Translating Finnish Songs #2 | Ievan Polkka ▫️ Watch me STRUGGLE with Savonian Dialect 😰

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  • Watch me try to decipher the Savonian dialect (Savonmurre) in this video where I try to go through the Ievan Polkka lyrics!
    ✰ Ievan Polkka by Loituma: • Video
    ✰ 2021 version - I recommend watching this it's really good: • IEVAN POLKKA 2021 by L...
    ✰ English translation of the whole song: lyricstranslat...
    ✰ Lyric Tutorial by Loituma: • IEVA'S POLKA - LYRICS ...
    Basically the song is about Ieva going dancing (and her mother is watching over her) and the song is from the point of view of a man that is into Ieva haha!
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ความคิดเห็น • 189

  • @Donanzador
    @Donanzador 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Savonian here, @8:17 "Laskoo" comes from the verb "laskea" (as in "to let", not "to count"), so in (more) formal Finnish that would be "Silloin kun laskee (menemään) laidasta laitaan". It does refer to dancing in this context, but it's not always that. It's when you let go of any shyness and stop being too self-aware, and just do the thing you're doing without thinking much of others' opinions or actions. "Laiasta laitaan" in this context can also just mean that their bodies are swinging side to side when they dance, and not necessarily physically moving from one side of the room to the other side.
    @3:24 "Kutkuttaa" means directly "to itch". I think it's also an expression in English, when you're itching to do something (itching to dance in the context of the song), you're very eager to do that thing.
    @5:20 Myö, työ, hyö = me, te, he = we, you (plural), they.
    @6:40 Vehnänen is just a sweet wheat bun (you might really refer to any sweet pastry / bun as vehnänen). When you eat something like that, you're usually happy, content, and maybe even smiling, so when you say "suu vehnäsellä", you refer to that happy feeling you get when you eat vehnänen.
    @8:56 Kammari or kamari usually means a bedroom, or sleeping chamber.
    @11:35 In the context of the song "nuijuuttaa" means to dance, but it's more ambiguous word than that. To me it has meant more like very energetically, vigorously or roughly handling or interacting with someone or something. It's not necessarily positive interaction like in the song, but can also be in negative context, for example (in that era) a parent might "nuijuuttaa" their kid for doing something bad.

    • @HalfPersianMan
      @HalfPersianMan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!!!

    • @irou95
      @irou95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nuijuutti is the same as "smash" in english for the context of the song from the mothers point of view. The song is old but not everyone was conservative in the early 1900's
      There is also the concept of "yöjuoksut"

  • @trolleybustoinfinity
    @trolleybustoinfinity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank you a lot for your videos :)
    I started learning Finnish and became interested in Finnish culture this spring, and your channel helps me learn grammar and additional vocabulary.
    By the way, I didn't know Finnish had so much dialectal variation that even a native speaker would find it hard to understand another dialect.

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for watching and being interesting in Finnish and Finnish culture :)
      Yeah I guess it depends how strong they are speaking in dialect xD I'm a bit more familiar with Western dialect since I lived in Turku for a few years :D

    • @freezedeve3119
      @freezedeve3119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it is not only dialect it is also quite old so some terms used can be unfamiliar.

    • @0Quiwi0
      @0Quiwi0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freezedeve3119 Absolutely. Even current day Savonians can find it hard to explain these old songs

  • @shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706
    @shadowpastathetf2kidwithau706 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Salivili hipput tupput täppyt äppyt tipput hilijalleen"
    Is easy for me since i speak tongue twisters

  • @LindaengelustrupBlogspot
    @LindaengelustrupBlogspot หลายเดือนก่อน

    You did a serious and thoughtful translation and spend lots of time on it, so the result has weight and is full of quality! Thank you!

