Finnish Language Explained: Vowel Harmony - a simplified overview

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  • @Paul_Herr
    @Paul_Herr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is the amazing part of the internet. An Italian, speaking German perfectly, teaches Finnish.
    Thank so much, this was very helpful for a beginner.
    Greetings from Germany

  • @Xloudy
    @Xloudy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never knew the origin of "tällainen" or even considered its absence of vowel harmony lmao. You learn something new every day even as a native speaker.

  • @Ketutar
    @Ketutar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    It's lovely to hear you pronounce the Finnish words, because your accent is great :-) You sound like a Finn. :-) Never has my mother-tongue sounded so sweet as in the mouth of a foreigner :-) Kiitos

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      OMG this is one of the best comments I've received lately, SUURKIITOS!

  • @timokk3
    @timokk3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have learned so much about the Finnish language watching your videos. You just make it so much more fun and interesting than my oppikoulun kielioppi opettaja kuuskut luvulla (my family emigrated to the USA in 1968 so I have not had formal training in Finnish since then). You have a naturally relaxed and unintimidating style has given me the courage to start studying the language that sounds the most beautiful to me: Italian.
    PS. My father's name was especially intimidating to pronounce for Americans, despite it's utter simplicity (only four letters): Yrjö so they called him George instead.

  • @Ka1aMa1ja
    @Ka1aMa1ja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you Stefano❣️ You make a grate job! Since 60years I haven’t thought anything about Finnish gramma. It’s wonderful how you make it alive and understandable! I’m native Finnish spesking guy🤩

  • @Finn_sisjon
    @Finn_sisjon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You explain soooo well. I’m not learning Finnish but I needed to know what vowel harmony was and I loved your explanation! I love the Finnish language! I’m 25% Finnish :)🇫🇮

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So glad to hear this video was helpful! Thank you for the comment!

  • @derzeitpunkt124
    @derzeitpunkt124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Idk why but this man speaks almost every single language that I'd Like to learn

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awww this is a golden comment, thank you! :)

  • @Ewan_Smith
    @Ewan_Smith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Very interesting video! It seems like Finnish vowel harmony is very similar to that of Kazakh, except for that Kazakh has a few more vowels in each category. Also the way that loanwords break the rules is the same in Kazakh with Russian loanwords. I'd love to see some more videos about Finnish!

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That sounds interesting indeed! Kazakh has intrigued me for a while... Thank you for your comment!

    • @Ewan_Smith
      @Ewan_Smith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@linguaEpassione If Kazakh intrigues you enough to try to study it I have a number of useful resources to share!

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Ewan_Smith Thanks man, that's really cool to hear!

    • @mrgenetics4063
      @mrgenetics4063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ewan_Smith what are the resources?

    • @Ewan_Smith
      @Ewan_Smith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrgenetics4063 So the best one I found was a website called soyle.kz, they also have a TH-cam channel with lots of content for Kazakh. The website works better in Russian, but it has an English version too. It provides a structured course, lots of vocab, short dialogues etc. Apart from that I used Colloquial Kazakh and another book in Russian called казахский язык самоучитель. Also, the Kazakh Tourism TH-cam channel has some videos in Kazakh with Kazakh subtitles.

  • @Vuusteri
    @Vuusteri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    It's funny that IQ (intelligence quotient), which is ÄO (älykkyysosamäärä) in Finnish, is often written incorrectly as ÄÖ. Must be a vovel harmony thing, because it feels weird to say ÄÄ-OO. The common joke is that the person writing ÄÖ must have a low IQ to make such a stupid mistake :D

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hahah didn't know about that joke yet! :D But yeah, it must be vowel harmony doing its thing there :)

  • @aaropassi1833
    @aaropassi1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm here because I was interested how you had improved from your My Finnish Story video. Your Finnish sounds pretty amazing. I was already impressed by your skill in that older video but this time you really didn't make one mistake!

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well explained!

