REACTING TO FUNNY LITERAL FINNISH TRANSLATIONS | Part 2 

2:45 your impression of a finnish person trying to explain in english is spot on

"Pölynimuri... I don't know what it is..." I see your wife needs to do more delegation.

It also works the other way around. The names of many movies and games are the best humor when translated into Finnish.

The English word "Hippopotamus" actually comes from Greek and means "river horse", as well. :) EDIT: Same with "Rhinoceros", btw. That means "nose horn" as well. It's the same thing with a lot of animals in many languages, they either come from Greek or Latin.

More interesting words for direct translation: - lentopallo - lippuluukku - moottoritie - uraputki - valtameri - silmäpako - laskuvarjo - varaslähtö

My favorite strange compound word in Finnish is väkivalta, which translates to 'violence'. Literally speaking, the latter part, 'valta', means power, might, force, or influence. 'Väki' nowadays means 'people', but in the heavily animistic pre-Christian times it used to mean power in the sense of a natural or supernatural force, strength, skill, or charisma. So you could literally translate väkivalta as 'forceful influence', or as I prefer to think of it: 'power power'. Your Finnish is excellent, btw, but your Rally English? Absolutely flawless 😂

Sympathy laughs for "nimuri". So close but no game.

It's great to see how studying Finnish with a tutor has improved your understanding how the language works! You know which words are separate, you remember a bunch of rules, and your pronunciation has improved. Keep it up! :)

This reminds me of a time when I was 9 years old and wrote an English essay on a wash bear (in Finnish pesukarhu). Didn't realize the correct word is actually a raccoon :D

You're so good at imitating a Finnish accent. 😂

I always literally translated "virtahepo" as "Flow Horsie" because "hepo" is kind of a cute (childish) nickname for "hevonen".

These are fun! Makes me realize Finnish is actually kind of odd and yet simple 😁 Words to guess: aasinsilta, jänishousu, kalsarikännit, kissanristiäiset, myötähäpeä, persaukinen, mustasukkainen, vahingonilo, omakotitalo, rautatie.

Some suggestions: Kukkakaali Kallonkutistaja Pesukarhu Nuppineula Sydänkäpy

You guessing handkerchief on 'nenäliina' is spot on. Nenäliina used to mean handkerchief back in the day when people used pieces of cloth to wipe their noses. Nowdays the word tends to mean tissue, '(paperi)nenäliina' (="paper handkerchief").

Lyijykynä was the first ever finnish word that I could not wrap my head around for my life. I saw the word, my friends told me "Come on, say it" and my brain was just "DOES NOT COMPUTE". Me laughing for 5 minutes straight.

The word for World is a good one too, it's the words earth and air combined. Maa + ilma = Maailma = World.

When Dave makes a better impression of a Finnish accent than you. 😄 Had to re-watch that part a couple of times, couldn't stop laughing. It was so spot on!

There are also some celebrities whos names becomes funny when literally traslated to english: Satu Silvo = Fairytale mutilate Ellen Jokikunnas = If I don't river knoll Veijo Meri = already took the sea

I love watching these videos :D And here are some suggestions for the next one: - yöpöytä - sateenkaari - kastemato - pölyhuisku - vesimeloni - suorituspaine - juomapullo - tuulipuku - ilmavaivat - mahalaukku and so on :P

God, you are getting so good in Finnish - like getting things like vowel harmony and sensing how strange compound words are divided, plus the great pronunciation, very impressive!

Virtahepo reminded me that when Finnish language was developed there were some interesting suggestions for some things... E.g. Giraffe before becoming kirahvi was kamelikurki (camel crane) and Lion becoming leijona was jalopeura (noble deer)... Also Potato (peruna) was maapäärynä (earth pear).

Here are a couple of suggestions for the next part: kylmäkalle lohikäärme jalokivi luunappi itkupilli rintakoru

Suggestions for literal translations: talutushihna asianajaja jalkalista voikukka nojatuoli moottorikelkka nukkumatti tietokone hymykuoppa käsikähmä mattopiiska

"Hornsnout" is one of my favorite words for animals ever. Another good one is "the one-horned (one)". The "descent shade" is super important to have when you need it, often associated with "flight machines". Just make sure they aren't expecting "old man's air" if you want to give it a try.

How is Leo handling all the languages he is hearing? Is it mixing up or is he handling it like a boss?

Random words to do this again with: elohopea, jälki-istunto, nokkamuki, lehtivihreä, varaslähtö, kangaspuut, kiertoilmaisu.

