Finnish Language Explained: Vowel Harmony - a simplified overview

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Heippa kaikille! Hello everybody!
In this video I go over (almost) everything you need to know about one of the pivotal features of the Finnish language, Vowel Harmony, in a simple and hopefully fun way.
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@Paul_Herr 3 года назад

This is the amazing part of the internet. An Italian, speaking German perfectly, teaches Finnish. Thank so much, this was very helpful for a beginner. Greetings from Germany

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Danke Dir, Paul, lovely comment!

@Ketutar 2 года назад

It's lovely to hear you pronounce the Finnish words, because your accent is great :-) You sound like a Finn. :-) Never has my mother-tongue sounded so sweet as in the mouth of a foreigner :-) Kiitos

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

OMG this is one of the best comments I've received lately, SUURKIITOS!

@timokk3 2 года назад

I have learned so much about the Finnish language watching your videos. You just make it so much more fun and interesting than my oppikoulun kielioppi opettaja kuuskut luvulla (my family emigrated to the USA in 1968 so I have not had formal training in Finnish since then). You have a naturally relaxed and unintimidating style has given me the courage to start studying the language that sounds the most beautiful to me: Italian. PS. My father's name was especially intimidating to pronounce for Americans, despite it's utter simplicity (only four letters): Yrjö so they called him George instead.

@jerkkub 2 года назад

This was very interesting as a Finn :D Haven't paid attention to these things but they make so much sense! Love your passion for my not so widely spoken language.

@Xloudy 2 года назад

I never knew the origin of "tällainen" or even considered its absence of vowel harmony lmao. You learn something new every day even as a native speaker.

@Vuusteri 3 года назад

It's funny that IQ (intelligence quotient), which is ÄO (älykkyysosamäärä) in Finnish, is often written incorrectly as ÄÖ. Must be a vovel harmony thing, because it feels weird to say ÄÄ-OO. The common joke is that the person writing ÄÖ must have a low IQ to make such a stupid mistake :D

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Hahah didn't know about that joke yet! :D But yeah, it must be vowel harmony doing its thing there :)

@Ka1aMa1ja 3 года назад

Thank you Stefano❣️ You make a grate job! Since 60years I haven’t thought anything about Finnish gramma. It’s wonderful how you make it alive and understandable! I’m native Finnish spesking guy🤩

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Kiva kuulla että tykkäsit!

@Ewan_Smith 3 года назад

Very interesting video! It seems like Finnish vowel harmony is very similar to that of Kazakh, except for that Kazakh has a few more vowels in each category. Also the way that loanwords break the rules is the same in Kazakh with Russian loanwords. I'd love to see some more videos about Finnish!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

That sounds interesting indeed! Kazakh has intrigued me for a while... Thank you for your comment!

@Ewan_Smith 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione If Kazakh intrigues you enough to try to study it I have a number of useful resources to share!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

@@Ewan_Smith Thanks man, that's really cool to hear!

@mrgenetics4063 3 года назад

@@Ewan_Smith what are the resources?

@Ewan_Smith 2 года назад

@@mrgenetics4063 So the best one I found was a website called soyle.kz, they also have a RU-vid channel with lots of content for Kazakh. The website works better in Russian, but it has an English version too. It provides a structured course, lots of vocab, short dialogues etc. Apart from that I used Colloquial Kazakh and another book in Russian called казахский язык самоучитель. Also, the Kazakh Tourism RU-vid channel has some videos in Kazakh with Kazakh subtitles.

@aaropassi1833 3 года назад

I'm here because I was interested how you had improved from your My Finnish Story video. Your Finnish sounds pretty amazing. I was already impressed by your skill in that older video but this time you really didn't make one mistake!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Kiitos kovasti, Aaro!

@derzeitpunkt124 3 года назад

Idk why but this man speaks almost every single language that I'd Like to learn

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Awww this is a golden comment, thank you! :)

@seand6482 3 года назад

In Turkish the vowels are split into two categories, and native words typically contain only vowels of one type: front (e, i, ö, and ü) or back (a, ı, o, and u). Words originating in foreign languages aren’t necessarily obliged to follow this dichotomy (banliyö, otobüs, İsfahan), but I notice the influence of the predominate vowel type on the pronunciation of other vowels in certain mixed-vowel words (İstanbul being pronounced as Istanbul, rüzgar being pronounced as something similar to rüzgär). Interestingly, the “mode of transportation” suffix in Turkish is also le/la (“trenle,” “vapurla”).