  • @topi252
    @topi252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Interesting video, I didn't even know the origin of the word tällainen :D
    And funny part of that ending is that the Estonian word aitäh basically means something like "huh, what?" in Finnish :D Actually lots of Estonian words sound similar as in Finnish but they usually have completely different meanings and seem like complete gibberish to Finnish person.

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moi Topi, kiitoksia paljon kommentistasi!

    • @petrirantavalli859
      @petrirantavalli859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@linguaEpassione However before "germanization" of Estonian the language was almost identical to Finnish to an extent that a Finn can read 1600-1700's Estonian with relative ease but doesn't necessarily understand a word of Estonian spoken today.

  • @jerkkub
    @jerkkub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This was very interesting as a Finn :D Haven't paid attention to these things but they make so much sense! Love your passion for my not so widely spoken language.

  • @seand6482
    @seand6482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In Turkish the vowels are split into two categories, and native words typically contain only vowels of one type: front (e, i, ö, and ü) or back (a, ı, o, and u). Words originating in foreign languages aren’t necessarily obliged to follow this dichotomy (banliyö, otobüs, İsfahan), but I notice the influence of the predominate vowel type on the pronunciation of other vowels in certain mixed-vowel words (İstanbul being pronounced as Istanbul, rüzgar being pronounced as something similar to rüzgär). Interestingly, the “mode of transportation” suffix in Turkish is also le/la (“trenle,” “vapurla”).

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks so much, Sean, for chiming in with some details on Turkish vowel harmony! Turkish is definitely on my list of future exploration, and it sounds really intriguing :)

  • @retchilmendiola1173
    @retchilmendiola1173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hyvää iltaa jUst started learning finnish and this help. Kiitos

  • @matandacd
    @matandacd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for sharing this vowel harmony interesting

  • @riccardoc9552
    @riccardoc9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing job! You should make a video about consonant gradation if you can :)

  • @Zyklonite
    @Zyklonite 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Joo, jätkä puhuu parempaa suomea kun iso osa suomalaisista :) Hyviä videoita!

  • @jellytartthief6830
    @jellytartthief6830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The way you grinned after you said 'kaksi', very cheeky xD

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahah, you think so? :D I swear I was just enjoying the moment :)

  • @puhistagram
    @puhistagram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kiitos brieffistä! Olen tähän asti luullut että tällainen on lyhenne sanasta tämänkaltainen. Sulla on hyvä kanava 👍🏻🙏

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Morjens ja kiitos itsellesi, että katsoit ja kommentoit! Lisää tulossa (viihdoinkin)...

    • @PapilioArgiolus
      @PapilioArgiolus 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@linguaEpassione Olet tosi syvällä suomessa ❤ Morjens ynnä muut vastaavat puhekielen ilmaisut sen osoittavat. Kiitos ihanista videoista.
      Itse olen natiivi suomen puhuja ja aina on mahtava nähdä kuinka joku ulkomaalainen on ottanut omakseen meidän harvinaislaatuisen kielemme
      🇫🇮🫶🏼 🇮🇹

  • @Ishay7227
    @Ishay7227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chuvash vowel harmony:
    Ӑнланатӑп, ӑнланатӑн, ӑнланать, ӑнланатпӑр, ӑнланатӑр, ӑнланаҫҫӗ - I understand you understand etc
    Ӑнлансан - if he you understands
    Пӗлеймерӗм-и? If I wasn’t able to know ?
    Пурнӑҫскер Like life (no harmony)
    Пурнӑҫу-ши - your life apparently (I type Harmony doesn’t implore vowel harmony)

  • @anttikuusmetso
    @anttikuusmetso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tämmönen kiva video!👍

  • @Auritilien
    @Auritilien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    En ookaa aikasemmin ajatellut sen enempää Tälläsestä :O kaikkea sitä oppii, kiitos!

