"You thought I was English because I don't have an æccænt".
@Hurricane0000073 жыл бұрын
That's exacly what I say when I switch to danglish
@heseits51573 жыл бұрын
why is it some much funnier when you write it out ahahaha
@pieinside23453 жыл бұрын
It's a thing. I asked this Slovak girl I went to school with where she was from. She told me (a Canadian anglophone) in fairly thickly accented English that it's strange that I knew she was from somewhere else because she doesn't have an accent. (I then shared that my dad was Czech and she angrily informed me they are not the same thing, but that's another story...)
@sadrevolution3 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I laughed for a solid 10 minutes at this comment.
@lileinstein1043 жыл бұрын
"You þought..." :D
@almishti2 жыл бұрын
They say that if you ask a finn to teach you finnish you will be friends for life. Because that's how long it's gonna take to learn finnish.
@herman1francis3 жыл бұрын
I can agree to that lol It’s so complicated!
@LanzoYT3 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm a Finn. My mothertong, my native language is Finnish. And I have always been very interested of it. I got Laudatur from the Finnish language in my matriculation examination. I'm 47 years old now, and I feel like I learn more of this beautiful language of mine basically every week or so. I've never stopped learning and hopefully I never will!
@tuikkur.56553 жыл бұрын
@@guruchintanan5686 I'd say the most important thing in learning any language is to be patient and interested in the language. We like to joke about how difficult the finnish language is, but it's not actually harder than any other language, because all languages have their own difficulties. What you might find annoying about finnish is that you'll at first be taught the official, written version of Finnish that almost no Finnish person uses to speak (and there are also many different dialects in Finland so how different people talk can vary drastically). But don't panic, you'll learn with time if you persist.
@Beepsheep2523 жыл бұрын
@@guruchintanan5686 For the swedish part, you don't really have to learn it if you don't live in a swedish speaking area! but in a swedish speaking area it could be helpful
@sara-rn7kn3 жыл бұрын
@@tuikkur.5655 mothertongue* (With best regards, a fluent 16 year old Finnish girl.)
@marialindell98743 жыл бұрын
"He must be rich. He must be rich." is basically what Germans think when they meet Swiss people.
@womanofseakea87153 жыл бұрын
well i think thats what everyone thinks when they meet Swiss :D
@nZym13 жыл бұрын
Or...polish people when they see germans
@Dz73zxxx2 жыл бұрын
@Mathias Eggimann Then you're getting ripped off, a decent hot dog costs like 5.50 chf (55 sek)
@derkateramabend2 жыл бұрын
Mostly they'd be right. I don't know what the definition of rich is but I think compared to most European the Swiss do pretty well for themselves.
@mattkinsella98562 жыл бұрын
@@derkateramabend This is the first time I've seen the words "decent" and "hotdog" in the same sentence. It's just a very linguistic night for me, I guess.
@RobMacKendrick2 жыл бұрын
Your observation about Danes being proud of their English while not being aware of how thick their accent is was so spot on and I'm Danish lol
@quietastronaut2 жыл бұрын
It reminds of the time I had a danish customer come in. I work in Malmö and this dude was talking to me. I responed, "sorry my danish is really bad, could we speak in english instead?". He got mad saying he was already speaking in english. bruh
@Crimp4762 жыл бұрын
@@Crimp476 I can easily imagine that lol
@quietastronaut2 жыл бұрын
@@Crimp476 Hilarious. And I love your profile picture.
@heavnxbound2 жыл бұрын
I haven't met anyone yet, who wasn't accutely aware of their Danish accent xP. Maybe it's a generational thing (I'm 32). Whenever an English-speaker has wanted to speak to me on mic, I've always warned them, that while my written English is fluent, my spoken English sounds like a German who just had a cavity filled and the anesthetic hasn't quite worn off yet.
@VelkanAngels2 жыл бұрын
I'm a finn living in Denmark and I actually thought that was the funniest part of the whole video xD The impression was spot on
@tuomaskorhonen57322 жыл бұрын
"Haha that's true, all other Danes sound terrible when they speak English. But not me though" - Every Dane watching this.
@Jonassoe5 жыл бұрын
Fact.
