The Problem With Learning Finnish! 

Yoooo! So this obviously went way better than I thought it was going to. Thanks for watching! I'll try to get some more stuff filmed when it's possible again. Again, you're all amazing and thanks!!!

Finnish isn’t real mate, someone just fell asleep on the keyboard

"Can you teach me some Finnish words" got such a reaction that the joke didn't really even need to continue. That could have been the whole joke. Everyone knew exactly what where it was going.

FYI. Vesihiisi sihisi hississä roughly translates to ”The water pixie hissed in an elevator” or ”The sea monster was hissing in the elevator.”

When I was on exchange in Finland, I took a three week course called "survival Finnish". I looked through my notes and on one page it just says "Apua! Veitsi!", which means "Help! Knife!", so that's survival Finnish for you.

I got so distracted by his accent I thought he was a Finn speaking English at first

The accent, the beard. Now that's what a Scottish should look like. Anyway, Troll level: Finland

I mean, he's not wrong We're just total trolls

As a Swede, I find the look of a room full of laughing Finns very heartwarming.

as an Estonian person I spent the entire time trying to read the subtitles and understand them before realising that I can’t

The first and only Finnish word I've ever been taught is perkele

You got it wrong. First swear words then others.

HILAVITKUTIN ON HELVETIN TÄRKEE SANAA

Well, as Ismo said: The only finnish word you really need to learn is "Nonii"

My foreign friends: "Can you teach me finnish words?" Me: "lentokonesuihkuturbiiniapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas"

Veh-see-he-see see-he-see he-see-SAH got me

A Scot with an Italian surname making jokes about talking Finnish. Awesome job!

This accent 😍

When I was in high school in 2005-2008, I once asked from a transfer student what Finnish words she had learned while being here and she just said "the cuss words". Made perfect sense🤣

German: _We have long, composite words with no spaces!_ Finnish: _Hold our spaces!_

The Problem With Learning Finnish, is that you will never finish.

So, theres more to Finnish than just "perkele" and "Saatana"? Because Ive seen those two words ward off bears and figured that would be all I needed to know lol

Hilavitukin = Thingamajig Vesihiisi sihisi hississä = The water pixie hissed in an elevator. Thank god for google translate.

Oh, nobody told you yet? If you need an ambulance, all you have to say is "vesihiisi sihisi hississä PERKELE" and they'll know.

”Perkele!” and ”No niin” will go a long way. Fun show btw 😁

I am Finnish Australian & tried to teach my kids finnish... but the only words they wanted to learn & remembered were the dirty words. So now I can't ever take them home to meet our family. Which is sadder for me coz their my aunties, uncles & cousins & I haven't been there since I was young & I am starting to forget how to speak suomea!

What's really amazing here is that the Finnish audience understands his English perfectly. English must be as strange for a Finn as Finnish is for an English speaker, yet they've all learned it so well they can easily follow a complicated and subtle stand-up-comedy routine.

When I asked to learn some Finnish words, I learned “saatana perkele vittu.” Very useful.

Actually, "hilavitkutin" is very useful word in Gigantti. Just the tell the merchant you want that, when they ask you if you need help, and watch their agonizing stare as they try to figure out what you really want to buy.

My Finnish friends helped correct my pronunciation of Espoo after they stopped rolling around on the floor laughing. #S💩

Ray I felt exactly the same when I was learning Swedish as a Welsh man. No one would let me speak the language and the phrases I was 'taught' were utter shite.

Tärkeä myös: Kokko kokoo koko Kokko koko kokkoko koko Kokko 😁

Great stuff keep it up man!

Kyrpäjyrä is my favorite to teach. Because why not.

I lived in Finland for a while and the only word I knew was "kiitos". When I asked anyone if they could teach me Finnish the just laughed.

Saying: "Vesihiisi sihisi hississä" is just a cover-up story, so you can open a beer can without anyone noticing it. Sometimes it may even work.

the Finnish language sounds like Music in my Ears. the few times I've been to Helsinki it's like going to live with the fairies and friendly forest folk, poor little English speaker, yes, we can understand you and speak your language, while they're ripping the filth in Finnish. no, no, they are way too polite for that.....uh huh...

