybody gangsta until the grammar cases show up

Many years ago I was in Finland on a business trip. I nervously tried to learn Finnish. I did not do well. I walked up to a taxi driver in Lahti and said, “Puhutko englantia?” In a perfect New York accent he replied in a bored way, “Yeah. Where do you wanna go?”

To hear proto Finnic, all you need to do is to be near a drunk Finn

I belong to 5% minority that speaks Swedish so had to learn Finnish in school. Found it difficult because my surrounding where totally Swedish spoken. At the end I went to Sweden to get my degree so I hadn't to worry to manage the Finnish in addition to all other courses. Now I am living in Finland again and manage in Finnish vere well. My children are bilingual so they speak both Finnish and Swedish as native languages, a huge advantage in the daily life and job applications.

A few different ways to bend the word "dog" (koira) in Finnish: Koira, koiran, koiraa, koiran, koirassa, koirasta, koiraan, koiralla, koiralta, koiralle, koirana, koiraksi, koiratta, koirineen, koirin, koirasi, koirani, koiransa, koiramme, koiranne, koiraani, koiraasi, koiraansa, koiraamme, koiraanne, koirassani, koirassasi, koirassansa, koirassamme, koirassanne, koirastani, koirastasi, koirastansa, koirastamme, koirastanne, koirallani, koirallasi, koirallansa, koirallamme, koirallanne, koiranani, koiranasi, koiranansa, koiranamme, koirananne, koirakseni, koiraksesi, koiraksensa, koiraksemme, koiraksenne, koirattani, koirattasi, koirattansa, koirattamme, koirattanne, koirineni, koirinesi, koirinensa, koirinemme, koirinenne, koirakaan, koirankaan, koiraakaan, koirassakaan, koirastakaan, koiraankaan, koirallakaan, koiraltakaan, koirallekaan, koiranakaan, koiraksikaan, koirattakaan, koirineenkaan, koirinkaan, koirako, koiranko, koiraako, koirassako, koirastako, koiraanko, koirallako, koiraltako, koiralleko, koiranako, koiraksiko, koirattako, koirineenko, koirinko, koirasikaan, koiranikaan, koiransakaan, koirammekaan, koirannekaan, koiraanikaan, koiraasikaan, koiraansakaan, koiraammekaan, koiraannekaan, koirassanikaan, koirassasikaan, koirassansakaan, koirassammekaan, koirassannekaan, koirastanikaan, koirastasikaan, koirastansakaan, koirastammekaan, koirastannekaan, koirallanikaan, koirallasikaan, koirallansakaan, koirallammekaan, koirallannekaan, koirananikaan, koiranasikaan, koiranansakaan, koiranammekaan, koiranannekaan, koiraksenikaan, koiraksesikaan, koiraksensakaan, koiraksemmekaan, koiraksennekaan, koirattanikaan, koirattasikaan, koirattansakaan, koirattammekaan, koirattannekaan, koirinenikaan, koirinesikaan, koirinensakaan, koirinemmekaan, koirinennekaan, koirasiko, koiraniko, koiransako, koirammeko, koiranneko, koiraaniko, koiraasiko, koiraansako, koiraammeko, koiraanneko, koirassaniko, koirassasiko, koirassansako, koirassammeko, koirassanneko, koirastaniko, koirastasiko, koirastansako, koirastammeko, koirastanneko, koirallaniko, koirallasiko, koirallansako, koirallammeko, koirallanneko, koirananiko, koiranasiko, koiranansako, koiranammeko, koirananneko, koirakseniko, koiraksesiko, koiraksensako, koiraksemmeko, koiraksenneko, koirattaniko, koirattasiko, koirattansako, koirattammeko, koirattanneko, koirineniko, koirinesiko, koirinensako, koirinemmeko, koirinenneko, koirasikaanko, koiranikaanko, koiransakaanko, koirammekaanko, koirannekaanko, koiraanikaanko, koiraasikaanko, koiraansakaanko, koiraammekaanko, koiraannekaanko, koirassanikaanko, koirassasikaanko, koirassansakaanko, koirassammekaanko, koirassannekaanko, koirastanikaanko, koirastasikaanko, koirastansakaanko, koirastammekaanko, koirastannekaanko, koirallanikaanko, koirallasikaanko, koirallansakaanko, koirallammekaanko, koirallannekaanko, koirananikaanko, koiranasikaanko, koiranansakaanko, koiranammekaanko, koiranannekaanko, koiraksenikaanko, koiraksesikaanko, koiraksensakaanko, koiraksemmekaanko, koiraksennekaanko, koirattanikaanko, koirattasikaanko, koirattansakaanko, koirattammekaanko, koirattannekaanko, koirinenikaanko, koirinesikaanko, koirinensakaanko, koirinemmekaanko, koirinennekaanko, koirasikokaan, koiranikokaan, koiransakokaan, koirammekokaan, koirannekokaan, koiraanikokaan, koiraasikokaan, koiraansakokaan, koiraammekokaan, koiraannekokaan, koirassanikokaan, koirassasikokaan, koirassansakokaan, koirassammekokaan, koirassannekokaan, koirastanikokaan, koirastasikokaan, koirastansakokaan, koirastammekokaan, koirastannekokaan, koirallanikokaan, koirallasikokaan, koirallansakokaan, koirallammekokaan, koirallannekokaan, koirananikokaan, koiranasikokaan, koiranansakokaan, koiranammekokaan, koiranannekokaan, koiraksenikokaan, koiraksesikokaan, koiraksensakokaan, koiraksemmekokaan, koiraksennekokaan, koirattanikokaan, koirattasikokaan, koirattansakokaan, koirattammekokaan, koirattannekokaan, koirinenikokaan, koirinesikokaan, koirinensakokaan, koirinemmekokaan, koirinennekokaan And yes... there are more.