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kiitos itsellesi että jaksoit katsoa! :)

  • @AinoHiat
    @AinoHiat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I found your channel years ago, lost it, forgot it, remembered it and found it again. So glad to be back here, thank you so much these videos! You're such a delightful person and the way you explain things is always clear and easily understandable. Kiitos! :-)

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Voi että, Aino, suurkiitos tästä ihanasta kommentista! Great to have you back on board! :)

    • @AinoHiat
      @AinoHiat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linguaEpassione Ihanaa olla täällä taas! Nyt en kadota sinun kanavaasi uudestaan. :-)

  • @ArtemisiaCaria
    @ArtemisiaCaria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Faresti sembrare semplice anche il Klingon !😂 Scherzi a parte, complimentissimi !

  • @SilentPolyglot
    @SilentPolyglot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a really interesting video. Thank you, Stefano! ♥️

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you, Kate, happy you liked it!

  • @Georgian2go
    @Georgian2go 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    well explained!

  • @elizabethraitanen5057
    @elizabethraitanen5057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Kiitos!

  • @SuomiUkrainaKristoffer-xe1sc
    @SuomiUkrainaKristoffer-xe1sc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to ask you, our host, whether you find it easier to produce the right endings for words (choosing between the two parallel endings you mention in this video) because there is vowel harmony. Has this allowed you to simply hear how it should be for a word without needing to remember or think about the theory? Does Finnish sound natural and harmonious to you as an Italian?

  • @stefanodigaetano1627
    @stefanodigaetano1627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mahtava! but I have to say that those "rules" had helped me more to avoid mistakes when writing in Finnish...not much on pronunciation...that came more automatically...but seems for Italians is easier to have good pronunciation in Finnish 😉

    • @arvoitus4649
      @arvoitus4649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My mother told me how there were some illiterate Italians in the area that they had immigrated to in Canada (1950's) that sought out Finns to read them their letters from Italy. They said the Finns read them like natives.

    • @elderscrollsswimmer4833
      @elderscrollsswimmer4833 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@arvoitus4649and the Finns did not understand anything they read in those so the content remained private. ❤

  • @habicht6
    @habicht6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kiitos

  • @mastereric1013
    @mastereric1013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hei Stefano, mitä kuuluu? I have been learning Finnish for about a month and it is a difficult but great language! Do you have any tips for learning Finnish/ Finnish cases? As always, hyvä video ja kiitos! 🇫🇮

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hei Eric, hyvää, kiitos? Entä sulle? :) Have you already watched this one: th-cam.com/video/rSOn5ETWMoI/w-d-xo.html ? My extra tip would be to learn the cases as they come to you instead of trying to cram them all out of context. Hope this helps a little bit :)

  • @kiasoneja11
    @kiasoneja11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent! ❤️

  • @willmurphy4073
    @willmurphy4073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ekki nærri á myndbandinu þinn
    Ég elskar það upphæðinni af tíminn þinn sem þú hefur notaður í lærum tungumál þvílíkt íslensku! Bless bless.
    Jeg har begynte også å lære flere språk likså. Språkene som norsk og Íslandsk og nederlandsk virker sine ut å bli interessant for meg, jeg syns.
    Det ble i fjor siden jeg hadde begynte lært språkene. Et år etterpå, funnet jeg min kjærlighet på språk! Begge lære eller lærerer. Nå jeg vil å bli en lærere av engelsk i det avanserte nivået. Har det bra.
    That's enough rambling for me. Love your inspirational videos! Just gained a new subscriber in me!
    (Apologies for my bad speaking)

  • @lacrimosa164
    @lacrimosa164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Espero que o senhor comece a falar o turco (da Turquia) um dia de mode que eu possa analizar o seu discurso :) seria maravilhoso :D. Um vídeo muito bom e útil, obrigado muito.