  • @closetmonster5057
    @closetmonster5057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Historically both Finnish and Karelian have gone through a sound change where the original long 'ee' has become a diftong 'ie'. You can see this especially when you compare with Estonian:
    Estonian: mees (man) - Finnish: mies - Karelian: mies
    Estonian: tee (road) - Finnish: tie - Karelian: tie
    Estonian: seen (mushroom) - Finnish: sieni - Karelian: sieni
    This sound change probably happened 1000 years ago, but still some dialects don't accept long ee's even in newer words or names, so thats how you get Eeva > Ieva

    • @kareliansocialdemocrat
      @kareliansocialdemocrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Karelian, road is dorogu

    • @0mgskillz96
      @0mgskillz96 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kareliansocialdemocrat ’tie’ can also be used, but it also means ’pathway’

    • @ErinaBee.sMoney
      @ErinaBee.sMoney 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kareliansocialdemocrat dorogu sounds like droga in polish

  • @elias-ue9yx
    @elias-ue9yx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kiitos! Kerrot hyvin mielenkiintoista.
    Opiskelen suomea, toistaseksi puhun huonosti. Todella kaunis kieli.

    • @marin_1441
      @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But better than mine
      Best wishes

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kiitos paljon! :D

  • @TheTechnoPro
    @TheTechnoPro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Leek spin/Ievan polkka was such a huge part of my teenager time, we used to play it constantly. It's really cool to learn what it was actually about all these years later. Thank you! Also I can't help but be a little jealous, your apartment looks super cool :P Don't worry about struggling with dialects, it's perfectly normal in languages with such huge variation and I'm sure even trained experts might struggle with the more elusive words. I loved the video and it's much appreciated!

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm so glad to hear that! This song seems to be more popular than I realized xD
      And thank you so much for the kind words :)

    • @antcommander1367
      @antcommander1367 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and there's then Savitaipaleen polkka same as ievan polkka, but with lyrics that is extra harder to understand.

  • @rebeccac.54
    @rebeccac.54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks!

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh my goodness, thank you so much 🥺🥺🥺 I really appreciate your generosity towards my channel and hope you enjoy my future content too :)

  • @vaenii5056
    @vaenii5056 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think "nuijuuttaa" might be related to "nujuta" which is much more familiar word for me. Not sure how to explain the meaning in English but it basically describes energetic and physical playing behavior of children that leaves them covered in bruises and whatnot. For example if your children shows up on the door covered in thorns and dirt then you could ask them "missäs on tullut nujuttua?".
    In context of the song it likely means dancing. Polka is fast paced and energetic dance. They are going from one side to the another and possibly even bumping into each other and stepping on each other's toes occasionally. The boy is leading so he is nuijuutting the partner lmao. That is how I understand it.
    I could be wrong though. The only thing I'm positive about is that "nuijuuttaa" does not mean clubbing someone.

  • @palavras79
    @palavras79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ευχαριστούμε! Kiitos paljon!

    • @marin_1441
      @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you write my name in Greek please

    • @bigscarysteve
      @bigscarysteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marin_1441 ᾈμρίς Μάριν, probably. I don't know where you put the stress accents.

  • @JorgeRomero13
    @JorgeRomero13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for giving it your own try! it's great to see that even a Finn struggles with the song.
    I think also that the song has a "hidden" meaning too, that you should read in between the lines:
    a young boy and a girl escape the supervision of their mothers and go 'dancing' together 🤭.
    In the video you say that hiljaaleen= slowly, but i think it can also mean quietly (please correct me if I'm wrong). Therefore, I think we can get an idea of what Ieva and her neighbour are doing while 'dancing quietly (no music) from side to side' can mean in the hidden meaning 😳.

