8 WAYS MARRYING A FINN WILL CHANGE YOU 

How was my Finnish in this video? 🤔 Be honest, I can take it..... (😭)

You know your finnish when your favorite swear word is "perkele"

I like your 'oho'

Perkele Dave kyllä sä osaat sitä suomea aika hyvin 😆

Perfect Finnish, do not worry about it! Keep up the good work.

Im a finnish 17 year old person who is finnish and has moved to china. My mom moved to china for work and because im not an addult I had to follow. There are good things in china for sure like the food and almost everything being cheep but this country has a lot of problems compared to finland. Being away from finland has taught me to love my country even more and not a day goes by i dont think about home. I just cant wait to get back.

The best thing about subtitles is that you still hear the original language of the original actors. It doesn't even matter if you understand the language or not, all languages sound interesting and beautiful in their own ways. In a good production, the actors are professionals and thus their voices are definitely a big part of their acting as well. If you simply dub over it, you lose half of the original work not only the actors put in but also what the director of the movie wanted. Not to mention, if a movie is located in ancient China, it most certainly is a more wholesome experience if the characters are speaking in Chinese, not in some other, totally random language. I don't really need subtitles with English language titles, but I'm happy I could grow up listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, or Christopher Lee sound like they should sound, not like some random dude dubbing over their voices.

Subtitles on everything is one of the reasons why Finnish people are usually quite good at languages. It helps to learn the language, and also when you have subtitles you know how different words are written etc. Also, the number 1 reason people move to Finland from abroad is actually love. Most people with foreign background moved here due to having a Finnish spouse, and obviously Finland is extremely supportive of families with children so it's just a no-brainer for those couples to raise their kids in Finland (I mean, the state pays you monthly for each kid until they reach the age of 18 so why would you raise them elsewhere). :)

Once you go Fiskars there is no turning back.

yes it was, the finnish was great!

I'll soon marry a Finnish girl (I'm from the Netherlands), and one of the most notable changes for me, is that I have become much more indifferent about nudity :')

Wow Dave! That was actually really good Finnish! You're really improving with your Finnish skills, good job! 😃👍🏻

I deadass though you were flipping us off in the thumbnail 😂

The subtitles are one the reasons English is so good and widespread in Finland. They are there on every English-language show and they help the learning process immensely. It was a very wise decision to use them instead of dubbing (like in France and Germany). But you can turn them off in the TV settings. A little more difficult than Netflix and HBO, but still possible.

Spot on Dave! Married 10 years this year and we are moving back to Finland from Canada this spring.

Irish girl engaged & living in Finland with a Finlandssvensk.. Feel ya bro :')

I honestly didnt even know Finland existed until I met my girlfriend 😂 but once I visited I fell in love with the country too. Awesome video!

Getting either less or more patriotic about your home country; I moved to Finland from the US when I met my husband, and watching Trump has definitely made me happy that I moved here. 😂 I watch everything with subtitles now because it's helping me learn Finnish. The only time it's a problem is when we're watching a film in English and they switch to speaking another language and the subtitles are still in Finnish. I get lost very quickly. Completely agree with your list. Great video!

I’m Swedish and quite happy with Swedish quality of stuff, but Fiskars is the best. If you find anything made by Fiskars it will be the best you can get.

My boyfriend (he's from Finland) have been talking more and more about having me move to Finland with him. You're videos are very educating as I learn more about the country and you are 100% correct when you said that you will want to move more and more. Finland is really a great country from what I've seen and stories I've heard.

Loving your videos. Im marrying my Finnish partner in March. Your videos have been really helpful for me. Thank you! I look forward to moving to Finland.😀

I recently married a Finn, and the subtitles thing is spot-on! I, too, feel like I won the lottery because my husband is fantastic.

The 24th is for dinner with one part of the family + presents, the 25th is for dinner with the other part of the family, mothers and fathers side practically

I wish you and your family all the best, Dave!

I was just looking if you had subtitles on when you started talking about them! My candy bag makes too much noise when I twist and turn it to find the candy that I want, with subtitles I don't miss anything of the video even if I'm eating while watching

The Finnish actually wasn't that bad, great job!

This video is the cutest thing I've seen in recent memory, bless you Dave ❤️❤️

as a fellow Brit dating a Finn, I agree

For all that you said here - I love you, man. I love the fact that you really have been putting in the rather ungrateful effort of learning a (by any purely rational standard) rather insignificant and needlessly complicated language. Thank you for helping the small and quirky Finnish language to live on, flourish, and cross cultural barriers! It's also fascinating that you already have noticed how many creative and playful options language such as this one can offer, once you get the hang of it. This opens quite a few weirdest of wormholes that let you truly express yourself "in your own words", for real... Hyvää työtä, veliseni. Kerrohan paremmalle puoliskollesi lämpimät terveiset - hyvää työtä on kanssasi tehnyt hänkin.

