Hi everyone and welcome to another Finnish lesson with me :)
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down below! :) Before we go into character describing vocabulary, let's remind ourselves a little bit
about the "olla" verb or 'to be' - because if you want to describe someone .. you're gonna have to say
they are this or they are like that. So we need to use the "olla verbi" for this and I do have a
video that will go into more detail about this (link in cards) so we're just gonna quickly remind ourselves
how the "olla verbi" works. We'll just quickly go over .. the "kirjakieli" version for "olla verbi" = to be
(read on screen) Alternatively, "puhekieli" would be:
(read on screen) The easiest way to describe someone is
like this... You just say: "hän on.../se on.../sinä olet....." First you say the pronoun, then you say
the "olla" verb in the correct form that fits the pronoun and then you add
the character adjective of what they are like. If I would like to
describe myself as nice I can say: "mukava" = nice
"mä oon mukava" = I'm nice "Mukava" is a word that can describe a lot of
things. "Mukava" can describe a person "mä oon mukava" = I'm nice. It's just a very neutral
way of saying yeah that's nice "Mukava" = nice/friendly/kind..
You can also describe furniture as "mukava"
For example if I say: "tää tuoli on mukava" = this chair is comfortable If I describe a person as "mukava" it doesn't mean
comfortable, but if you describe "tämä tuoli on mukava" = this chair is comfortable "tämä lento on mukava" = this flight is comfortable or
nice depending what you're meaning "Mukava" can be used in those
two ways. But if you're describing a person as "mukava" - it just means they're
nice/friendly/kind et cetera. Someone that is "pelottava" = scary
"hän on pelottava" = she or he is scary pe-lot-ta-va = scary "varo tota, hän on pelottava" = be careful of that (person), she or he is scary "sä oot iloinen" = you are happy
"iloinen" = happy
Actually you should pronounce it "iloInen" ...I hope I'm the only
one that when speaking drops the -i in the middle so it sounds more like
"ilonen" - I think that's what you might hear more often but if you are writing this
word down there is an -i in it actually! "sä oot iloinen" = you are happy Both are fine. The opposite of that is "surullinen" = sad "suru" is sadness, "surullinen" = sad "älä oo surullinen" = Don't be sad "su-rul-li-nen" = sad We have "iloinen" = happy &
"surullinen" = sad "ystävä" - if you know means friend.
Can we guess what "ystävällinen" means? A: friendly
"mä oon ystävällinen" = I'm friendly Hope that's true xD "hän on ahkera" = he or she is hard-working.
"ahkera" = hard-working or you could say "hän on laiska" = he or she is lazy
laiska" = lazy he/she is hard-working or he/she is lazy You can also describe people as being positive in character generally or negative If you look at this cup for example (this is just a coincidence by the way .. that it's at a halfway point) but would you say the
glass is half full or half empty? "puoliks täynnä" (= half full) "vai onks tää puoliks tyhjä" (= or is this half empty) so if you were positive you might say: "tää on puoliks täynnä" (= half full) "sit sä oot positiivinen" = then you are positive or if you think: "tää on puoliks tyhjä" (= this is half empty) "sä oot negatiivinen" = you're negative.
Someone could be either positive or negative. What if someone's an angry person. They
get triggered a lot, they're high strung & get upset about
things a lot. You could destroy them as "vihainen" Again this is similar to "iloinen"
where there is an -i in the word: "vihaInen" But in everyday speaking I feel like
most people drop saying the -i so it's spelled "vihainen" but you also hear people
pronouncing it when they're speaking just "vihanen" It means angry and actually as I'm
saying this out loud right here Maybe it's a memory trick? If you know this
vocabulary, but maybe it'll help you remember "hai" is a shark. So sharks are often portrayed in media
as being angry (whether that's completely accurate or not is another question) but "hai" is a shark.
Shark = angry ("viHAInen") so I could help you remember! Maybe?? Maybe not... "hai on vihainen" = the shark is angry.
Another word is "viisas" it means wise.