Okay, I do the same as last time, compare with Swedish. "Nose cloth" - Same in Swedish (näsduk) "Water horse" - almost the same in Swedish (flodhäst- river horse) "Dust sucker"- exactly the same in Swedish (dammsugare) "Sock pants" - the literal translation in Swedish "strumpbyxor" is more like "pantyhose". We use the English word for "tights". "Horn snout" - in Swedish it is "noshörning" where "nos" means "nose" and "hörning" is suffix used for animals with "horns". "Beard machine"- in Swedish we say "rakapparat" which would translate to "shave apparatus/device" "Piece game" - in Swedish just "pussel" borrowed from English "puzzle" "Lead pen" - this is a bit strange and hard to explain in Swedish. We say "blyertspenna". "Bly" means "lead" but "blyerts" isn't used in any other word than this as far as I know. The material in the pencil is not lead but rather graphite. So one could basically say it's the same as in Finnish. "Sword whale" - in Swedish it's "späckhuggare" which literal translation would be "blubber chopper/cutter". Very strange word! "Thing book" - in Swedish just "dokument", just like in English. "Afternoon leaf" - I would guess that's what we call "kvällstidning" - "evening newspaper" "Rain shade" - in Swedish it's "paraply", loanword from French. The German word "Regenschirm" is basically the same literal translation as the Finnish, though.

How about these: Korvapuusti Esimies Jauhopeukalo Etumatka Hiirenkorva

Also 'asia' is not just 'thing', it can also be '(subject) matter'. And the sentence "Mulla on sulle asiaa" would actually mean "I have something to tell you". There it refers to the thing that's going to be talked about, the subject matter of the talk.

Sateenvarjo has been even funnier word, because at first it has been called "varakatto" (literally meaning "backup roof") :D

Vuoristorata (Mountain track) or (Range track) Muistiinpano (Memory deposit) Muistiinpanovälineet (Memory deposit tools) Pehmolelu (Soft toy)

If wanna hear Dave struggle, i'd say "hääyöaie" and "jäätelötötterö" are perfect ones to try 😈

I don't know why but seeing and hearing you learning finnish is so endearing and fills my heart with joy and happiness

My Grand Parents on my Dad's side immigrated to the States from Finland, so I'm always interested in anything Finnish. As a side note, my favorite Band is Nightwish so it must be in my gene pool. haha.

I would have translated "virta" to stream or flow. It can also mean (electric) current

Well that was fun! Please, natives, give him more food to think of. That "cutted" thinking face was great :-)) good that he reput it back in the video

Great effort Dave! I’ve had fun over the years playing this game with my Aussie husband. He thinks the literal translations are hilarious 😂

I'm Swedish and don't know a lick of Finnish, but a lot of these words have very similar translations Swe to Eng, as they do Fi to Eng. For example tissue is näsduk=nose cloth, hippo is flodhäst=riverhorse, pencil is blyertspenna=lead pen. One of the few words that don't have a similar word in Swedish is umbrella, which is paraply in Swedish, and has it's origin in the French word for "rain stopper" (many Swedish words have French and German origins). I teach Swedish to adults and some of the funniest things they know is when they figure out a direct translation of a Swedish word.

2:28 should be "stream horse". virta = stream or current. Also means electrical current. "Onks sulla akussa virtaa?" is not referring to water inside a battery 😜

_pöly|nimuri_ Cute how you confuse the possessive suffix as the start of the next word 😆 It's _pölyn|imuri_

2:20 'water horse' (virtahepo) is also the name in German 'Flußpferd' (river horse), and I wouldn't be surprised if this is how the word got into Finnish because German and medieval Low German have influenced the Finnish language with vocabulary.

Syöttötuoli (thats a mouthful, pun intended!) Ilmapallo Suojatie Jänishousu Omakotitalo Kyykkyviini

These are always so fun :D Word suggestions for the next part: Karhunkieli Taskulamppu Jääkarhu Nostokurki Kaappikello Puupää

päiväkirja = day book (diary) valokuva = light picture (photo) päiväkoti = day home (kindergarten)

Man, that finnish accent 🤣

These are honestly great. More of these 👍

These videos are so much fun to watch! Can't wait for the next episode! :D

It is lot more fun when you at least try to translate these, even with the help of the google translate, than just giving in when you don't know.

Hej Cat! Some suggestions for the next part: Pyörremyrsky Äänirauta Ajoneuvo Talonpoika

Kiitos Dave, nää videot on kyllä parhaita! Ehdottomasti lisää tämän tapaisia videoita!

Your Finnish English accent is phenomenal!

These are really fun! As a finn some of these words you may have never thought of literally before so this is definitely a trip we're taking together you and us.

I just realized some time ago that when we finnish people have sick leave/days from work, we call it sickness vacation, and health insurance is sickness insurance.:) I have a lot of friends with whom I'm using english and we have a lot of fun with the language differences.

Thank you sir for this great content. Honestly, I haven't had this much fun in RU-vid for a long time. Just found your stuff today. Keep it up! -A finn

"Lähtee kuin kuppa töölöstä." that's funny finnish saying. You have to make sayings and idioms part 2 :D

I love your finnish accent when describing stream horse in english :D Very good!