  • @cactusowo1835
    @cactusowo1835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vowel harmony is also present in Mongolian :D
    Edit: Even tho they eventually end up eating all the vowels ins mongolian language xD

  • @turinturambar3592
    @turinturambar3592 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you know Finnish poet Eino Leino and his poem "Nocturne"? It has interesting words like "puunto pilven", can you figure out what that means? :)
    Ruislinnun laulu korvissani,
    tähkäpäiden päällä täysi kuu;
    kesäyön on onni omanani,
    kaskisavuun laaksot verhouu.
    En ma iloitse, en sure, huokaa;
    mutta metsän tummuus mulle tuokaa,
    puunto pilven, johon päivä hukkuu,
    siinto vaaran tuulisen, mi nukkuu,
    tuoksut vanamon ja varjot veen;
    niistä sydämeni laulun teen.
    Sulle laulan neiti, kesäheinä,
    sydämeni suuri hiljaisuus,
    uskontoni, soipa säveleinä,
    tammenlehväseppel vehryt, uus.
    En ma enää aja virvatulta,
    onpa kädessäni onnen kulta;
    pienentyy mun ympär' elon piiri;
    aika seisoo, nukkuu tuuliviiri;
    edessäni hämäräinen tie
    tuntemattomahan tupaan vie.

  • @heh9392
    @heh9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I myself just say tälläinen, in finnish, but I guess it's writen like that.

    • @heh9392
      @heh9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or actually just tälläne

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep, that's a colloquial form and it's widely used as far as I know :) I even found that in a book I've read recently: "Pintaremontti" by Miika Nousiainen

    • @netsong2239
      @netsong2239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm surprised by how many people use the "tälläne". Though when I thought of it I could definitely see people around me using it. I personally view it as a compound word and I'm drawn to say the end as "laine" or "lane" in this case because that's the word, that's the word for "kind of". I personally use "tällane" or "tällanen". Am from western Uusimaa. Don't know if the dialect affects it.

    • @elderscrollsswimmer4833
      @elderscrollsswimmer4833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Noo jaa, voihan olla että siitä vielä tulee tälläinen ihan oikeasti. Olympialaiset voi hyvinkin olla olumpialaiset vielä joskus. Iikat ja äärit saa jäädä, ne on niin yhdyssanamäisiä.

  • @sprucefurniture
    @sprucefurniture 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Even though i know how you are suppose to say "Tällainen" but my mouth wants to correct that "a" to "ä"

  • @Nonnnnaq3
    @Nonnnnaq3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vaikka oon sua jo pitkään seurannut sua, niin silti on vaikee uskoo, että osaat suomea 😅. Ja aiheeseen liittyvää sen verran, että on tää suomen kieli kyllä varsin huippu kieli (mun mielestä), vaikkakin välillä itselläkin vaikeuksia tuottaa sanoja, vaikkakin vaan puhun pelkästään Suomeen 😅. Mut on tämä mein kieli silti ihan huikee 😅

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eiks oo huippu kieli? Ei ihme että mä päätin oppia sen! ;)

    • @EllinooraAlexandraCamilla
      @EllinooraAlexandraCamilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@linguaEpassione Miten ihanaa että osaat puhua ja kirjoittaa puhekieltä 😘 Niinku oo ja silleen 🙃

  • @lauraaxelsen6128
    @lauraaxelsen6128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mielenkiintoista! Mistä tiedät tämmöstä (hi hi hi ha ha) tiedot? (Anteeksi kaikkile, että en vielä puhu hyvin suomea ja ehkä kirjoitin väärin=

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      En mäkään enää tiedä, mistä tämmöstä tiedän xD

  • @tsotne2896
    @tsotne2896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the site where you're learning the languages? Could you tell me some advices, thank you in advance.

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't use any site in particular, I choose the resources depending on the language. But I always use italki.com for practising speaking. You can register on Italki for free by clicking here: www.italki.com/i/ref/BfEbeE?hl=en (lessons are not free, but you can find very interesting rates there!)

  • @subrosa7708
    @subrosa7708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You have to be foreigner to think those issues. Or professional linguistic. We average Finns are amazed of how intriquite our language is!