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Thanks so much, Sean, for chiming in with some details on Turkish vowel harmony! Turkish is definitely on my list of future exploration, and it sounds really intriguing :)

@topi252 3 года назад

Interesting video, I didn't even know the origin of the word tällainen :D And funny part of that ending is that the Estonian word aitäh basically means something like "huh, what?" in Finnish :D Actually lots of Estonian words sound similar as in Finnish but they usually have completely different meanings and seem like complete gibberish to Finnish person.

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Moi Topi, kiitoksia paljon kommentistasi!

@petrirantavalli859 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione However before "germanization" of Estonian the language was almost identical to Finnish to an extent that a Finn can read 1600-1700's Estonian with relative ease but doesn't necessarily understand a word of Estonian spoken today.

@curtpiazza1688 Год назад

Very well explained!

@linguaEpassione 7 месяцев назад

It's great to hear that!

@jellytartthief6830 3 года назад

The way you grinned after you said 'kaksi', very cheeky xD

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Hahah, you think so? :D I swear I was just enjoying the moment :)

@SilentPolyglot 3 года назад

That's a really interesting video. Thank you, Stefano! ♥️

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Thank you, Kate, happy you liked it!

@retchilmendiola1173 2 года назад

Hyvää iltaa jUst started learning finnish and this help. Kiitos

@puhistagram 2 года назад

Kiitos brieffistä! Olen tähän asti luullut että tällainen on lyhenne sanasta tämänkaltainen. Sulla on hyvä kanava 👍🏻🙏

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

Morjens ja kiitos itsellesi, että katsoit ja kommentoit! Lisää tulossa (viihdoinkin)...

@Finn_sisjon 6 месяцев назад

You explain soooo well. I’m not learning Finnish but I needed to know what vowel harmony was and I loved your explanation! I love the Finnish language! I’m 25% Finnish :)🇫🇮

@linguaEpassione 4 месяца назад

So glad to hear this video was helpful! Thank you for the comment!

@riccardoc9552 3 года назад

Amazing job! You should make a video about consonant gradation if you can :)

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Kiitos Riccardo!

@habicht6 3 года назад

Yeaaaaaaaah

@Zyklonite 2 года назад

Joo, jätkä puhuu parempaa suomea kun iso osa suomalaisista :) Hyviä videoita!

@elizabethraitanen5057 3 года назад

Great video! Kiitos!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Thank you, Elizabeth!

@Georgian2go 3 года назад

well explained!

@matandacd Год назад

Thanks for sharing this vowel harmony interesting

@anttikuusmetso 2 года назад

Tämmönen kiva video!👍

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

Kiva kuulla että tykkäsit!

@kiasoneja11 3 года назад

Excellent! ❤️

@Ishay7227 2 года назад

Chuvash vowel harmony: Ӑнланатӑп, ӑнланатӑн, ӑнланать, ӑнланатпӑр, ӑнланатӑр, ӑнланаҫҫӗ - I understand you understand etc Ӑнлансан - if he you understands Пӗлеймерӗм-и? If I wasn’t able to know ? Пурнӑҫскер Like life (no harmony) Пурнӑҫу-ши - your life apparently (I type Harmony doesn’t implore vowel harmony)

@habicht6 3 года назад

Kiitos

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Kiitos itsellesi! :)

@Auritilien 3 года назад

En ookaa aikasemmin ajatellut sen enempää Tälläsestä :O kaikkea sitä oppii, kiitos!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Kiitos itsellesi että jaksoit katsoa! :)

@AinoHiat 3 года назад

I found your channel years ago, lost it, forgot it, remembered it and found it again. So glad to be back here, thank you so much these videos! You're such a delightful person and the way you explain things is always clear and easily understandable. Kiitos! :-)

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Voi että, Aino, suurkiitos tästä ihanasta kommentista! Great to have you back on board! :)

@AinoHiat 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione Ihanaa olla täällä taas! Nyt en kadota sinun kanavaasi uudestaan. :-)

@seishonagon8170 3 года назад

Faresti sembrare semplice anche il Klingon !😂 Scherzi a parte, complimentissimi !

