Best tip for pronouncing the Finnish Ä: it's just like the a in the English word "man". Practice that vowel, especially extending it (maaan, remove m and n) without any kind of bending or flair. I almost never hear a foreigner get it right, instead they just pronounce it like we pronounce A.

He seems to find positive in everything in here! Great salesman definitely, Visit Finland should hire him 😄

the stadi slang is hard to understand to finnish too i live in northern finland and i dont get half the stuff they monger down in helsinki... then again we too have our own sort of slang here in lapland rovaniemi

Damn! Impressed how you been learning finnish like a champ! Proud of you!

Probably the nicest guy there is. Such a gentle gentleman

I once heard a definition for Sisu: When a Finn comes to a door that says push, he stares at the text and as a typical Finn, he starts to pull it... and he pulls the door until it opens. Though people in Finland are very law-abiding, they don't like others saying what they have to do.

@esaedvik

4 жыл бұрын

That's a super funny one :D Never heard that before. Not far off from "Sisulla läpi harmaan kiven" - through grey rock with sisu, literally. Some alternative versions around from that too.

@TapsaTre

4 жыл бұрын

:DDD

Your prononciation is almost spot on.

I love Finland!! Finnish food is awesome.

Well .. "Mun mummoni muni mun mammani, mun mammani muni mut" LITERALLY translates to "my grandmother laid an egg which was my mother who laid an egg that was me" but since in Finnish the "laying of an egg (muni)" can be translated as giving birth, the frase means "My grandmother gave birth to my mother who gave birth to me". :)

@EiriUesugiKun

4 жыл бұрын

Reason why the sodas taste better is (I think) that we use sugar, not corn-melassis(?). - corn melassis is cheaper than sugar, that's why corporations use it in the USA.

@EiriUesugiKun

4 жыл бұрын

Spora .. or SpÅra.. that's the street car, or ratikka, or "raitiovaunu" (the official).

You have learned our ways really well. Hats off!

Beautiful Finnish stories!

Street car = Raitiovaunu, ratikka, spàra, spora. Bus = dösä. I've lived in Southern California since the 1970's, but who can forget those.

Not shy, reserved...

Finnish people are basically Canadians except nobody knows that the country exists

Wow, very interesting! I went to a Mormon church for about a year (as a guest visitor), and I really love Mormon people :)

Vaasa mainittu, torilla tavataan

You are best. Your spelling etc. is so pluckin good.

Every one of the people talking about Finland on this channel tell almost the exact same things over and over in almost identical sentences. Curious.

I'm from Vaasa and have had contact with LDS most wonderful people!

I think the stadi language thing is true for a lot of southern Finland, with some extra which is true stadi like umbrella, sateenvarjo or in stadi soutsa. The younger generation use a quite a bit of english words turned finnish like "that is the most cool thing" "toi on koolein juttu" - notice the "ein" ending which is "the most" equavllient in finnish grammar. I wouldn't necessarily say finnish people are shy, I think reserved describes better.

Pietarsaari mentioned! Let's meet on the market square

"Mämmi, it looks like *eye twitching intensifies* Black." *Whew...*

"Shy" is good, "reserved" is better. We tend not to spontaneously volunteer ourselves but react favorably to an earnest request.

#mustardlife 🖤

Helsinki streetcar: spora. (From Swedish "spårvagn".)

@wtfronsson

4 жыл бұрын

If you like using loan words from the conquerors. I prefer ratikka.

Potato chips are so much better in Finland than in America!

"a NICE breeze that will freese you right to the bone" 😆😆😆

*Suomi Finland prkl*

Well done 👍🌹 The pronunciation of the Finnish language was really good, you will be proud of yourself.

Cool. So you served in Finland. Serving what?

@kaapo7693

4 жыл бұрын

He talked about knockin peoples doors and telling them a message so I guess missionary

@jorluo

4 жыл бұрын

Probably as a Mormon missionary.

@darlingmaroo8463

4 жыл бұрын

It's an LDS mormon missionary youtube channel.

?? someone who is not born in finland likes mämmi? what

@_riippuu

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah... I once met an Australian exchange student and she l o v e s Finnish cuisine. Especially mämmi and rye bread.

Everyone's speaking how great Nordic countries are in Europe. Yet still I don't know any Finnish person.

This guy is incredibly good looking lol :p