i met a linguist in finland. he was Romanian and knew 14 languages perfectly (it was impressive, he spoke with no accent) including very challenging ones. he told me that after he finally succeeded in learning Finnish (after many years actually living in helsinki) he realized it was its biggest success. "After you learn Finnish, you have the right to see yourself as the king of the world" he said

Hello there! Nice channel! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I’m from Brazil and I’ve lived in Finland for 22 years. I can tell you that it was freaking hard at the beginning as you don’t understand 99,99% of it when it’s spoken to you. At first you only understand borrowed words from other languages such as “posti” for post office or post and names of countries like “Brasilia” for Brazil for example. So at first it just sounds like a bunch of T’s and K’s mixed with vowels. Once you start studying the grammar your brain explodes 🧠 🤣 as a speaker of Portuguese and being an English teacher I found it really hard to wrap my head around the cases and the postpositions. I’d say that it took me at least 3 years to “crack the code”. I can speak Finnish quite well after 22 years and sometimes I can even fool a Finn for a moment , but I still make mistakes with the cases, so they usually think I’m either Swedish or from the Swedish minority living here 😄 It’s quite an awesome thing though to be able to understand, speak and write in Finnish, something that I NEVER thought possible! So for those studying Finnish out there, keep going, one day it will all make sense! And it’s perfectly possible to learn it! Good luck! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💜💜💜

To be honest, the 15 grammatical cases seem to make the language easier, from a German perspective. It's easier to just add a suffix to indicate what's happening to a word instead of a preposition and an extra article. Finnish itself seems less difficult than people make it out to be, it's really just the vocabulary that's the challenge in my opinion! I'd rather learn Finnish, than, say, Russian, Greek or Polish.

I’m Hungarian, also a Uralic language speaker, and for me, the Finnish grammar is soo logical.Finnish has a really close relation with the Hungarian language.The system of the two language is really close.I think your language is interesting and very beautiful! 🇭🇺❤️🇫🇮

One peculiarity in English is the game "Spelling bee". To a Finn, that is completely incomprehensible. Finnish is "a letter makes a sound, always the same" language. If you know the word, you know how it is written and how it is split to syllables. That's first grade stuff in school. The pronunciation of English words is at first very strange.

Finnish is so logical, so consistent - and beautiful. And the spelling is without exception; you spell as it sounds.