Some of the first sentences that my American girlfriend was taught were "Haluutsä turpaan?", "Älä lääpi!" and "Mä annoin sulle tonnin setelin". At least some of those may actually be useful.

Well if you memorize tongue twisters, that'll help you understand all those pesky cases! Like when you're learning the inessive -ssa/-ssä, you'll remember that the water goblin hissed in the lift!

Loved your video . I am learning Finnish myself. And taking my first small steps in stand up comedy. But I found it still very difficult to have a conversation in finnish 😉 .

A Scot with an Italian surname living in Finland, there's a joke in there somewhere

KIPPIS PERKELE Those were the 2 first ones to pop out of my head.

I'm dying, this is hilarious and it's true

Finnish people immediately taught me how to say "perkele" and then demanded I use it

Good stuff :D

That SSSSS word sounds so impressive rolling off the tongue! Good for him for mastering it! Wish I could say it even though I don't know what it means lol; but it just sounds so cool!

Huh, turns out one of my cats can type fluent Finnish! Nonchalantly walked over the keyboard and it looked just like the subtitles.

Nice to see a new video from you!

that so true....the first Finnish thing I was though was "saatanan runkkari". A nice start indeed

Let's be honest. All of you foreign folks just want me to teach you our curse words.

Saatana, Vittu, Perkele, Nonii, and Hei is the extent of my Finnish knowledge thanks to my friend.

Good thing you don't need to speak Finnish to connect with your non-Finnish friends.

Btw, history behind "hilavitkutin" is that it was used in past as thing father house did send older kids to fetch as hed lend it to neighbor, who then had then lend it to other neighbor etc to keep kids busy when there was something happening in farm which kids shouldn't have to witness ie either yearly butchering of animals or their mother giving birth to their new sibling. So neighbors did help to send them this wild goose chase to find "hilavitkutin" or other similar made up item and feed them etc. Me grandma did tell her experience about this firsthand. Life at that time was hard and her own mother had died giving birth her sibling, but at that time bonds people in villages had to each other was something we have lost now. Other example of those bonds was that me grand parents did move south for easier city life, but failed in that and when they did return to me grandma's home village, all neighbors did give something to help them start their life, like giving them 2 cows for free, food, help to fix house and barns etc. That wouldn't happen nowadays, at least in that level anymore... We have gained much, but we have lost lot too and sometimes I'm not sure if the gains has been enough to contempt the loss...

One of the very few Finnish words I understand is the greeting “moi”, because we use the same word here in the (north-)east of the Netherlands. Another word I know is “moottorisaha”, as it is similar to the Dutch translation “motorzaag” (chainsaw).

God damn! Never think about it in that perspective

Honestly all you need is Viina, Sauna, and Perkele. You've got everything important with those three. Hungry? Rub your stomach and "perkele". Hurting? Grimace and "oi perkele". Lost? Look around and "Uhh, ah perkele....".

As a Finn i can confirm all this

Because of you I'm learning Finnish 😉 and I'm like... where have you been all my entire life?

I love your accent, always loved the Scottish accent, it's the best. :D

Apart from perkele of course, the only finnish I know is "maukas lohi," which means tasty salmon. However in my language (Latvian) that means "whores idiots."

So true :D I met some Lithanians and they knew some finnish. Of course the word, which they knew was Runkkupaska. Now all my colleagues know some Finnish .D...

I don't even speak Finnish, but this made me laugh so much! Finnish sounds so particular!

As a Swede I just know "Ei saa peittää" which is "do not cover".

Try 'niinpä' which means agreement of physical facts has been achieved.

Those Finnish people you met were very nice as I usually tell the most use curse words. They may be a bit frowned upon, but serve much more meaningful purpose in every day conversation. :)

Just say PERKELE! And it works hahahaha

PASKAPUHETTA! Kirosanat opetetaan ihan ekaks

Well. I was dead when he said "hilavutkutin". Don't give a clue what the hell it is, but it was enough. Suddenly, somehow this is a useful word

Just got a couple jokes enjoyed it thank you

When you learn these words and get to Finland and you don’t know how to say towel lmao.