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I think so too haha! I know Loituma themselves also said it's up to the listener to interpret the meaning and some parts could have a double meaning xD

    • @Taistelukalkkuna
      @Taistelukalkkuna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KatChatsFinnish Double meaning? With Savonians? Now that´s just crazy talk.🤣

    • @HanniAutere
      @HanniAutere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      =D@@Taistelukalkkuna

  • @harrycslau
    @harrycslau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for showing your struggles. Difficult dialects just appear in every language, and I do appreciate your learning attitude which also inspires me not to give up. 🔥

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Such a kind comment, thank you so much and yes! Just gotta keep trying :D

  • @ButterFly-zh8ho
    @ButterFly-zh8ho ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are important things to know about this region, the town of Savonlinna was the bastion which protected Finland during the Swedish period and the target of Russian incursions, in particular the castle of St Olav for several centuries, the local dialect comes from this particularity with in the west of the region a slightly different dialect from that in the east of the region, the general dialect of the region drawing from the 2. My family is from this region and depending on where the members of family were in the area, it was different.
    When we add the Sami branches in the north and the Swedish speakers near Turku, this gives a Finnish, very different from the official Finnish which is standardized.
    In my family we organized big family reunions, communication was not always obvious.
    Thank you for all these Finnish lessons that allow me to learn the official language that I learned very young at school.
    th-cam.com/video/nbAHzYQIf40/w-d-xo.html

  • @beaker_guy
    @beaker_guy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ah, this was cool! 😎
    I saw your video on the Ievan Polkka too.
    Katja Savia (yes, I'm kinda plugging her channel) did a cover of Ievan Polkka a while ago. It's very funny to listen to. Not sure if she's done Säkkijärven Polkka yet. 🤔
    Anyway, very cool looks at some wonderful, historic pieces of music!

  • @karenimpola1360
    @karenimpola1360 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you - this is very helpful! I speak very little Finnish, though I heard it a lot when I was growing up. My grandparents all came to the U.S. from Finland, and my parents spoke Finnish too, but they kind of kept it as a secret language.
    I know the word "ämmä" as grandmother. We called my father's parents Ämmi and Äijä. Someone told me Äijä nowadays is a bit of an insulting word too, if you use it for an old man? My grandparents on that side were very old-fashioned, and just plain old - they were born in the 1870's/1880's. (I'm old too - I was born in the 1950's, and my parents in the 1920's.)
    Anyway, kiitos vielä kerran. My parents knew older recordings of Ievan Polkka and they thought it was very funny when suddenly my kids were listening to it.

    • @Donanzador
      @Donanzador 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wouldn't say "äijä" is insulting, in its current usage it roughly translates to dude, bloke, geezer, old man or tough guy. It has a bit of an overly masculine connotation maybe, but I wouldn't say it's insulting. Ämmä on the other hand definitely has more of a derogatory meaning nowadays and I would not call anyone that.

  • @williammendes7655
    @williammendes7655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love Finland! It's a beautiful country! Greetings from Brazil!

    • @dennerfreire1928
      @dennerfreire1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Estamos em todos os lugares! Kkkkkk

    • @williammendes7655
      @williammendes7655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Verdade. Eu achei que era o único brasileiro por aqui! kkkkkk

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Terveisiä Brasiliaan! Greetings to Brazil!

  • @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072
    @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:54 at the neighbour’s [place]

  • @theoduch5051
    @theoduch5051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this kind of video ! I use music A LOT to learn languages so this is perfect

  • @rutnoemichamie2035
    @rutnoemichamie2035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Korpiklaani's version/cover of this song. It's really fun. It's good to know that it's written in Savo dialect (though being a super beginner I struggle with all versions of Finnish 😅)
    Also, when I first read the title on the CD booklet, I mistook the I for a J because the design of the letters and I read 'Jevan'. XD

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahah glad it wasn't only me then that confused the title for something else xD That version does sound super cool, I'm gonna go check it out!

  • @izzardclips9350
    @izzardclips9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Laskoo is laskee in savonian dialect, you know - laskea. Although from the context it means pretty obviously dancing here, cause that's what they are supposedly doing, dancing from one side of the room to another

  • @Like_a_Hobbit
    @Like_a_Hobbit 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this! We've been looking for a translation of Ievan Polkka for a long time! Now, if only you or someone could help us find a translation or a translator for Suba's songs that he wrote in Portuguese!