@svaffe5 жыл бұрын
I would say mine its slightly better - living in Great Britain for 2 years MUST have paid off in some way! :) :P
@vanefreja865 жыл бұрын
vanefreja86 believe me, it really doesn't
@hugokarlen35105 жыл бұрын
@@hugokarlen3510 well, my friends in England and Wales have applauded my english. But of course there will be a little accent left.
@vanefreja865 жыл бұрын
@@vanefreja86 Yeah, my canadian friends tell me that my english sounds like it's spoken from a native, but everytime I speak to a stranger they ask me where I'm from haha. I'm sami-swedish fyi.
@hugokarlen35105 жыл бұрын
Finnish guy meeting a swedish guy: *He must be gay, he must be gay*
@MoiMoi-nn6sq4 жыл бұрын
He is gay*
@vilisalmi83594 жыл бұрын
and vice versa
@groccoli3614 жыл бұрын
It is because swedish men speak more like finnish women
@kimuvat24614 жыл бұрын
Screw you we Finns are drunk.
@lintu254 жыл бұрын
*Finnish persu guy meeting a swedish guy
@SlofSi4 жыл бұрын
I’m a Swede. When I was in Mexico I met a Norwegian and a Dane. We tried to communicate in some sort of Scandinavian and no one understood each other. But then as we were drinking and got drunker our languages kinda melted and we understood each other perfectly. So my theory is back in the days when our Vikings ancestors tried to communicate they all just got super drunk and took it from there. Maybe why there was some insults from misunderstandings too 😂
@NE0MAS3 жыл бұрын
Haha
@NLSBLN2 жыл бұрын
It's actually that everyone was drunk all the time. Then someone got sober and started messing around with languages, and here we are.
@supertoyg2 жыл бұрын
They actually all spoke the same language to begin with, Norse, an old danish “tongue” which came from Northern Germany/South Jutland, and can best be compared to the language of the Faroe Islands, and to some degree Iceland… 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪
@mhansen92552 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@aarondelarosa31462 жыл бұрын
A Dane, a Norwegian, and a Swede walked into a bar?
@silliaek2 жыл бұрын
I moved to Japan to study, and agreed to help with the local Finnish Association with their language lessons. There happened to be a Swede of all things there too, and the Japanese teacher just happily introduced us, saying that "well you guys are able to speak with each other perfectly then, right?" We just looked at each other and snickered.
@Ichigoeki10 ай бұрын
because Japanese do not recognize swedish speaking Finns or Sami and karelians officially in Sendai there is well being Finland center and teach Finnish and a Finnish scret church group and Finnish xmas ironic he promotes Nordic using English but never mentions norn that is still spoken in North England Scotland
@oqqaynewaddingxtwjy70725 ай бұрын
to japanese every european is the same or look the same like how europeans think of east asia
@lllllllllllllllll9052 ай бұрын
The most Scandinavian thing about this video is the audiences reactions.
@danandersson77684 жыл бұрын
True, there were probably no alcohol available at this event..
@aularound4 жыл бұрын
Yeah they only laugh at Finland xD
@greencontact3 жыл бұрын
Polite golf claps
@TheMrstevo133 жыл бұрын
I thought it was appropriate. When you hear something funny, you don't normally scream like the Americans do.
@numbo6553 жыл бұрын
So true, I went to a comedy show in Sweden and everyone was really quiet. It may have been in part due to the comedian constantly telling the audience that they were a bad audience....
@TigerPrawn_3 жыл бұрын
American standup: Mostly sex or stereotypes. Icelandic standup: Linguistics.
@theothertonydutch3 жыл бұрын
Well, he didn't mention sex but he did list a lot of stereotypes, so I don't get your point.
@dylanwelch22693 жыл бұрын
British standup: men in drag
@onthefaultline3 жыл бұрын
Here come the anti-American comments. You clearly have never watched American standup.
icelandic comedy......no people of color allowed it seems
@zhinka13 жыл бұрын
Finland here. He's absolutely right about everything he says about the Finnish language. If you just listen to the sounds in words, the Finnish sentence for "I'm gonna kill you" actually sounds much less violent than "I love you".