I swear Finnish started from a Scrabble game but then though a good idea was to add 15 bags worth tiles of just vowels

Germans: We are so special, we got long words and Umlaute like ä and ü Fins: Hold my olut

I have an American friend who came up to me really excited that they just learned a Finnish word, which was "viuhahtelisinkohan". It is, to this day, the only word in my language they know.

Me as a finnish person gonna approve "HILAVITKUTIN ON TÄRKEIN SUOMALAINEN SANA, JOKA TÄYTYY TIETÄÄ!!!"

so true, suomi perkele :D

I'm danish trying to learn Finnish. I would say a lot of the grammar is "easier" and better understandable than danish shit silent letters and different sounds of letters depending on the word.

I'm starting to believe this. Tried using Duolingo and one of the first word you learn is velho. I'm like whut? Not even numbers? Good morning or good evening?

i bet you already know all the most popular curse words though

Wow this is super funny. If only I could speak Finnish

The Finnish language sounds like they are working their way through winter

The first thing my gf told me was mulkvisti 😑 enough said I decided it’d be best if I tried to learn on my own

You're lucky though, you learned a lot. I've been to Finnland a few times for work and for a few day-trips and all I know is how to scare people and keep them at distance with Perkele and Satanaa, so...:-)

he looks more finnish than the audience

I mean... You're not wrong. The only words my Finnish friend has ever taught me were swear words.

Encontrei isso por acaso, ri bastante e agora quero aprender finlandês

This is exactly how I feel as a Glaswegian preparing for a month in Helsinki. Actual kill me 😭

So I had just arrived in germany from brazil as a foreigner college student and I discovered that my new flatmate was Finnish. Right in the first day he was pretty nice to help me out with arranging everything and coming with me to the supermarket to buy the rest of the things necessary ad it was kinda far, on the way back hahah I suddenly remember like "God dammit!! I freaking forgot to buy a pillow!! now how am I supposed to sleep at night, Mikael?? I can't sleep without one and I don't wanna sleep with a clothes' pillow!" and then I heard him laughing so hard and asking what kind? I was like "it can be a cheap one no high standards" and for some reason made him laugh even more. I got very annoyed and asked what's up??? and he finally explained "do you know what pillu means in Finnish?" I said no, obviously, and he responded: pussy :| and that's how I learned my first Finnish word. FYI pillupuhelin is the name of that water hose near the toilet that you use to clean your butt and it literally means "pussy-phone". It's another weird story about how I got to learn this lol

When I heard Fennish I knew you have to be Scottish. One day I want to hear how some homophones (like they're and their, or knead and need) sound like with this accent.

...do i want to ask for a translation?

perkele!

Ray, you are spot on with your critique there. It is not even funny anymore how much the finnish street language is departed from what schoolbooks teach. Many foreigners coming to finland, have proudly with sweat and tears learned finnish from books perhaps university classrooms before they enter the country. And then already on the (Air-)port they discover they understand shit all what is spoken around them. And as soon they open their mouth, ___everyone___ and their dog know thats either an immigrant, or a tourist 🙂 Not only because of the obvious accent that you will never be able to get rid off your entire life (forget the plan about blending in so well that people take you for a native, its not gonna work) - they will also detect you because you are the only one around speaking "school book finnish" At that point, some turn away from you - some turn towards you (also methaphorically) - but you will not get the native2native treatment. Is that a good thing? i let you decide.

Perkele!

Hän on hyvä ihminen (I'm just learning Finnish) as an Indian.

Ok I feel kinda bad now 😂

What is Fenis?

Opeta suomea: proceeds To teach swear words :D PERKELE

My experience as the american son of a finnish father, is that finns only will teach you swears. The first finnish word I ever learned (at a very young age) was paska.

Can someone explain what does "vesihiisi sihisi hississa" and "hilavitkutin" mean?

im fennish too and speak fennish

The one Finnish word I know is “perkele”,And I learned that from a very educational television program.