  • @Morhgoz
    @Morhgoz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Laskoo (laesta laetaan) in this instance I would translate "Slide (from side to side)" as you dance so smoothly you are just sliding on the dance floor. Dunno, I'm just savonian meself....
    Btw, if you need help in SAvonian dialects in future, there couple of us regulars in Finntastic Discord community. Me and the moderator are from Northern-Savo.

  • @garypeterson2079
    @garypeterson2079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for trying. Foolish me thought it was common Finnish song so it would be easy to translate....Thanks again. Gary

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well it's a pretty famous song, it's just in a strong dialect. But it was fun to give it a go and do something a bit different so thank you!

  • @PXCharon
    @PXCharon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Laskoo is... A slang derived from "lying down" if that helps it makes sense. Similar with Nuijjuuitti, it's not meant here as literally dancing.
    I've heard ämmän as something like "crone" or "hag" in it's current use, but I guess it's something more like the Japanese use "aunt" even for an unrelated older woman in it's previous use.
    It's a very adult song...

  • @OtesOtesOtes
    @OtesOtesOtes 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    when are you getting to the part about the xbox and the leek spin?

  • @FedericoBorluzzi
    @FedericoBorluzzi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, that's interetsing. Should I cover some Finnish songs one day? I guess my accnt would be bad on any of them, though. ;)

  • @MrMichaelZed
    @MrMichaelZed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOOOW!!! IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!!! 😜😻🤘🤘🤘✊✌

  • @minki6619
    @minki6619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was obsessed with this song when I was 10. I had no idea it was Finnish but I always thought it was "Levan" Polkka too lol

    • @marin_1441
      @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah small l(L) and capital I(i) are sometimes confusing

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad I wasn't the only one xD

  • @whiterunsteward7477
    @whiterunsteward7477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perhaps the Salivili Hipput Tipput... part is representing the rhythm of the dancing, like the tapping of the feet

  • @moekaykhine4633
    @moekaykhine4633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't been back in Finland for four years now.🎉

  • @brigittablogsNZ
    @brigittablogsNZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dear friend from the band Tuuletar did an amazing cover of this! I have been able to learn the whole song by heart but thank you for translating it!

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's amazing you've learned the whole song! I'm now curious to go an listen to the Tuuletar version!

  • @joojoojeejee6058
    @joojoojeejee6058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I doubt most native Finnish speakers would do any better really, so good job! :) I would have guessed that "nuijjuutti" means "banged".. ;) (Nuija = mallet, hammer)

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahah thank you xD Yeah I think some of the words could have a double meaning :P

    • @joojoojeejee6058
      @joojoojeejee6058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@KatChatsFinnish Apparently "nujuuttaa" means "retuuttaa, ravistella, tempoa, kiskoa", so "nuijjuuttaa" might be a Savonian variant of that word... (Not that I had ever heard either of those before this!) Polka is a pretty rough (or "vauhdikas") dance, so it might make sense!

  • @henriksoderstrom6815
    @henriksoderstrom6815 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, but isn't laskoo just the dialectal pronunciation of laskea, I thought it was obvious? Like laskea rinnettä suksilla, epecially if it's laidasta laitaan, from side to side like slalom. The guy is working himself up into a frenzy, and the girl as well, dancing from side to side, and likening it to the frenzy of a competitive run down a slalom track.

