REACTING TO WEIRD FINNISH SAYINGS & IDIOMS 

Yeap

The best one is "vettä tullee ku esterin perseestä"

^^^^

Agreed

Juurikin näin. That's right

PERIOD!

Me too Edit. Minä myös

Piece of cake = pala kakkua :) (I always just use that, don't think I've ever put 'helppo nakki' in a sentence, just in mouth) And yes, it's just straight translation of the English saying and not the true Finnish sausage.

I would also translate the idiom to peace of cake.

@@onboard3 So you've just adopted the English phrase. If you haven't really heard 'helppo nakki', in the 'piece of cake' context, it just shows how quickly culture can change. I've heard it all my life, and some millennials even use it. Though they go more extreme in what we did, the way the English based TV programs and internet swing us. And we, the generation X, were already drinking the 'American dream' in our mother's milk. So the speed of americanization is just getting faster. Preparing us to be phone obeying consumers. The quick change is a warning also not to swallow everything from English :) Are we some 'wannabe Americans'? Well, I was heavily pulled to that direction as a teen, since my 20's I started to rethink it. We're making it all too easy for them to sell us what they want (not what we need), if we voluntarly make this country a 'Yankee colony'. It's not in our best interest. International, yes - but independent as well. Respect your roots. Nobody else will do it for you. Our choice. Or we'll be begging for acceptance from others forever - and that's not a beautiful sight. So what else is new? Each generation just invents new methods to shame their roots, and dream of the grass on the other side of the fence. Just, it doesn't have t be like that. English doesn't have the right answers, always.

easy as pie

@@timomastosalo Hope not all of that wall of text was meant for me :D I prefer one English saying out of hundreds of Finnish ones, doesn't quite make me an American nor forgetting my roots :P Other than that good post.

Sopii kuin isi äitiin

Or "kuin naula silmään" nail to the eye or "nappi silmään" a button for the eye.

Mun mummo käytti tota sanontaa. 🤣

@@aleks5405 No varmaan riippuu keltä kysyy... Ite oon aina tulkinnu sen nuken nappisilmäksi. Nappi otsaan on kyllä tuttu sanonta myös, mutta minusta ne ei oo samat, toki voin olla väärässä 😅

suomalaiset huomattavasti väkivaltaisempia kuin muu maailma huomaan XD

Exactly.

My understanding is that the full version of that saying goes "Olla viileä kuin viilipytty", which is "To be as cool as a tub of fermented milk", so just "To be cool" and pick any weird cool object for emphasis and the message becomes the same: "To be particularly cool in regards to the situation".

@@lassesipila6418 I don't think coolness is a factor here. The point is that a tub of viili (specifically the surface) is very stable and smooth even when the liquids around spill and shake.

@@lassesipila6418 "cool" like in "cold" or like in "calm", "collected", "undisturbed"? There is a similar saying in Swedish "Lugn som en filbunke" (calm like a bucket-of-sourmilk), that is why I am asking...

@@sirseigan Rather in the latter way, though I don't know the point in the saying without the double-meaning.

Or "rähmänäppi".

purplefox *FURRY ALERT*

mämmikoura and rähmäkäpälä are the ones I've heard a lot, and I guess saranasormi from volley ball jargon has adopted a similar meaning on occasion

@Shadow Plays nakkisormia on viljelty täälläkin päin, rähmäkäpälää on käytetty jos onnistuu pilaamaan jonkin

This. I had to cringe a little bit at the idea the book gave 😬

Similar to "joka toiselle kuoppaa kaivaa, se itse siihen lankeaa" i think. Translates to 'who digs a hole for someone else falls in it themselves.'

@@latek4019 The author of the book picked pretty good idioms, but many of the translations were rather poor, I must say. I feel like they tried to translate too directly and thus lost the meaning in quite a few cases. Should've just translated in a more regular way. Such as "Helppo nakki" would've been much better if it was just translated as "Piece of cake" instead.

As I see it, it refers to an overambitious person getting disappointed by a minor obstacle to which he didn't pay attention.

I thought this would be like the swedish "den som gapar efter mycket missar ofta hela stycket". Meaning that if you're trying to catch to much will cause you to often loose the entire catch.

Finnish person: Healthy, what belongs?

Person: Hello Finnish: Day Person: How are you doing? Finnish: What's here, not really anything marvelous. Person: Okay, I'm doing fine. Finnish: mm Person: How is your family? Finnish: öö What's there

Finnish person 1: What do you hear? Finnish person 2: Not shit in here!

Not shit here, when stay as pile.

How are you doing? Like trying to burn ice.

in the beninging /jacob zuma

I think its "Vuonna miekka ja nakki"

SatsuHan eikä kaikki inkkarit kanootissa

@@Ritaaw1 Ihan totaallisesti unohtanut tuon sanonnan

Similar and my favorites "Aina ei mee nallekarkit tasan", and "Valot päällä, mutta ketään ei oo kotona"

Ei käy kaikilla pytyillä.

Hissi liikkuu mutta ei vintille asti.