@nellitheretrogamer8666 Жыл бұрын
Is this some commentary about the Finnish love life perhaps?
@batcat41367 ай бұрын
Its Minä tapan sinut, but it depends on which kind of tone you say it in how scary it sounds.
@jout7387 ай бұрын
On the other hand Minä tapaan sinut means I meet you, like your meeting guests, so anybody who cant speak finnish should be careful in how you say this to finnish person, that you meet in bar.
@jout7387 ай бұрын
Not sure about that. Minä MURHAAN sinut or Minä rakastan sinua. I think Murhaan is much more brutal than rakastan. Maybe it's more that you say murhaan stronger than lightly saying rakastan
@jps86782 ай бұрын
How often are you meeting someone and say "minä tapaan sinut" like yeah obviously I already realised@@jout738
@excancerpoikАй бұрын
His Danish accent in English is spot on. The fact he can do a foreign accent in a foreign language is mindblowing
@danidejaneiro8378 Жыл бұрын
I feel like I've accidentally walked into a family reunion, but the food is good so I'll just pretend to be some distant relative.
@Katya_Lastochka3 жыл бұрын
@@bjr8509 Yup both Uralic
@jourdanwolf3 жыл бұрын
I'm italian, my family is in the pizza truck outside lol
@morsaw100003 жыл бұрын
Please have a big plate of surströmming
@DetEJagDe2 жыл бұрын
Ikr? Vikings 😂🤣
@nhokonhokopuala2 жыл бұрын
I've actually been to family dinners in Denmark and Finland and the food was delicious. But living abroad has made me miss Russian food much more :(
@carbrained2 жыл бұрын
im from finland and i speak danish perfectly when im drunk.
@sal075_37 жыл бұрын
I'm a finn aswell. Only thing i know in danish is "god røv" and i might use it when i'm drunk but don't know appropriate situation to use it..
@peltsi407 жыл бұрын
Kaikki suomalaiset pähkinänkuoressa
@laurilaira7 жыл бұрын
+peltsi40 Being drunk *is* the appropriate situation to use it.
@kokoshneta7 жыл бұрын
so you only speak danish
@jensjensen48367 жыл бұрын
I actually think it's a good drinking-language, since the words are very long and slowly spoken. It fits the drunkenness 😅
@MichaelHolmgaard7 жыл бұрын
Finns are the most badass people on the planet.. Big love to my Finnish brothers and sister here from Copenhagen 🇩🇰❤️🇫🇮
@mhansen92552 жыл бұрын
Do you mean "Kööpenhamina"
@ananas85488 ай бұрын
Kimi Raikonnen is a big role model of mine :D ! Guy crashes in the monaco gp, instead of going back to the garage/team, 10 minutes later he is topless on his boat, with his friends, seemingly getting drunk.
@jonaswox7 ай бұрын
It always amuses me how Scandinavians point the finger at their neighbours for being drunks. I met in my life Norwegians, Swedes, Finns and Danes, and I really cannot say which ones of them were more drunk than the others.
@Darwinek3 жыл бұрын
Because all of them are drunkers hhhhhh
@MK-jb5wc Жыл бұрын
No u
@ejakuloitunutxd Жыл бұрын
as a finn who doesn't, can't and does not want to drink.. It's us
@neasulavuori4955 Жыл бұрын
as another Finn who doesn't drink, it's us
@kiiturii Жыл бұрын
All pretty drunk tbh
@niklasvilhelm7247 Жыл бұрын
Any other Nordic person meeting a Faroe Islander: “He must be inbred, he must be inbred.”
@jimtalbott95353 жыл бұрын
I met a health coach and teacher a week ago, and he told me that the chances of accidental inbreeding is so high there, that a specific mutation occurs more often on those islands than on the mainland: A couple of extra ribs.
@misterdayne27923 жыл бұрын
Didn't Iceland itself have an anti-inbred app, where you can check if the person you're dating is related to you? I've read about that.
@Roozyj3 жыл бұрын
Sweeeeeet home Faroe Islands! Sorry, I'm not even Scandinavian, just a Russian on a lockdown.