  • @samvanasselt3874
    @samvanasselt3874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad that Finnish can be hard even for you. Makes me feel a little less stupid when trying and failing to understand Finnish childrens books ;)

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha I think Finnish is difficult for absolutely everyone xD

  • @toinenprofessori771
    @toinenprofessori771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a bit shocked to learn how poor the understanding of Finnish dialects is among the young generation. The dialects are an enormous storage of very fine expressions which cannot be properly translated even to standard Finnish. When the older generations die, these treasures will disappear. Reading books and watching old films might help.
    For instance the expression "laskoo laiasta laitaan" means dancing from one wall to the other. Laita is used here to point out that the whole floor is used. It is hard to choose an English word for laita, no word I know fits well; perhaps the simple end is best. There is no word meaning the floor, but it is implicit here. Laskoo means dancing here (in other context it could mean something else, for instance steering a boat down rapids in a river). If you understand the dialect, you immediately grasp it means the way polka is being danced.
    This girl makes a very bad mistake when she pronounces Ieva. At least in some places she says Jeeva.
    The Savo dialect has some basic rules. One is that a double wovel in standard Finnish is converted into a diphtong and a diphtong is converted into double wovel. There are jokes about that. Hauskan näköinen tyttö (a good looking girl) will be haaskan näkönen tyttö. In this context haaska can be interpreted to mean an ugly person (it has also other meanings). Standard Finnish name Eeva (double wovel) is converted to Ieva (diphtong).
    I feel very sad for the young people who loose the pleasures given by the different dialects.

    • @mikaveekoo
      @mikaveekoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toinen professori siinä tärkeilee. Oikea professori ei tärkeile. 😳

  • @clanDeCo
    @clanDeCo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recently discovered your channel, I'm a norrlander living in sweden. I have finnish blood so I feel like i should learn finnish :)

  • @sgkogan
    @sgkogan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you check Nightwish "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" some time in future? It's a beautiful song! Thank you.

  • @mawiedelasherras3484
    @mawiedelasherras3484 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you for this video! im filipino and i've been singing this without knowing what the lyrics means!

  • @marin_1441
    @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So in nutshell:
    A boy is dancing with her neighbourhood without caring of his mother and aunt

  • @jamiepriestley2437
    @jamiepriestley2437 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my fav song of all time and I hardly speak 3 words of Finnish.

  • @navinm689
    @navinm689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just wanted to say, it’s one of my favorite song and you are pretty

  • @MrLovre
    @MrLovre 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it how even after realizing it's Ievan with "I", you read it Levan again (12:53) 😀

  • @banyek314
    @banyek314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🙏Me & my friends have loved this song for countless years - Slack Bird's version with banjo & accordion has been the latest I got hooked on 🙏

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh that sure sounds like a fun version!

  • @ristusnotta1653
    @ristusnotta1653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah i always thought it was Levan Polkka too and im Finnish, that was because i didnt have any clue that in Savo dialect Eeva is Ieva and Levaneva is the name of a swamp near me so it threw me off :D

  • @snowotroy1
    @snowotroy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks because even though it's Savonian dialect, I still recognize the genitiivi, partitiivi, etc. What is the name of the Finnish-Finnish dictionary you used that showed ämmä = nainen?

  • @viljami.haakana.laulut
    @viljami.haakana.laulut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hei! "Laskoo" on murteellinen vastine sananmuodolle "laskee". Savon murteessa "-ee"-loppuisosta verbien indikatiivin preesensin 3.persoonan muodoista tulee "-oo"/"-öö" -loppuisia. Matti Jurva jopa lauloi omassa eri sävelmällä laulettavassa versiossaan "laskee".

  • @Mahmoudobaid1928
    @Mahmoudobaid1928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are welcome. You said it correctly, kiitos paljon! :)

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm so glad, ja kiitos paljon taas! :D

  • @borsosl
    @borsosl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next up Värttinä? 🙂 5:14 fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/myö

  • @Ilmarinen7
    @Ilmarinen7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a valiant attempt.
    Maybe the meaning was that the young man just didn't care for judgement when he was dancing back and forth - but I know way less Finnish than you so I'm likely wrong.
    If you enjoyed this polka-related stress, try Säkkijärven Polkka. There's even a fun anime with it.

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tbh I think the lyrics can be interpreted in a few different ways :D Thanks for the recommendation!