These are way better than the majority of things that were in that book.

These are the sayings and idioms he has to know since they are so popular

To add to "ei mitään käryä" I've never heard of käryä being used so maybe it's regional, I've heard and used "hajua" all my life instead.

@@bluumberry well i mean at least it occurs a lot in vantaa so:P

I also like the variation "vetää hernarit nenään" hernari = hernekeitto = peasoup.

Yeah, most of the translation's for the idioms and sayings were quite off

But that translation is also an idiom

"Lähti mopo lapasesta" aka "lose control of moped" where moped can mean teenage moped, or bigger pikes or cars. Where (usually) young persons are showing off and fail. Is the usual, at least I've never used it in other than motorized vehicles. And it also fits, as you use mittens on winter driving your mopeds and it's easier to lose control when it's slippery :)

@@onboard3 Was looking for this. I use this if someone goes over their capabilities and loses control over "the thing/activity". (losing the control of a moped usually leads to a crash. Yet because of you, and your urge to show off, the thing got out of control in the first place)

@@onboard3 Never heard "lähti mopo lapasesta", I think "mopo karkasi käsistä" is more common.

Tämä on kyl yksi mun all time lemppareista :D

Lol

En oo ees kuullu tommosta sanontaa ja meen kasille😅

Samoin ella

@Naukumaija Mau-mau niin no joo toi on totta

Noi on kyl hyvät!

fake ode

se on tuhannen pillunpäreiksi

@@Benderkekekekekeke jep

Mutta tiedättekö, mikä se pillunpäre on?

I think it's just that "rakastaa" is used to only describe very deep emotion. I mean, "tykkään sinun videoistasi" is quite normal? I guess it's just the Finnish norm to downplay expressing emotion? 😅

I have The same thing with I love you/rakastan sinua in general. The latter just feels More important

"Love" is just one simple syllable, but "rakastaa" consists of three syllables (arguably more difficult, too). It's easier to slip out "love" than accidentally say "rakastaa" so it is always thoughtfully said. My 2c (:

Karoliina Litzén se on eteempäin sano mummo lumessa

refference from the cold war

Karoliina Litzén Ja lemböölön herran mukaan - - Sano mummo ku pikkasen liukastu NIH

@@user-ph4qs4vz6w Kaks eri sanontaa.

@@taikajorma7276 Kahvia naamariin sanoi mummo kun sanoi mummo

And I've always understood it just the way Dave used it, to kind of do things in a hurry without really knowing what you're doing.

@@derpdiu Almost with you there, but for me it's: You are too busy (for the timeframe) to get get the things done you would normally be able to do. Like Christmas shopping on last minute "juosta pää kolmantena jalkana lahjojen perässä".

@@derpdiu But we have the exact saying for that, juosta kuin päätön kana.

Pää kolmantena jalkana for me is when you have just barely too much to do, but you know you can make it in time if you hurry up.

For me it's just running as fast I can. I do that every morning to catch my bus. Juoksen bussiin pää kolmantena jalkana.

Yap, trying to take a leap longer than you can, may result in falling off.

And there's also the more rude version "kusta silmään" (to pee one in the eye), but that's always a serious hoax or betrayal, while "viilata linssiin" is usually a lot lighter, friend pulling a joke or so.

also eyes have lenses too

@@Sir_Baddington Yep, I do think in this it is just a jokey way to say 'eye'. Silmänkääntäjä, kusta silmään - other idioms refer to the eye but viilata silmään sounds a bit bloody and awful. Viilata linssiin has a a lot of i so it sounds fun too.

@@Sir_Baddington Yes. "Somebody files your eye" is what comes to my mind when I heard that.

Deceive, not deseave.

sharp as a carrot!

I'd rather say, it is a reminder for evaluating your resources before taking a challenge (too big). Having read you 孫子.

It is one of those many depressing Finnish sayings that tell you not to think that you amount to anything - you don't.

So. It's just a normal finnish evening :)

Yup

It's raining as from arse of Esteri. Esteri is a first name for a female, while Ester used to be one of the firefighter's pump manufacturer. So, Ester would deliver a vast amounts of water (the pump I mean), and if the rain is heavy, it's like from the end (the back-end) of that pump.

Isn't there also the ship Ester which has also been credited for the saying?

It's raining cats and dogs, that is.

That exact idiom is exists in Swedish, "lugn som en filbunke" literally meaning "calm like a bucket of fermented milk" (eating fermented milk is a common in the nordic countries!).

piece of cake = pala kakkua

@@kasvijuuli1086 pala kakkua on kauhea anglismi

Niin on! Piece of cake = helppo nakki! Taydellinen kaannos. Perfect translation.

Yes, piece of cake, "I can do that, it's an easy job". There's also a resemblance to "nakittaa", "assign a job to someone"

No. Paha siinä missä mainitaan (is like when you speak about somebody and he/She comes near you at the same time)

My mom used to say "toi tuli ku kaupan kylmähyllystä" and it basically means the same thing as "apteekin hyllyltä"

@@blackheavyblans That's what "speak of the devil" means. Seems like Oona Tukia didn't explain it outright but gave the idiom that means the same thing in english.