@vadimkugushev79603 жыл бұрын
@@Roozyj Yeah i'm from Iceland and i was pretty stressed when i checked if my date now my girlfriend was related to me, thankfully not.
@nonburger17783 жыл бұрын
@@nonburger1778 Honestly though, there's a few towns in the Netherlands that could use an app like that too xD
@Roozyj3 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian, I think his danish is easier to understand than actual danish.
@ThSkBj7 жыл бұрын
Enig
@legendteigen4614 жыл бұрын
Enig. I agree.
@krydder4 жыл бұрын
Faroese people actually also have a weird Danish accent very similar to the Icelandic one, and it's the best way for communicating with norwegians and swedes
@tannlknin69264 жыл бұрын
sant
@adelarsen97764 жыл бұрын
The Icelandic pronunciation sounds a lot like the Finnish one, when speaking English or skandinavisk in general. A bit rough and very, very familiar. Intonation is different, though.
@henriikkak20914 жыл бұрын
As a non-native Icelandic speaker (native English), I can relate to this. I always thought that Icelandic was so difficult to understand because everyone always mashes the syllables together. Then I heard someone speak Danish.
@nathanholmes-king38273 жыл бұрын
Icelandic - Normal mode Danish - Hard mode Finnish - *Nightmare mode*
@1nt9rn9t-dudewillheim23 жыл бұрын
hahahahaha
@jmer91262 жыл бұрын
Danish starts strong and just ends in a mumble. Like a spoken doctor’s signature.
@kylej7412 жыл бұрын
good to know there are other non-native icelandic speakers out there :)
@leonardodavinci3589 Жыл бұрын
what i find funny is as an icelander speaking english he sounds irish! lmao (by the way i am irish)
@jessgunn6639 Жыл бұрын
Swedish: Easy mode Norwegian: Normal mode Danish: Hard mode Icelandic: Extreme mode Finnish: God mode
@NikoBellic042 жыл бұрын
Swedish, Norweigan, Danish and even Icelandic is about the same hardness. The languages are so similar. Finnish is another story tho
@ytdude_g20422 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@aarondelarosa31462 жыл бұрын
interesting so i have to learn Swedish and Finnish
@onemillionpercent2 жыл бұрын
Spot on
@thrasherdave1428 Жыл бұрын
With 1 Nordic language you can speak in all Nordic countries Finns: We dont speak scandinavian here
@vilisalmi83594 жыл бұрын
@Blue Steel No most of us doesnt give a shit to learn Swedish.
@vilisalmi83593 жыл бұрын
"We don't speak indo-european here"
@matiasguerra5913 жыл бұрын
@Blue Steel do not slander moominsvenska like that in my presence
@maivaiva14123 жыл бұрын
@Blue Steel ye the "finlandswedish" is called "Meänkieli" Basically an easier version of Swedish for Finnish people to understand
@taavetti133 жыл бұрын
@@vilisalmi8359 No siis tää perkele
@juliushakala51483 жыл бұрын
When you speak three languages You’re trilingual When you speak two languages You’re bilingual When you speak one language You’re Probably an American
@Heavywall703 жыл бұрын
no americans are 0,5 languages
@somemagellanic3 жыл бұрын
Magellanic It’s .5 in America Not ,5 If you’re going to insult an entire culture at least say it in American
@Heavywall703 жыл бұрын
Or Australian...
@mahdibindaoudthistle44243 жыл бұрын
That's why they ruled the world
@LinNil-gz3je3 жыл бұрын
@ibesweetp2 Mate, English isn't from the U.S.A. English is English
@jokullah3 жыл бұрын
Finnish. One of the few languages that makes Klingon sound like the language of milk drinkers.
@flatfootflathead41322 жыл бұрын
then you can't really have listened to a longe stretch of it an addition to 'rakastan'. It is possible to say it quite softly, not like he does at all. It is a bit like Italian, suitable for singing.
@ozsfi2 жыл бұрын
Klingon is not a national language.
@googlefashists49862 жыл бұрын
Russian language looks Klingon 😂😂😂
@aarondelarosa31462 жыл бұрын
I'm half Finnish and half Norwegian so I'm in a league of my own. Master of all the nordic languages.