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Hahah grazieeee! 😂

@mastereric1013 3 года назад

Hei Stefano, mitä kuuluu? I have been learning Finnish for about a month and it is a difficult but great language! Do you have any tips for learning Finnish/ Finnish cases? As always, hyvä video ja kiitos! 🇫🇮

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Hei Eric, hyvää, kiitos? Entä sulle? :) Have you already watched this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rSOn5ETWMoI.html ? My extra tip would be to learn the cases as they come to you instead of trying to cram them all out of context. Hope this helps a little bit :)

@willmurphy4073 3 года назад

Ekki nærri á myndbandinu þinn Ég elskar það upphæðinni af tíminn þinn sem þú hefur notaður í lærum tungumál þvílíkt íslensku! Bless bless. Jeg har begynte også å lære flere språk likså. Språkene som norsk og Íslandsk og nederlandsk virker sine ut å bli interessant for meg, jeg syns. Det ble i fjor siden jeg hadde begynte lært språkene. Et år etterpå, funnet jeg min kjærlighet på språk! Begge lære eller lærerer. Nå jeg vil å bli en lærere av engelsk i det avanserte nivået. Har det bra. That's enough rambling for me. Love your inspirational videos! Just gained a new subscriber in me! (Apologies for my bad speaking)

@cactusowo1835 2 года назад

Vowel harmony is also present in Mongolian :D Edit: Even tho they eventually end up eating all the vowels ins mongolian language xD

@sprucefurniture 2 года назад

Even though i know how you are suppose to say "Tällainen" but my mouth wants to correct that "a" to "ä"

@stefanodigaetano1627 3 года назад

Mahtava! but I have to say that those "rules" had helped me more to avoid mistakes when writing in Finnish...not much on pronunciation...that came more automatically...but seems for Italians is easier to have good pronunciation in Finnish 😉

@arvoitus4649 Год назад

My mother told me how there were some illiterate Italians in the area that they had immigrated to in Canada (1950's) that sought out Finns to read them their letters from Italy. They said the Finns read them like natives.

@elderscrollsswimmer4833 6 месяцев назад

@@arvoitus4649and the Finns did not understand anything they read in those so the content remained private. ❤

@lacrimosa164 2 года назад

Espero que o senhor comece a falar o turco (da Turquia) um dia de mode que eu possa analizar o seu discurso :) seria maravilhoso :D. Um vídeo muito bom e útil, obrigado muito.

@tsotne2896 2 года назад

What is the site where you're learning the languages? Could you tell me some advices, thank you in advance.

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

I don't use any site in particular, I choose the resources depending on the language. But I always use italki.com for practising speaking. You can register on Italki for free by clicking here: www.italki.com/i/ref/BfEbeE?hl=en (lessons are not free, but you can find very interesting rates there!)

@turinturambar3592 Год назад

Do you know Finnish poet Eino Leino and his poem "Nocturne"? It has interesting words like "puunto pilven", can you figure out what that means? :) Ruislinnun laulu korvissani, tähkäpäiden päällä täysi kuu; kesäyön on onni omanani, kaskisavuun laaksot verhouu. En ma iloitse, en sure, huokaa; mutta metsän tummuus mulle tuokaa, puunto pilven, johon päivä hukkuu, siinto vaaran tuulisen, mi nukkuu, tuoksut vanamon ja varjot veen; niistä sydämeni laulun teen. Sulle laulan neiti, kesäheinä, sydämeni suuri hiljaisuus, uskontoni, soipa säveleinä, tammenlehväseppel vehryt, uus. En ma enää aja virvatulta, onpa kädessäni onnen kulta; pienentyy mun ympär' elon piiri; aika seisoo, nukkuu tuuliviiri; edessäni hämäräinen tie tuntemattomahan tupaan vie.

@lauraaxelsen6128 3 года назад

Mielenkiintoista! Mistä tiedät tämmöstä (hi hi hi ha ha) tiedot? (Anteeksi kaikkile, että en vielä puhu hyvin suomea ja ehkä kirjoitin väärin=

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

En mäkään enää tiedä, mistä tämmöstä tiedän xD

@heh9392 3 года назад

I myself just say tälläinen, in finnish, but I guess it's writen like that.

@heh9392 3 года назад

Or actually just tälläne

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Yep, that's a colloquial form and it's widely used as far as I know :) I even found that in a book I've read recently: "Pintaremontti" by Miika Nousiainen

@netsong2239 3 года назад

I'm surprised by how many people use the "tälläne". Though when I thought of it I could definitely see people around me using it. I personally view it as a compound word and I'm drawn to say the end as "laine" or "lane" in this case because that's the word, that's the word for "kind of". I personally use "tällane" or "tällanen". Am from western Uusimaa. Don't know if the dialect affects it.

@elderscrollsswimmer4833 3 года назад

Noo jaa, voihan olla että siitä vielä tulee tälläinen ihan oikeasti. Olympialaiset voi hyvinkin olla olumpialaiset vielä joskus. Iikat ja äärit saa jäädä, ne on niin yhdyssanamäisiä.