Helppoa kuin heinän teko ei tarkoita että jokin olisi helppoa tehdä.

@@leeakorpijaakko6535 itte kyllä ainaki käytän sitä sanontaa siihe että jotain olis helppo tehä

I always think it means to be *like* a full tub tub of fermented milk, which doesn't slush around like a tub of water would. To be not easily stirred.

@@mattiviljanen8109 Would make a lot of sense. Fermented milk is also kept cool so a tub of fermented milk would be pretty stable and cool.

Used in Swedish as well "lugn som en filbunke" 🙂

"Car leave from the mitten"

@@pexi86 Yes, "Bemari lähti multa lapasesta mutkassa" - I lost control of my BMW in a bend"

"Lähteä lapasesta" is really common too, and that saying, means like this, for example, "you have a plan to buy 2 cars, but then, after those 2, you get too excited for those and then you buy 1000 more cars, then you realize that, you cannot control your lust for cars, with your intellectual brain, and your emotions have taken over, and you have just too much cars now" . So that "lapasesta" means, your hands (in book) = your intellect is not in control anymore.

"Juosta pää kolmantena jalkana" = You move (from one place, to another, and so on) so fast, that your head fell off, and it becomes your third leg, for a moment (if there is not any vascular's etc, that keeps it as your third leg).

Yeah, do part 2 ! this was funny and entertaining to watch :D

I think the onion is there just for alliteration

I also use "meni kuin Strömsössä" when things just go perfectly!

@@mattiviljanen8109 I like that! I might use it myself in the future.

This is one of my favourites for sure :-)

angry while running does not translate as well ass pissing while running.

I guess you refered to the "Kauhistuksen kanahäkki!", something to cry out loud when taken by surprise or dismay. Sounds like this could be one of the newer sayings, generated by the Finnish team for Aku Ankka.

typical project management issue. sales promises to much and management impementing unreasoneable scedules for othera to solve.

Another good ones: Polkee kuin tulpatonta mopoa = trying to start a moped without a sparkplug = the thing you are trying to so will never work because you are missing something crucial. Kuin perseelle ammuttu karhu = like a bear shot on the ass = pretty self-explanatory 😅 extremely angry, raging person. Levisi kuin Jokisen eväät = Spread like Jokinen's meal = something breaks or fails catastrophically, usually into thousand pieces. Pimeää kuin tontun perseessä = As dark as in gnomes ass = extremely dark, can't see a thing. Naama kuin petolinnun perse = Face like predatory birds ass = extremely ugly looking person. Surkoon hevonen, sillä on iso(mpi) pää = Let the horse worry, it has a big(ger) head = I actually hear this a lot from my father and he uses it when I worry too much or worry about something that's not really worth worrying about.

Tyyni kuin viilipytty. (liian helppo kun se tyyni on siinä...)

That Strömsö phrase can be particularly hard to explain to foreigners or Finnish learners because it has some many things deeply related to the Finnish popular culture and contemporary neo-idioms. In addition, if you don't know the background or the Finnish culture, it is somewhat impossible to comprehend :)

Also ”pitäkää tunkkinne” is almost always used in the wrong context. It comes from a joke about prejudice.

@@makipri I read the original story and it hardly comes off as real prejudice and more as the guy becoming so annoyed by his hardships in reaching the house he became so delusionally angry as to assume the people there wouldn't even lend him the jack and when he did reach the house and knocked on the door, when the family answered he just shouted "pitäkää tunkkinne" or "keep your jack" and stormed off, much to the confusion of the family. So it's not prejudice really, it's a guy becoming so angry as to lose touch with reality and with it his common sense. And besides, at this point it's become a "lentävä lause", a phrase that has started to live outside of it's original context. It's now used in frustration, regardless of the original story.

Jon Von Basslake That’s how it goes but I think you just put the same thing in another words. English isn’t my native language.

@@makipri please look up the definition of prejudice as well as the word you actually meant, since it seems that you didn't actually mean prejudice. And English isn't my native tongue, Finnish is. But given how big of a nerd i am, English is almost like a second language to me...

Dumbness condenses in a crowd, talk about what you are lacking :)

Juuri näin👍👏

For example to a child that really wants something (and has been asking for it for too long time) and you are not going to give it or letting it happen -> "sillä sipuli" aftet the "no"

When I was a kid we playd with word-by-word "translations" between languages, that are not related. Smör mamma, julsex återvänder.

That's a sequel to "Viedä saunan taakse" which again means, to kill someone (probably by shooting)

But it means to sleep.

We finns are always so positive :D

There's an old one for that: ex nihilo nihil.

Literally: "Hard to tug something out of nothing"

Aw well I'm glad! :))

More like disappointments. 😃

Leuka rintaan ja kohti uusia pettymyksiä.

"Viilipytty" never has a lid.

Ilmari Kamila paras

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