@gundhamtanaka80882 жыл бұрын
High five from a fellow Nordic mash up. 🖐️ I'm half Finnish and half Danish 😊
@marinordam96322 жыл бұрын
I'm fully Finnish but also speak fluent swedish (I went to a swedish speaking school)
@kiiturii Жыл бұрын
Nu får vi se om du mestrer fars kødpølse
@jonaswox7 ай бұрын
Man has all the infinity languages of the north
@supersanttu795121 күн бұрын
His Danish sounds exactly like Swedish spoken by Finns.
@BreegFIN7 жыл бұрын
Interesting that you would say so. If I am not mistaken, the pitch accent is used in neither Danish nor the dialect of Swedish spoken in Finland.
@Chris-wj4ze7 жыл бұрын
What makes the resemblance for me, is the subtle "harshness" and sharp consonants. Also the tone was quite monotonic, although the weigh was on different parts of the words.
@BreegFIN7 жыл бұрын
+Chris The Swedish spoken in southern Finland is rather high pitched. The western dialects are based on older Swedish and sound more like standard Swedish.
@theade87 жыл бұрын
Matias Kautto jeg kender mange der lyder præcist sådan når de snakker engelsk xD jeg gør også selv hvis jeg ikke koncentrerer mig ^^
@TykusBalrog7 жыл бұрын
My friend who lives in Norrland says I speak swedish like someone from Uppsala, I am from southern Finland but finnish is my first language.
@Konde17 жыл бұрын
This video now has twice as many views as there are Icelanders.
@ChristianStout4 жыл бұрын
Four times.
@PCSExponent3 жыл бұрын
20 times
@oskarjens18833 жыл бұрын
Lmaoooo
@Mica_T3 жыл бұрын
So this vidoe no longer requires a dating app that keeps track of who is related to who? (Like iceland does.)
@elincarlsson63883 жыл бұрын
😊
@tdsims19633 жыл бұрын
I am italian, and reading the comments i probably am the only one here. I am so curious and fascinated by your culture. I ve been to danmark and sweden , enjoyed every moment of my holiday there , love the places, food, people. Cheers dear Scandinavian friends!
@alexkidd1047 Жыл бұрын
That’s such a nice thing to say! Cheers dear Italian friend, from Sweden 🇸🇪
@freakyalien5449 Жыл бұрын
Non-Scandinavians: "Scandinavia is so cool. Such different, diverse countries but they still speak sort of similarly enough to have a basic comprehension of what they mean." Fins: "Yeah, we don't do that here." *Thousands of miles in the distant Ural region between mountains, lakes and towers of ice* Finno-Ugric ancestor: "I feel you, brother."
@V0r4xiz3 жыл бұрын
Finland isn't a part of Scandinavia, nor is Iceland ;) And the Finns speak Swedish as well...
@MrPicky3 жыл бұрын
@@MrPicky - They're considered part of Scandinavia culturally either way. The "cross flag countries". I'm Danish and whenever anyone I've known have talked about Scandinavia, that has included Iceland and Finland.
@VelkanAngels2 жыл бұрын
@@VelkanAngels well you must then be a part of the younger generation that is more influenced by English culture. I see this in the younger generation in Iceland as well. Many of them think we are a part of Scandinavia. Even though that we share similar culture, lifestyle and flags (the cross) that still does not make all of us Scandinavian. And technically then Denmark isn't even a part of Scandinavia but is included "for old times sake" 😉
@MrPicky2 жыл бұрын
"Pay the money by wednesday" XD
@TJCID227 жыл бұрын
The best part.
@greencontact3 жыл бұрын
My grandma spoke fluent Finn, absolutely horrifying when she got mad and started yelling and speaking quickly. I’d argue it’s almost scarier sounding than German.
@obnoxious_cow35823 жыл бұрын
German isn't even that scary sounding 😂 Except for when you simply shout words, but that's equally true for Russian & Finnish.