  • @Bit-while_going
    @Bit-while_going 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could that dialect have been a little more Germanic-influenced, being closer to Estonia (by land)? Because it has many words that sound vaguely familiar.

  • @agnishom
    @agnishom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Ievan sounds more Russian to me" sounds legit in retrospect, because eastern Finland is closer to Russia than western Russia

  • @moekaykhine4633
    @moekaykhine4633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's Finnish, too.🇫🇮❤️❤️👍

  • @nhuck_corris8885
    @nhuck_corris8885 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:00 Same here 😆

  • @izzardclips9350
    @izzardclips9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think in many places the best way to translate ämmä/ämmät in this could be old woman/women. It's a word that usually comes with that image - not talking about a woman who would be considered young.

  • @0Quiwi0
    @0Quiwi0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You might have gone a bit PG on the translation. Sure we can say that is the exact translation, but I would say we are using euphenisms here

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahah yes I didn't want to be too R rated xD

  • @woolyshambler7571
    @woolyshambler7571 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is too funny - but yes, there's a lot of subtext in Finnish. Like you can't just straight up translate - you gotta get the feeling.

  • @ravivm
    @ravivm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greate effort aprecheated

  • @The990990990
    @The990990990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I am still studying away at this monstrosity of a language. I think I have a rather simple question for you? What is the difference between päivänä and päivällä?

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a good question! Basically it's the word päivä in different cases. Päivällä is adessiivi case (during the day) and päivänä is essiivi case (this sounds more like a specific day to me).
      uusikielemme.fi/finnish-grammar/finnish-cases/grammatical-cases/the-essive-case-na-essiivi
      uusikielemme.fi/finnish-grammar/finnish-cases/location-cases/the-adessive-case-milla
      You would use them in slightly different expressions.
      These are some links that talk about them in more detail! It's not very straightforward unfortunately!

    • @The990990990
      @The990990990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KatChatsFinnish cheers thanks! I have concluded that päivänä is used to refer to a day past or some time in the future on a specific day but not today. And päivällä is more like in the day/during the day. Thanks for your response!

    • @The990990990
      @The990990990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The "na/nä" suffix refers to a time passed or time in the future. Tänään on keskiviiko, mutta ensi keskiviikona ajan Helsingiin. Or words like tana iltana.

    • @izzardclips9350
      @izzardclips9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The990990990 The literal translation of an essiivi case is "as something". Let me try to think of an example where it would be also translated that way. Työskentelen kaupan kassaNA = I work as a shop cashier. It can refer also to today. tänä päivänä = tänään = today or this day. Aion tehdä sen tänä päivänä = I plan to do it today/this day. the LLÄ suffix of an adessiivi case literally means ON something/On top of something, but päivällä means either generally during daytime or specifically during the next day(time).

  • @lonewolfmentality999
    @lonewolfmentality999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Kat , where is Taeho ? Are you guys together still now ?

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Taeho is currently serving in the Korean military for a few years! I just saw him this summer

    • @lonewolfmentality999
      @lonewolfmentality999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KatChatsFinnish ohh I hope you guys get to see each other soon

  • @ChanGexii
    @ChanGexii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moi mitä tarkoittaa ( mut mä voin lausuu kakskyt ave mariaa )

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would mean something like: but I can say/pronounce twenty ave marias

  • @serrao8320
    @serrao8320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Niin kuuma tänä kesänä!🔥🔥

  • @vkuolema79
    @vkuolema79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was talking with a finnish friend with a few drinks here and he pretty much said Levan polkka was all about sex disguised well.

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahah yeah I can see which parts you could interpret it like that xD

    • @vkuolema79
      @vkuolema79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KatChatsFinnish it's very sneaky but that's what they did back then. Subtle details. That's was nice. Good old. Days in finland

  • @LindaengelustrupBlogspot
    @LindaengelustrupBlogspot หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ämmä sounds like norwegian for Mamma. Mamma in Norwegian means mama. Here it is not degoritori.