You, sir, and your madam are exquisite people. This was so fun to watch. Kiitos! :)

This was great! I had fun playing along.

Kauhistuksen kanahäkki - Chicken cage of terror. this is one of my all time favorites!

This also direct insight into Finnish way of thinking. Direct to the point.

Part 2 lets go!

"Virta" means running water, like river.

I got so giddy when you got the vacuum cleaner's pronounciation spot on the very first time :D

Dave, you are getting SO good! Your pronunciation is excellent - and I squealed with laughter at WATER HORSE. Ok, so let's suggest you some more words. How about... "Valoverho", "kalakukko", "männynneulanen"?

Partakone is actually a shortened version of parranajokone, meaning "beard shaving machine". It is even more literal.

"Is kynä pencil or pen?" It's actually either. Just any handwriting implement. Specificity comes from the additional parts like lyijy (lead -> pencil) or kuulakärki (ballpoint -> pen). It's not always necessary to distinguish between pen or pencil, as long as you have some tool to write with.

You're doing great and I love your pronunciation! 👍

This is what always makes me laugh about finnish - it's very weirdly built up but things like "nose cloth" reflects to Swedish too.

Sateenvarjo is actually more like "Shade of rain" or "Rain's shade" than rainshade.

Vacuum cleaner... I think I have heard that one before. Yes, when it is your job to vacuum.

Finnish to English: Six is on fire = Kuusi palaa Spruce is on fire = Kuusi palaa Six is back = Kuusi palaa Spruce is back = Kuusi palaa

Finns also translate some names: George - Yrjö Gustav - Kustaa Storabältsbron - Juutinrauman silta

Virta also in the nature context can refer to the flow of water in a river or lake for example

uunivuoka, uunipelti, kaulakoru, tyynyliina, lehtikuusi, aurinkovarjo, jalankulkija, kotieläin, perusidea, vuosisata

These kind of videos are my favourite👌🏻😉

The name Hippopotamus comes from Creek and means literally river horse. Virta is more like a stream and hepo is just a short version of hevonen.

Best rally finnish i've heard in years. (With the water horse).

mie olen oppinut lontoota/englantia samalla kun sie oot oppinut suomea, JOTEN win/win- situation, Thank you Dave🙂

Diseases: ash pox=tuhkarokko=measles fire pox=tulirokko=scarlet fever water pox=vesirokko=chickenpox big pox=isorokko=small pox And in old times there were like falling disease=kaatumatauti=epilepsy sugar disease=sokeritauti=diabetes

OMG, I laught when you said second time "Sarvikuono" :D

Watching your videos I have learned more of my mother language than anywhere else.

Iltapäivä could also translate to "evening day" making your afternoon leaf an evening day leaf.

useless terms, pölynimuri is sure one in Dave's vocab ;) Kat get on that. Dave should vacuum for the next month or half a year. Cheers!

Perhaps some of these words ends up in part 3: papukaija, taskumatti, laiskanlinna, ukkovarvas, nokikolari, elinkeino, keinoelin, aikamiespoika, hintakatto, helppoheikki

Even I (I'm finn) don' know where the "miekka"-part came from

Had to comment as I'm pretty sure that the orca in the preview is something I drew. Way back in 2010 so was like "waiiiiiiit, that looks familiar". :D Not that I mind, was funny to see it here! Also fun video as always!

Another great video...

Ur Finnish is ON POINT!

opaskirja, munuaistee, uima-allas, kuumavesipullo, virtsarakko, maanviljelijä, olutmuki, luuliemi, talutushihna

Fun to watch! What about "huutokauppa"?!

I've been watching you recently Dave, appreciate the content :) Been studying Finnish for about 3 months though, and I reckon I could beat you in pronunciation :p :p (Also note, our Finnish language teacher here promotes your content, so no pressure haha )

8:42 Orcas are also often called "killer whales", so in that sense "sword whale" sounds pretty fitting, since swords can be pretty lethal in wrong hands.⚔🐬

I enjoy your videos, weather might be shitty and bad things in the news mutta näistä tulee hyvälle tuulelle. Thanks for that.

iltapäivälehti - evening day paper

Finnish police don't play weird word games if they think you have been drinkin, they will just give you a breathalyser test (I think that's the name for the machine that you breathing into that tells if you are drunk) straight away. 😝

If I remember correctly, the term "virtahepo" originates in Greece or something. Totally different word of course, but same literal translation.

4 points for correct answer, -1 for every word searched, -4 for every wrong guessed. It is no fun if you don't know either of the word, so word search does make it more enjoyable and flowing for us.

hippopotamus is a literal translation from the original greek words hippos (a horse) & potamus (river).

Finnish 101! EVERYTHING is a compound word.

Lol, thing book was my absolute favorite