@D0MiN0ChAn2 жыл бұрын
It's funny how perception of language changes due to cultural and historical stuff. When Mark Twain wrote about German he found it too soft compared to English ))
@stnhndg2 жыл бұрын
@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj mmm... I can try to recall my impression of English from my past ) First, it's a bit high-pitched (typical for languages with rich vowels articulation). Also, it's kinda staccato... I mean, it's kinda more rhythmically prominent, like TA-ta-ta-TA-ta-ta-ta-TA-ta-TA, while my native language is more legato (some even call it monotonous). I guess, that's why rock and rap work well in English. Though American language sounds more relaxed for me.
@stnhndg2 жыл бұрын
Does this sound familiar. VOI JUMALAUTA, MITÄ VITTUA MENIT TEKEMÄÄN? Eikö järki yhtään päätäpakota vaiko ootko noin SAATANAN tyhmä? ai PErkele.......
@piippopaska64672 жыл бұрын
@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj do you mean standard American English? Quite common, coz almost the entire world is constantly exposed to it. More or less the same with the British RP. But things change dramatically with regional accents. For me, cockney hardly can be considered as an accent of English language. Sometimes sounds like Chinese or javanese or else. Northern English accents seem as someone is just gibberishing all the time. Same for Scottish (with the addiction of lots of strongs "Rs".) Sometimes, I'm afraid if brits (non RPs) are really speaking a very different kind of English or if they are conjuring some terrible spelling in a certain demonic language. I feel much more comfortable with American regional accents, in general (with the exception of the Boston area). Canadians sound like typical Americans, but with some exotic pronunciation (house, mouse, about, etc). It's not usual to be in a hard time with English spoke by aussies, Jamaicans, kiwis and Indians, but, in general, you just identify that they simply are people who come from these countries, speaking with their strong but recognisable accent. No problems, because it's different, but still English. My issue, and the problem with lots of non-born English speaking people is really about the UK regional accents. Most part of the time, those accents and dialects sound like a mixture of several languages, with one or another English word. It seems a pidgin or something like that. Very strange.
@Ignatius19722 жыл бұрын
As a Dane, watching this is like being kicked in the balls by a younger, often bullied, sibling. It doesn't hurt less just because you deserve it ...
@Malephex2 жыл бұрын
There’s no good way to get kicked in the nuts
@Smoove_J2 жыл бұрын
As a Dane, that's the best description of how I felt watching the video I've seen so far, despite the fact that I'm not even a man, lol.
@VelkanAngels2 жыл бұрын
@@Smoove_Jthere are loads of great ways
@titanuranus30957 ай бұрын
Minä olen Kreikkalainen. I just started learning Finnish in Duolingo but I also love Swedish 🤣😉❤️🇬🇷🇸🇪🇫🇮
@user-yw4fz6xk2j Жыл бұрын
Kreikkalainen has to be the most badass way of saying a nationality I've ever seen. That just does something to make my brain happy
@cyber_rachel742711 ай бұрын
Release the kreikkalainen!
@threethrushes11 ай бұрын
Russian meeting finnish guy: dont drink with him, dont drink with him
@Gosh1003 жыл бұрын
I died
@PCSExponent3 жыл бұрын
...and then polish guy came in.
@natanlis82403 жыл бұрын
@@natanlis8240 Lithuanian: can I join?
@Kunigunda8973 жыл бұрын
Czech: I got beer, want some?
@adeladostalova3 жыл бұрын
New Orleanians: I got bourbon, a Sazerac, grenade, and Hurricane if anybody’s willing
@Milokissavlk3 жыл бұрын
I used to work in a lab in the United States that did neurogenetic research on alcoholism. I wondered why our scientific director and our collection of DNA samples came from Finland. Now I know.
@vinista2564 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 ei saatana
@0mgskillz964 жыл бұрын
Oh my god 😄😄 That's just great
@Alistajaupseeri3 жыл бұрын
Hahhhaaaa 😂😂😂
@SatumainenOlento3 жыл бұрын
Kansantauti!
@CityKanin3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha.
@mikeymcmikeface55993 жыл бұрын
me, an American: *I don't feel like I should be here*
@kade69523 жыл бұрын
Go away Yank, this is the European side of KZhead. You're in the wrong hood.
@Sirius19142 жыл бұрын
@@Sirius1914 Ok. Just don't mention to Putin, that we are leaving.