  • @kevinmikkola7396
    @kevinmikkola7396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Korpiklaani does a metal version of this song 🤘

  • @khango6138
    @khango6138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so fun :3

  • @pionjar666
    @pionjar666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hyvin sä veät. lempivideo on muuten se mökkivideo. mukava kuunnella sun höpötystä.🙂

  • @leejunghyun754
    @leejunghyun754 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Finland! It's a beautiful country! Greetings from south korea

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Terveisiä Koreaan! Greetings to Korea! :D

  • @marin_1441
    @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:57 Me: When i know most intresting part of song doesn't make any sense
    And also In 11:29

  • @GiechFinn
    @GiechFinn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kittos paljon ! Sä oot tosi hyvä, mä oon etiopiasta.

  • @harririssanen9325
    @harririssanen9325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Savon muan kieli on oekeeta tolkutusta😁👍

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha xD

    • @harririssanen9325
      @harririssanen9325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rauhaisaa kesää edelleen☀️🌻

    • @harririssanen9325
      @harririssanen9325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Suomi pieni maa. Erilaisia kieli murteita. Mutta puhtaalla Suomen kielellä pärjää erin omaisesti👍

  • @moekaykhine4633
    @moekaykhine4633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    See you tomorrow.👀

  • @tobiasv.b.8761
    @tobiasv.b.8761 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Suomen kielen opiskelijana voin sanoa et tää biisi jättää mua hämmentyneeks :D

  • @vitosyyrialainen2584
    @vitosyyrialainen2584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kiitos ..

  • @MrMichaelZed
    @MrMichaelZed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    O!!! Since You are "really-really-really bad at dialects" (😀😅😆😂🤣), could You please do a vid on Vepsian? 😇🙃😉 (Nice すし or さしみ guaranteed, when you come to Sierra Madre! ;) With 味噌汁, of course!!!)

  • @hannunorppa5590
    @hannunorppa5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ihan vinkkinä, toinen mielenkiintoinen laulu, jossa on vuorostaan karjalainen murre vahvana, on Vallinkorvan laulu. Itse muistan laulun elokuvassa "Pikku Matti Maailmalla".
    Näistä molemmista lauluista tiedän sen, että ovat osa suomalaista harrastajateatteriperinnettä 1900-luvun alkuvuosina, ja että näitä lauluja on tosi vähän. Kansanlaulut ovat luku erikseen.

    • @marin_1441
      @marin_1441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude is Vallinkorvan a singer name or name of folk song ?

    • @hannunorppa5590
      @hannunorppa5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marin_1441 a Song written by Oscar Merikanto lyrics by Reini for a theatreplay.the year was about 1905

  • @Elzariel
    @Elzariel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to drop in an interesting detail that might be a good thing to know!
    The term "jutkuttaa" is actually racist as heck, as it comes from the racist slang term for a jewish person, "jutku". So anyone learning finnish should keep in mind, that some of the older words in the finnish language, are a bit risky to use if you don't understand where they come from. Same goes for the word "ryssiä" as in, fail something or do something badly, which comes from the racist slang term towards russians, "ryssä".

    • @hyhhy
      @hyhhy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      According to Wiktionary, "jutku" in "jutkuttaa" in THIS case is most likely not the same as the contemporary slang word "jutku", which refers to a Jewish person. The lyrics were written in 1928, and "jutku" in THIS case seems to be an old Savo-Karelian word meaning something like "a trick". Wiktionary also quotes some early 1900s books, which use the word in this meaning.
      (Can't link it because it seems my post will get deleted automatically if I do that. Happened twice already. Google should find it.)

    • @WalterReade
      @WalterReade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@hyhhy Also seems like it could be related to juksata.