I can relate to your comment about Fiskars scissors. They are the best in the world and that's it. I bought a pair of German-made scissors some three years ago. I thought that Germans use to make quality stuff, so why not. That was a mistake - they are in the trash, while the 20-plus year-old Fiskars equivalent is just still going strong. They have never been sharpened since purchase.

I gotta say, your Finnish is very good! All I would work on if I were you is the timing and tone of voice (even though they are pretty much perfect already). I know Finnish can be a hard language to learn but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy. Especially when you can shorten and change some words with slang that pretty much everyone understands. I don't know what else to say but your Finnish is very good. Keep up the good work Dave! Your Finnish is improving a lot and it shows.

Dave... I think I can speak behalf of every (well almost) one of us. We love you! So cool to see how you try those really hard finnish words. We all know that they are next to impossible for any other but native finns. Keep on doing the vids mate!! Ps. Your finnish is getting better. A lot better. ( If you correct ANY of my english mistakes I swear to God....)

I am originally from the USA and moved to Finland at the end of 2007 when I met a Finnish woman. I was 19 at the time. All the things you said I have also experienced while living here. Unfortunately though my wife and I separated back in October and then filed for Divorce in November because she didn't want to be together and my and had been cheating on me for some time. (I found out in November). Planning to stay here as I have a permanent residence visa and plan on apply for my Citizenship this year.

10 years together (4 years married next week) with a Finn. Trying to figure out how to move to Finland before our daughter starts school.

Being in the same boat as you (Married 5 years this August to a Finnish girl) I can say it's changed me for the better. We're actually moving to Finland later this year in pursuit of a better quality of life. I'm also learning Finnish as my wife's grandparents and her Father don't speak English and I want to be able to talk with them. TBH I can't wait to get there!

I mean... Nokia is finnish and you know those lasted forever and no matter how much you wanted to break your phone it just never did

When you said about number 5, my parents have been married for 19 years and guess what, we’re moving to there next year hahahaha

The intro was actually really good! 10/10 great job

This video was great! I'd love to see more of these :)

Impressive Finnish! I'm a Canadian born Finn and the best part about that is definitely the 2 Christmas celebrations.

I enjoy my trips to abroad but everytime I get home to Finland I enjoy the little things, like having a shower and getting a constant flow of water which stays at same temperature all the time and the quiet and soundproof home and also even temperature in home even if there is -30C outiside, the forests, lakes etc.. also the relatively good hygiene even in gas station toilets (which tends to be cleaner than many toilets in malls BTW)

I was not patriotic about my country in the first place so when I meet my partner I research about Finland and I became less patriotic practicing finish planning to move there after I'm done with my studies. I'm from Puerto Rico

The reason why christmas is celebrated on the 24:th is that Santa needs two whole days to deliver gifts all around the world =)

Oh snap!! That "noniin" was PERFECT!! Now you are officially a Finn. :D

Dave, you rock! Keep up the good work. Suomi Finland Perkele :)

WOW! That beginning!! And now i will watch rest of the video 😂

Daaamn män! Pretty good finnish you got there, keep at it mate, your progress is showing :)

There is also a legendary company called Savotta which makes really high quality backbags. Finnish defence forces uses Savotta backbags and they are really well made!

The quality standards may by high here, but it's also written in our nature not to brag about it.

This may be one of your best videos, I think🤔😄

Loved the video!! Hyvä Suomi! 😁💪🏽

Your pronunciation is really good. I'm impressed.

I'm dating a Finnish girl, saturday marks our 1 year anniversary. She linked me this video. Should I prepare to move to Finland? :P

Great video Dave, I can relate to pretty much everything you mention. Regarding a good comparison with the UK, how come the weather is much colder, yet I feel warmer? Could it be better insulation and affordable heating?

A "good Perkele" on well placed spot is not only empowering, but also incredible instant stress relief. Usually this is on failure or near failure / tinkering or overcoming exhaustion on some task (wood chopping to the point when your hands don't really work properly anymore, but you ain't done)

Your Finnish is really good. I was impressed by the fact that you don't have a heavy accent. Good work! Also, as much as I do like Arabia's products myself (I also moved all of my Finnish stuff abroad just like Cat did), they are made in China nowadays unfortunately but, they still try to keep the quality of the product better than your generic Ikea dishes.

My mum is english and dad Finnish. Mum moved to Finland.

Genelec's are also pretty amazing products.

Your pronouncing is really good, but i think that the common mistake with foreigners speaking finnish (especially people whose motherlanguage is english) is that they tend to "prolong" words and certain letters, like when you're saying "perkele", you say it like "pherkhele". Finnish language is as "blunt" as it gets :). We literally say the words exactly the same way as we write them, so if you learn to pronounce every letter, you'll speak perfect finnish in no time when you're reading something. But your finnish is already so good that there's no point in worrying about it because everyone can understand what you're saying, and trust me not everyone can do it ;D. It's a bit off topic but: If you wanted a finnish person (who doesn't speak english) to read your name and pronounce it right you'd write your name "Deiv Khäd" ^^

Love ur video..thanks for sharing..im excited to go to Finland..

