How do Written Finnish and Spoken Finnish Differ?

In Finnish language we actually have two different languages: spoken & written and they actually are quite different. That's why it's important for you to realize how they both work and what kind of differences they have. There are many more different uses, but in this video I just want to give you an overview how the spoken Finnish works.

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[AleksiHimself]

Okay so I've got comments from Finns that Finnish has just written/spoken language, because there are local variants dialects. This is true and the spoken language I used in this video is the spoken Finnish that I speak. The spoken language I use is not tied to a certain region (at least I don't have any distinctive characteristic in my tone/vocab). So it's safe to say that the language in this video is mostly used in southern parts of Finland and is somewhat "general" spoken language, but there definitely are other variants, which cannot be covered in one video.

[aaronjaff]

I think you should do more videos about the "Puhekieli vs kirjakieli".

[hamzayaseen]

Awesome video! Continue, we need more educational videos like this video especially the difference between official language and slang.

[timetoknow]

Olen oppinut 8, kuutta ja olen sekaisin vielä mutta kiitos sun suosittelaan ja neuvonta

[lollipoppyli]

Komppaan edellista kaveria tost puhekieli vs kirjakieli, että lisää. mut pitäiskö ottaa murtei huamioo? Koska neki eroo suhteellise paljo 🤔😊

[ender-chan]

If you're from Turku, you'd shorten it even more: "Saak mä yhe kaffen, kitti".

[PinjaEmilia]

This reminded me of the time when I started studying in Porvoo (I'm from Kotka, only 90km between us) and everyone in my class was from Porvoo area except for me and my friend. So one day a group of us were outside and I suggested that we should go to somewhere warm (=mennää jonnee lämpösee) and everyone was like wtf is jonnee??? And I swear me & my friend had never been so confused by their reactions 😂😂😂 they had never heard of that and that's the only way of saying I had ever known 🤦

Another great example was vinssaa/vinssata=pyöräillä=to bicycle.🤦 There are tons of other instances when these little differences in spoken language caused some confusion and amusement for us all, hahah! (But by the end of the three years of studying I had managed to make them use the word mie/miä instead of mä, hah! Small victories! 😎💪🏽)

[jamesbernadette]

Don't worry if you don't worry if you don't understand the rules.

[kaniking]

Olen asunut Suomessa noin pari vuotta ja olen oppinut sulta monta sanaa, esimerkiksi how to use in finish Noni like a boss, ja kiitos kaikista

[celiamarttinen]

Awsome, thanks, plase make more videos like these, examples help a lot, and also giving your opinion on whether to use an expression in a context or another helps
thanks

[ObviouslyDiego]

Hello Aleksi! Hey, do you think you can talk about the informal numbers in Finnish? I already know how to count from 1 to 100 but sometimes when finns speak, they cut the numbers and I can't always understand them. Thanks a lot for all of your videos.

[aliciasirena]

It's very useful to know this :) Kiitos Aleksi! :)

[fatemejafari]

Really useful video. Thank you so much😊

[eliassideways]

Personally I would never use 'mulle' or 'minulle' as the recipient is implied in the request. The cashier will not care to whom the coffee is for. Like in English you would never say 'one coffee please, for me'.

[hannesranta-nilkku]

Et sää voi sanoa että mikä on "puhekieltä" koska suomessa on paljon eri murteita eikä vaan yhtä puhekieltä

[muhammedyalcin]

Everyone can understand me in Finnish but I can't understand anyone 😑

[frkenmina]

Same here. I remember see two of my friends(siblings), even write in their original dialect to family and between them. On the state runned channel nrk, have i seen some talk in dialect, but the most in nynorsk and bokmål( two writen forms here). Some word in norwegian might differ on the pronounce dipending on your location. Language are intresting, cus we do have a word in norwegian, which are pulk. Its a loan word from sami(puhlke/bulke) and finnish(pullka). Cool video, keep up the good work. I like it more when people call me by my first name, or its getting little too much. When you order a hot chocolade or coffe, its a high chance that they're say "skal bli"(skal = shal, bli = stay), which can translate to "in progress"

[rodrigodigaoi]

Can you point us to good sources for learning spoken Finnish, outside Finland?

[zeitgeistzest]

"Yks (kuppi) kahvi(a), kiitos." :D

Nice, informative video!

[alvina]

That's a really helpful and nice video. ☺
There's a typo error at 1:24 minute. "Don't worry if you don't worry if you don't understand the rules"
Just letting you know 🙂