@stevenhoskins78502 жыл бұрын
Don't worry about it, we let anyone in, including ex-ISIL warriors.
@johanrunfeldt71742 жыл бұрын
Yeah but that has never stopped America has it.
@smalltimer6662 жыл бұрын
@@smalltimer666 millions of Americans are from countries that either Europe or the U.S. itself have invaded babes 😩
@onemillionpercent2 жыл бұрын
Your impression of a Danish person speaking English is spot on😂
@UnschoolingtheSpitz8 ай бұрын
Finnish language is hard, that's why we keep our mouth shut.
@timikoykka61793 жыл бұрын
American learning Finnish, seems like I'll fit right in.
@me_irlg24133 жыл бұрын
@@me_irlg2413 You sure will
@jyjaeskz3 жыл бұрын
That explains Kimmi Raikkonen's "bwoah"
@CrippleX892 жыл бұрын
@@CrippleX89 and the fact you cant even spell his name properly
@greatkali58662 жыл бұрын
@@greatkali5866 Now now give the guy a break. There are no grammar nazis here among friends!
@VitunVatiVille2 жыл бұрын
As a Swede I can honestly say I have the very best neighbours.
@psychee13 жыл бұрын
As a Finn I can't really say the same
@juhomantynen46383 жыл бұрын
We Finns love you too, but don't tell anyone, or we'll lose our reputation.
@Naamanainen3 жыл бұрын
@@juhomantynen4638 If you would someone would try to invade Finland
@GrumpyGremlin.3 жыл бұрын
Dont worry finns we still love you
@nikidimitriou19963 жыл бұрын
No matter how much we tease you, we love you too. Nordic countries are these 5 siblings who keep teasing each other and I like it
@GenetMJF3 жыл бұрын
That his whole act fits in 5:40 is the most nordic thing ever in existence
@BadDayLp2 жыл бұрын
It’s because at 6, the sun goes down.
@hanes22 жыл бұрын
Two Finns go to a bar. They get their drink and sit down. After 10 minutes one says to the other 'Nice bar isn't it'. 30 minutes later the other replies.. 'Did we come here to drink or just talk'?
@tobe21993 жыл бұрын
The other one replied ''yeah can you pull it out of my bumhole now''
@mikehooper88682 жыл бұрын
Hahahhahahahaha!!!
@marcelopose2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@aarondelarosa31462 жыл бұрын
Here's the original text: To svenskere sidder i en hytte og drikker, på et tidspunkt siger den ene: 'skål', hvortil den anden svarer: 'Fan, skal vi drycka eller prata skit'?
@hassegreiner96752 жыл бұрын
@@hassegreiner9675Inte Finska?
@tobe21992 жыл бұрын
So, the Norweigans are the Scandinavian Versions of what the swizz are to german speakers? They also Jump an octave, love to ski and are rich :D
@AyranLP5 жыл бұрын
PommdönerTV i guess we Are, but we keep it low when the swedes come
@nuddeb.91855 жыл бұрын
@@nuddeb.9185 thanks
@samuelsomfan5 жыл бұрын
SamuelSomFan youre welcome
@nuddeb.91855 жыл бұрын
That comment made me laugh out loud 😂
@paulaschmetterling48595 жыл бұрын
Finnish people are a mixture of DDR national sport team in 80s, raggare klub från Jämtland in 90s och Lordi in 00s.
@tonttuadhd34925 жыл бұрын
His version of the Macarena sounds like if Rammstein made this version lol
3 жыл бұрын
Stimmt.