Oh shii that "noniin" at the start was really good I legit got confused when it started playing ::D

Im impressed of the fact that your finnish is so good, since its a kinda hard language

ConGrats Dave!😁

Very relatable! 👍🏼

You're too lovely. I myself born in Sweden by Swedish father and Karelian mother and I love everything English and Finnish. Had I been able I had taken my pick and pack and moved to england and lived there for at least 5 years to feel freedom and love and ended my days in Finland where i always felt at home. My current economy puts an end to it unfortunately.

hey i love that you use closed captions for the finnish parts but i would suggest ccing all of your video. with that you make your videos more accessible for more people! tekstitykset kunniaan! 💙👌

This was so interesting video. Thank you Dave. ❤️ Your Finnish wasn't so bad. 👍

You did so good In the intro!

You should get your own radio show. I would listen!😁

Your Finnish sounded great. I'm very impressed! Well done Dave.

"Pikku juttu", so adorable! : D

Me and my fiance got engaged just on valentine day and he is from Usa, getting ready to move here in a year or so♡ We really love your videos

That was awesome! You're really good at finnish.

Great vid, more of these, please ! Have you tried yet for finnish citizenship?

Celebrating Christmas both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is a brilliant idea! Go for it. :)

Jag älskar din kanal. Den gör så att jag känner mig stolt över att vara finne. Greetings from Pietarsaari!

This was a fun video :) my husband's British as well ! He secretly trained with my sister for months to be able to hold a tiny speech in Finnish at our wedding

You speak finnish so well! Hyvä Dave:)

I was literally drinking some Finnish water from that Aino Aalto glass when you started to talk about how everything (especially cups and mugs) have to be Finnish and I couldn't agree more 😂😂 I just started to laugh when I opened the cupboard and saw all those mugs and plates I already own as a 19-year-old young girl 😂😂💙

Yes another video!!😎

How many moomin mugs do you own now dave?

Do not worry about you Finnish pronunciation, This is hard language and you are doing great! We are delightful when we hear foreigners to speak Finnish! Really would like to offer you a beer and chit chat, but you are quite busy guy?

"My name is Dave Cad and YESTERDAY we are going to talk about" 😂😂

Concerning Fiskars and Finnish pride of things well made... I was on an open university course with a lady that had seen the Shining in the movie theatres when it first came out. She told us that when she had been at the showing, at the part where Nicholson puts the axe through the door, some dude behind her had stood up and yelled "Fiskars, kirveiden kuningas!" (Fiskars, the king of axes). Ever since then, whenever I see a Fiskars axe, that's all I can think about. And to be fair, most summer cottages in Finland probably have one for chopping firewood... and most of them will be decades old.

Nowadays Dave sings God save the Sale, instead of God save the Queen.

It would be awesome to hear your Swedish/ a video related to finnswedes!

I think your Finnish language is really good, continue with the same way so you come pro 😎

The subtitles 😂😂😂 it's so true ! We always have subtitles on now

A friend of mine have lived in Malta for 5 years and she and her fiance are moving back to Finland... She said that she will never come back.. well it didn't go as planned. She wants their kids to be schooled in Finnland. 😂

Great video! 😎🙏🇫🇮

Hi, your finish is better than mine :) I've been studying for 4 month already, and the main difficulty - partitiivi. English was more easy. Nice to hear same opinion about Finland. Btw, hello from Russia. Someday I'll move to Finland by my own.

My hearth stopped for a moment coz I thought this was the first wideo made in Finnish. Had to pause the video and jump up. OMG OMG OMG!

Awesome Finnish Dave, keep going! 👌☺️

Hahah that's so funny about subtitles. I hate them too but my Finnish partner needs them on everything. Glad we're not the only ones.

wow dave, that was some good finnish dude!!!

Your Finnish is great! I can hear you are not a native speaker but its still natural and I am now waiting full video in Finnish.

I also swear in Finnish without being Finnish nor living in Finland. The words just sound nicer than the words we have here in the Netherlands. And of course still nobody know what I'm saying. That's mostly why I do it. I hope I can move to Finland someday, this country is getting overful and I don't want to know how it will look like in the future. I'm already learning the language bit by bit. Small steps like figuring out that "with the train" is just: juna+lla= junalla. And the first thing you said in this video I fully understood. Hopefully I will be able to learn some more things about Finland on your channel. Kiitos!

Great vid! Your finnish was even better!

nice vid bud =D

Thanks for saying such a good things about Finland,,,, I'm too negative towards my own country 😌