TRYING TO LEARN FINNISH (for real) Part 9

Continuing my 26-day streak learning Finnish on Duolingo! Join me!

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F.A.Q.
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• How old are you? •
31

• How tall are you? •
6ft 4 (or 192 cm)

• Where do you live? •
Helsinki, Finland

• What camera gear do you use in this video?•
Canon EOS R (body)
Canon EF 16-35 f4 L IS
Rode Video Mic Pro+

• What program do you edit with? •
Adobe Premiere Pro CC

[williamprather]

I find Duolingo really helpful, but the Finnish is still in Beta, and there are many times when it does not accept correct variant answers, and some times when it’s just plain wrong. Don’t beat yourself up, report the errors and the limited scope of “acceptable” answers, and soldier through with true sisu. You’ll learn a lot by working through the limitations of the current version and help future learners. You’re doing great!!!🤜🏼🤛🏼👍🏼

[vaerner]

@10:18, morsian = martian = alien, love the logic!

[rdfromstartrack]

To appreciate and to admire have quite different meanings if you ask me

[tonituomanen]

"Kulta" is funny Word in Finnish. It means gold and also darling. But we dont usually call anyone "hunaja" (honey).

[mehsatunnainen]

Todella hyvin menee. Ja oikein olit vastannut, vaikka duolingo ei ymmärtänytkään. Hyvä, että autat parantamaan sitä niille, jotka vasta aloittelevat suomen kielen oppimista.

[MalkWilliams]

Dave, I can't even tell you how much affection and comradeship I feel with you watching this! I've been watching your videos - especially the Finnish learning ones - for about a year now, as I've been learning myself, but this is the first time I've been going through the exact same course/pain as you at the exact same time! Thank you!

[Suolakissa]

It's a difficult language, so it's only natural that's it will probably be a life long journey to learn it. But you've already come so far and I was really impressed when you understood even the more complex sentences! Duolingo will "punish" you if you have one mistake there, and I agree that some of those were unfair, let's hope that as the course develops it will become a bit more forgiving. And judging by your other videos like vlogs where you speak Finnish and Cadin Keittiö, you're so much more skilled than you give yourself credit for. Keep up the good work!
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But I still think it was hilarious that you thought morsian means an alien xD Especially since you are married, my good man! Wonder if Cat got a good laugh out of that. xD

[miiaruuttula]

You have made so much progress with your Finnish! I'd love to see you test how much you understand from Finnish song lyrics for example. Either by listening or reading them. I think lyrics of Apulanta would suit really well, because as far as I remember they don't use too much of tricky slang words.

[niilo]

You can easily tell that the Finnish is still in beta.

[elwyyra]

"Kakka!" 😂 doing good Dave 👍🏻

[Thekovaluu]

Maybe you dont notice how much you are improved. I can tell. Alot! Slow and steady you improve every day :)

[Makedz]

I've been watching your videos for a few days now and the most impressive moment so far has been the one where you open a non-alcoholic bubbly bottle. The immediate "MITÄ VITT...." -reaction, when the bottle cap exploded was so genuine and as Finnish as it gets. Well done Dave! You have become a Finn, since none other than a Finn would be able to react that way. Generally your Finnish has improved massively during the past years.

I've never followed any actual vlogger before, since I thought it wouldn't be my thing, but you and Cat do have a great thing going on and I really respect your bravery and attitude. I can only imagine what it would be like to make so big change in life, but you guys have done it really well! You have found a real goldmine, since Finns have always been madly interested, about what foreigners think about us (I'm not an exception). You have so great way to tell it and endless amount of material to do. Keep up the good work!

[blue_jm]

I thought the French duolingo I am doing was strange but man the Finnish one takes the cake. And you're correct to submit those, in Finnish same thing can be said in many ways or have several similar meanings depending on the context. Good going, keep it up!

[margitguttersberger]

I just learned some Finnish with the exact same app you're using here. What's difficult for me is that I'm not a native English speaker, but Duolingo only offers Finnish from English... so I needed to work with two foreign languages. And what shocked me: all of a sudden it came to an end. So now I need to find myself a new program to work with. Have fun learning !

[johanna_na]

Oh by the way Dave! Dunno why this idea came to me, but you should dive into the world of the vast amount of Finnish verbs we have to describe motion for example. It is ridiculous in a way, but also a sign of a rich language I guess 😛

Lorista (Purl)
Liristä (Purl)
Lotista (Squelch)
Litistä (Squelch)
Lätistä (Squelch)
Väpättää (Flap)
Vipattaa (Flap)
Lepattaa (Flap)
Niristä (Squeak)
Narista (Squeak)
Natista (Squeak)
Nitistä (Squeak)

To a Finn these are all different things, and we know by the word what kind of movement or sound is being meant. We have an ample amount of words to describe the wind, movements and sounds of water, grass, fire etc.

[toivotonta]

Good job man, you inspired me to learn swedish in dualingo

[ArualCrisp]

I've been doing the dualingo Finnish course too for 27 days and I totally agree that up to the 'coffee' course I was doing fine but then after that it's like the courses suddenly jumped 10 levels in difficulty! Some mistakes I've noticed in the Finnish bot pronunciation and also I feel like there are courses with so many unnecessary words and phrases..

[cinnamontea]

Hyvää työtä, Dave! Osaat jo hienosti.😃

[x]

"She does not speak Swedish but Norwegian" should've been accepted as well, both that sentence and "She is not speaking Swedish but Norwegian" are same in Finnish.

[tinksi]

I haven't been keeping up with your studies lately, you've really come a long way! Hienosti Dave!