    • @toinenprofessori771
      @toinenprofessori771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is possible that jutkuttaa refers to jews, but it is not certain. Maybe a linguist could say how it is. Still, the conncetion has faded out, so that most people do not think about jews when hearing this word. Ryssä is a funny example. It used to be quite neutral. For instance the official translation of the declaration by Alexander II started: "Me, Alexander II, yksinvaltias ylitse koko Ryssän maan". This results from the fact that Russian is ryss and Russia is Ryssland in Swedish.

    • @WalterReade
      @WalterReade 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@toinenprofessori771 I was in Finland in the late 80s and I'm pretty sure Ryssä wasn't derogatory then. But maybe it was and I just didn't realize it. 😅

    • @izzardclips9350
      @izzardclips9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WalterReade It has been concidered derogatory at least well over a hundred years. The neutral word for russian/a russian in Finnish is venäläinen (the word for Russia is in Finnish Venäjä)

  • @Fantam-BamboU
    @Fantam-BamboU ปีที่แล้ว

    same for a long years i thouth that was A L

  • @Redfizh
    @Redfizh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Before I watch this, I expect you to fail. Let's see am I wrong
    EDIT: I'll give you 4/5 stars.
    Palakinnoks suat ottoo kualkiäryleitä jiäkuapin piältä.

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha kiitos tähdistä ja kaalikääryleistä xD

  • @Bussari
    @Bussari 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    th-cam.com/video/e5nuX_47wbI/w-d-xo.html Voitko tehdä tästä kappaleesta tällaisen videon? / Can you do this kind of video from this song?

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A bus music video xD

    • @Bussari
      @Bussari 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's about train but Ok

  • @PinguinoDragon
    @PinguinoDragon หลายเดือนก่อน

    now sing the miku version!

  • @alexeibru
    @alexeibru 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Olen opiskellut suomea kohta kymmenen vuotta, tykkään todella tästä biisistä, mutta en ole ymmärtänyt siitä itse mitään 😂😂😥

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toivottavasti nyt ymmärrät vähäsen :D

  • @johnfloyd9288
    @johnfloyd9288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A risky translation.

  • @fryktenogmennesket
    @fryktenogmennesket 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Huvitav video, aitäh sinalle.

  • @gorauma
    @gorauma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Veikkaan että noi lyriikat on paljon kaksimielesimpiä mitä uskallat kertoa.

  • @Scandinavian92
    @Scandinavian92 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ieva (Karelian) = Eeva (Finnish)

  • @jarmotoivonen6059
    @jarmotoivonen6059 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Koreaksi th-cam.com/video/TU4wnVrZXo4/w-d-xo.html

  • @xionkale3688
    @xionkale3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i am disappointed... i was waiting till the end thinking you would sing the song 🥲
    but thank you know i know what this song means :D

  • @donaldunterecker8112
    @donaldunterecker8112 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ei hyvää

  • @ibrahimalnajmi4870
    @ibrahimalnajmi4870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🥰🥰🥰🥰😀🥰

  • @hannunorppa5590
    @hannunorppa5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Äppyt tippup hilijalleen" ;) You cant translate that!

  • @bestdesigners
    @bestdesigners 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    😃🤩😍🤗💝💞😘

  • @ravivm
    @ravivm ปีที่แล้ว

    Emäntä houswife

  • @johnfloyd9288
    @johnfloyd9288 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    : )

  • @aWildHiker6444
    @aWildHiker6444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my gosh you really didn't have to 🥺🥺🥺🥺 Kiitos todella paljon, ihan oikeesti! (= thank you so much, really)

    • @aWildHiker6444
      @aWildHiker6444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KatChatsFinnish Honestly, Ive learned a lot from you! and as someone trying to learn without access to proper schooling for it, its super appreciated :3
      You have a great channel here

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aw I'm so glad you enjoy my channel, that is the motivation for me to keep making these videos on my channel

  • @umbravulgaris
    @umbravulgaris 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks!

    • @KatChatsFinnish
      @KatChatsFinnish  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aw kiitos tosi paljon for supporting my channel, I really truly appreciate it! 😊