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sometimes it can sound complicated but it all makes sense in the end, and it's one of the most logical languages I've encountered :)

  • @paoloangeletti1226
    @paoloangeletti1226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ciao Stefano, tutto bene? e' un po' che non ti sento/vedo. Posso chiederti un favore? Conosci qualcuno che studi arabo e voglia praticare arabo standard (msa) a livello 'intermediate'? Oppure qualcuno che conosce qualcuno...Posso usare le 6 maggiori lingue europee russo escluso, per intenerci. Grazie in ogni caso e scusami se abuus

    • @paoloangeletti1226
      @paoloangeletti1226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...abuso. Tuo P.

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ciao Paolo, grazie del messaggio e mi dispiace per il lungo silenzio, sono stati mesi non proprio facilissimi... Sto tornando in pista in questi giorni, e finalmente a breve uscirà un nuovo video (ennesimo ritorno hehe). In ogni caso non conosco parlanti di arabo standard che possano fare al caso tuo, quindi stavolta temo di non poterti essere utile. Buona continuazione e spero a molto presto!

    • @paoloangeletti1226
      @paoloangeletti1226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linguaEpassione Grazie comunque Stefano. Aspetto il tuo video. A presto

  • @IdkWhatToNameTbh
    @IdkWhatToNameTbh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hii love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I remember that you know Georgian, can you talk me with it? შეგიძლია დამელაპარაკო ქართულად? მადლობა❤️❤️❤️❤️ მაგარი ხარ, მიყვარს შენი ვიდეოები❤️❤️❤️

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      მადლობა შენ, ანანო! კი, შემიძლია დაგელაპარაკო ქართულად მაგრამ არ ვიცი ბევრი სიტყვა 😅 მეტი უნდა ვისწავლო

    • @IdkWhatToNameTbh
      @IdkWhatToNameTbh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@linguaEpassione ისწავლი, აუცილებლად ისწავლი!

  • @zami8827
    @zami8827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Elämän A ja O välissä L ja K.

  • @Ishay7227
    @Ishay7227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My comment about chuvash just got deleted

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Kimbil, I can see it - thanks for chiming in !

    • @Ishay7227
      @Ishay7227 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linguaEpassione your welcome :)

  • @Jeejeetyyppi123
    @Jeejeetyyppi123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ai täh?

  • @stefanoportinari9302
    @stefanoportinari9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ciao Stefano, scusa se ti disturbo, posso chiederti un ultimissima cosa?

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ciao Stefano, qui su TH-cam puoi porre le tue domande anche senza chiedere il permesso, i commenti servono a questo :)

    • @stefanoportinari9302
      @stefanoportinari9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linguaEpassione vorrei chiederti, se una persona sta imparando una lingua, ade esempio l' inglese, qual' è il miglior modo per riuscire a capire quello che viene detto e dopo quanto tempo si capisce. Ti ringrazio , buona giornata

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stefanoportinari9302 Grazie per la domanda ma se non sbaglio ti ho già risposto nell'altro video. Non esiste un tempo valido universalmente, dipende da troppi fattori diversi. Buona serata anche a te!

    • @stefanoportinari9302
      @stefanoportinari9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linguaEpassione Sei stato gentilissimo. Ti ringrazio molto e ti auguro una buonissima serata

    • @stefanoportinari9302
      @stefanoportinari9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@linguaEpassione Sei stato gentilissimo. Ti ringrazio molto e ti auguro una buonissima serata

  • @EnnaOjala
    @EnnaOjala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kyllä on paljon oppimista tässä kielessä mitä ei itse tule edes ajatelleeksi 😅 jos Suomi ei olis mun äidinkieli niin vois olla aika hiljaista mun osalta oppia sitä 😂

  • @Zeroless
    @Zeroless 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    meidänkaltaisillemme

  • @gabrieltiago963
    @gabrieltiago963 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sos

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tarvitsetko apua? Need help?

  • @brokenheart1290
    @brokenheart1290 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    fyrkka )

    • @linguaEpassione
      @linguaEpassione  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hehe totta, en tullu ajatelleeks :)

    • @omenoid
      @omenoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Stadi slang doesn't follow always vowel harmony and many other Finnish features such as lack of consonant clusters.

  • @penaarja
    @penaarja ปีที่แล้ว

    Kiitos