@subrosa7708 3 года назад

You have to be foreigner to think those issues. Or professional linguistic. We average Finns are amazed of how intriquite our language is!

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Sometimes it can sound complicated but it all makes sense in the end, and it's one of the most logical languages I've encountered :)

@Nonnnnaq3 3 года назад

Vaikka oon sua jo pitkään seurannut sua, niin silti on vaikee uskoo, että osaat suomea 😅. Ja aiheeseen liittyvää sen verran, että on tää suomen kieli kyllä varsin huippu kieli (mun mielestä), vaikkakin välillä itselläkin vaikeuksia tuottaa sanoja, vaikkakin vaan puhun pelkästään Suomeen 😅. Mut on tämä mein kieli silti ihan huikee 😅

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Eiks oo huippu kieli? Ei ihme että mä päätin oppia sen! ;)

@Numbskis 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione Miten ihanaa että osaat puhua ja kirjoittaa puhekieltä 😘 Niinku oo ja silleen 🙃

@zami8827 Год назад

Elämän A ja O välissä L ja K.

@linguaEpassione Год назад

Haha toi oli aika hyvä :)

@Zeroless 3 года назад

meidänkaltaisillemme

@paoloangeletti1226 2 года назад

Ciao Stefano, tutto bene? e' un po' che non ti sento/vedo. Posso chiederti un favore? Conosci qualcuno che studi arabo e voglia praticare arabo standard (msa) a livello 'intermediate'? Oppure qualcuno che conosce qualcuno...Posso usare le 6 maggiori lingue europee russo escluso, per intenerci. Grazie in ogni caso e scusami se abuus

@paoloangeletti1226 2 года назад

...abuso. Tuo P.

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

Ciao Paolo, grazie del messaggio e mi dispiace per il lungo silenzio, sono stati mesi non proprio facilissimi... Sto tornando in pista in questi giorni, e finalmente a breve uscirà un nuovo video (ennesimo ritorno hehe). In ogni caso non conosco parlanti di arabo standard che possano fare al caso tuo, quindi stavolta temo di non poterti essere utile. Buona continuazione e spero a molto presto!

@paoloangeletti1226 2 года назад

@@linguaEpassione Grazie comunque Stefano. Aspetto il tuo video. A presto

@IdkWhatToNameTbh 3 года назад

Hii love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I remember that you know Georgian, can you talk me with it? შეგიძლია დამელაპარაკო ქართულად? მადლობა❤️❤️❤️❤️ მაგარი ხარ, მიყვარს შენი ვიდეოები❤️❤️❤️

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

მადლობა შენ, ანანო! კი, შემიძლია დაგელაპარაკო ქართულად მაგრამ არ ვიცი ბევრი სიტყვა 😅 მეტი უნდა ვისწავლო

@IdkWhatToNameTbh 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione ისწავლი, აუცილებლად ისწავლი!

@stefanoportinari9302 3 года назад

Ciao Stefano, scusa se ti disturbo, posso chiederti un ultimissima cosa?

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

Ciao Stefano, qui su RU-vid puoi porre le tue domande anche senza chiedere il permesso, i commenti servono a questo :)

@stefanoportinari9302 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione vorrei chiederti, se una persona sta imparando una lingua, ade esempio l' inglese, qual' è il miglior modo per riuscire a capire quello che viene detto e dopo quanto tempo si capisce. Ti ringrazio , buona giornata

@linguaEpassione 3 года назад

@@stefanoportinari9302 Grazie per la domanda ma se non sbaglio ti ho già risposto nell'altro video. Non esiste un tempo valido universalmente, dipende da troppi fattori diversi. Buona serata anche a te!

@stefanoportinari9302 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione Sei stato gentilissimo. Ti ringrazio molto e ti auguro una buonissima serata

@stefanoportinari9302 3 года назад

@@linguaEpassione Sei stato gentilissimo. Ti ringrazio molto e ti auguro una buonissima serata

@Ishay7227 2 года назад

My comment about chuvash just got deleted

@linguaEpassione 2 года назад

Hi Kimbil, I can see it - thanks for chiming in !

@Ishay7227 2 года назад

@@linguaEpassione your welcome :)

@gabrieltiago963 4 дня назад

Sos

@EnnaOjala 3 года назад

Kyllä on paljon oppimista tässä kielessä mitä ei itse tule edes ajatelleeksi 😅 jos Suomi ei olis mun äidinkieli niin vois olla aika hiljaista mun osalta oppia sitä 😂