"sä oot viisas" = you are wise "sä oot viisas, koska katot mun YouTube-kanavaa" =
You're wise because you watch my YouTube channel xD "Viisas" means having a lot of
knowledge, being wise. "rohkea" which means brave.
"sä oot rohkea" = you are brave Sorry table, didn't mean to punch you there.
A fun word that you hear describing not only people but inanimate objects as well
is the word "symppis" - this is a slang word which is short for "sympaattinen" = sympathetic
If someone is described as a "symppis" "sä oot symppis" .. something like this it basically means someone
who is nice/friendly/polite/sympathetic a lot of good qualities smushed
together. This is what is meant by calling someone a "symppis" or calling something a "symppis" -
When I see people describing know those little grocery store robots .. actually I
insert the video here it's pretty funny ... in certain areas in Finland they have these robots that if
you order food online to have it delivered to your house they'll deliver it using little
robots. People call these robots they look very "symppis" or they
are very "symppis" and from how I interpret it it's like they're very cute /
they're very friendly / they're really nice ... et cetera That is what "symppis" is.
This is a backbone Finnish quality I think Traditionally at least.
People describe Finnish folk as being "rehellinen" = honest The stereotype of Finnish people is that
we are very "rehellinen" ... sometimes too "rehellinen" This I think is a stereotypical
Finnish trait: to be "rehellinen". I don't know if you know that wallet study that was done
some time ago I guess where they dropped wallets around the world in different
cities and they tried to look how many wallets would be returned and I think Finland
was basically the one with the highest amount I think only one didn't get returned. So in
general it is said Finnish people are quite "rehellinen" If you ask a question they'll give you
a straight answer. Not that I'm bitter still ... but they're not very "rehellinen" when it comes to
bikes! Because those are stolen all the time So be careful and lock up your bike well!! Another trait in Finland is "hiljainen"
Again this -i in the middle sometimes gets dropped - so you might hear
people say "hiljanen" instead of "hiljainen" "hiljainen" means quiet. Finnish society is
usually pretty "hiljainen" and people appreciate quiet. People appreciate if someone is "hiljainen". "hän on hiljainen" = he or she is quiet
The opposite of that is "kovaääninen" = loud
"kova" = hard, "ääni" = sound/voice A lot of teenagers (= "teinit") "teinit ovat kovaäänisiä" = teenagers are loud.
Remember if you're using adjectives
and you want to use it in plural - the adjective also changes into plural form.
If you want to say: "me ollaan, te ootte, he ovat.." you need to remember to use the
plural form of these adjectives "he ovat kovaäänisiä" would be the plural version of this.
I'm mostly sticking to the singular since this isn't a video about how to form plurals.
You can easily Google these specific words and find the plural forms if you're
interested. "utelias" = curious, I think that's a fun word "Sidney oli tosi utelias" = Sidney was very curious.
Someone like Sidney is always looking for new stuff to do, she is looking around,
always exploring, has to sniff out every corner of the house or if you bring her to a guest's
she has to go around and loop their whole property a few times and sniff every corner
make sure she finds everything that they have That could be called "utelias" = curious A similar word but means a different thing is
"ujo" = shy "mä oon ujo" = I'm shy
"sä oot ujo" = you are shy "ainutlaatuinen" = unique
Sometimes you don't pronounce the -i in this word too "sä oot ainutlaatuinen" = you are unique
"ainut" = only / the only one Last but not least! I hope
everyone on my channel is "kohtelias" = polite "mä oon kohtelias" = I'm polite
"sä oot kohtelias" = you're polite
"hän on kohtelias" = she / he is polite I want to thank you for being very "kohtelias"
towards me in the comments. You are almost always super super " kohtelias" and super super "positiivinen"
what else should I say...? "ystävällinen", "mukava" ... you guys are all those things so much to me and it makes me very "iloinen"! :) Let's end this video here. Thank you so much for watching and
see you in the next video. Bye! I did my nails for the first
time in a very long time. I got these nail jewels from Korea and my nail polish is red.
Just trying something out for fun, why not :D