@jannepeltonen20363 жыл бұрын
Finish is badass
@pirolocito3 жыл бұрын
@@pirolocito Lopettaminen on pahaperse
@user-pv7vc9kp9k3 жыл бұрын
@@user-pv7vc9kp9k 🤷🏻♂️
@pirolocito3 жыл бұрын
Now that is something I would love to hear XD
@Danspy501st2 жыл бұрын
So this is basically what a Southern European convention would be: Portuguese: Te amo. Spanish: Te amo. French: Je t'aime. Italian: Ti amo. Greek: SAGAPOOOOOOOOOO
@ivanmacgar64472 жыл бұрын
Well that’s because greek is not a romance language, unlike french, italian, spanish or portuguese. And I wouldn’t classify the french as southern europeans, they’re western european…
@maxrolland31482 жыл бұрын
@@maxrolland3148 everyone (or mostly everyone anyway) knows Greek isn't Romance. Just like Hungarian, Romanian, Albanian or Lithuanian are not Slavic, to some people's surprise. Or when people realise Chinese, Japanese and Korean are actually rather different, or Arabic, Turkish and Persian. And yes, France is Western European, but it's also Southern European. Those two classifications aren't mutually exclusive, besides France is big enough, so depending on which region we talk about it can be more Western Europe or more Southern Europe. The same applies Italy (Northern Italy can very well be included in both Southern and Central Europe) as well as Spain and Portugal (again, Northern Spain and Northern Portugal is more Western than Southern, besides the Iberian peninsula is the Westernmost bit of mainland Europe). Even Greece can be classified as both Southern and Eastern, which is basically what the Balkan region is like.
@ivanmacgar64472 жыл бұрын
The geography is somewhat irrelevant though. The point is that the first 4 languages you listed are all in the same language branch (derived from Latin), whereas the 5th is a language branch of its own with no connection to Latin, so obviously the language would be completely different. While the same holds true for the Scandinavian languages vs. Finnish, the joke still works, because Finland is a Scandinavian country like the others and is considered one of our "neighbours" same as the others. Finland is the one that stands out from its pack. That doesn't even remotely hold true for Greece in relation to Spanish, Portugue, Italian and French-speaking countries, cause Greece has nothing to do with any of those countries :l
@VelkanAngels2 жыл бұрын
As an Englishman it sounds like you guys have the same sense of brotherhood and rivalry that the UK has with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Love it, long may it continue. Greetings and best wishes from your North Sea neighbours. :)
@jonathancauldwell98222 жыл бұрын
umm... no. We (Australians) don't feel a sense of "brotherhood" with the UK. with NZ (+Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, etc) and Americans maybe, that's it.
@SocialDemocrat17892 жыл бұрын
@@SocialDemocrat1789 you guys are literally brits tho (historically) how can you guys not be allied to us? why do you hate us? you have our system of government, our language, our scientific discoveries (well the whole world does but i digress), places and buildings over there are named after us, your comedy is like ours, you basically stole the london rap scene recently (as new age australian rap wouldn't exist without us, don't think we didn't notice) etc. we have so much in common why the hell would we not be brothers?
@ugh43872 жыл бұрын
@@ugh4387 lmao it's funny to watch this all as an Indian
@vikramaditya6812 Жыл бұрын
Johnathan Cauldwell, Leave us American's out of any squabblings. ...
@fjb4932 Жыл бұрын
@@ugh4387 look at a map
@josephmadre5590 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how Finnish sounds so badass, but when native Finns speak Swedish it sounds incredibly soft and cute.
@ksub914 жыл бұрын
And when they speak English they sound like robots
@TheBrutalWaffle3 жыл бұрын
There was a linguistic study that found that native Finns who don't speak Swedish as their first language speak Swedish in a higher register of voice.
@TheTopHattedGamer3 жыл бұрын
I can and like to report, all the finnish guys and girls i met in Germany and Switzerland (just 4 persons) are speaking German like Germans. Fluently without accent. Very impressive!
@ratatosk89353 жыл бұрын
It is Moomin swedish.
@pirjoraila46053 жыл бұрын
@@olivial5142 ayo dont give all our secrets away 😳😳
@jerska87213 жыл бұрын
The way he says mäkäräinen sounds more like he says "sausegeling" to my finnish ears
@jhpv897 жыл бұрын
Fucking sausagelings >:(
@sarcasm49057 жыл бұрын
Herkko Koskinen Kuolin XD
@Nuudelikeitto7 жыл бұрын
Ville san you write sausegeling... does that have anything to do with soup? either way I am hungry now xD
@thatsit62577 жыл бұрын
No, it has to do with those irritating flying sausage insects we have here in Finland that sting you full of itchy spots.
@jhpv897 жыл бұрын
Ville san I'm still hungry though xD
@thatsit62577 жыл бұрын
This guy swears in finnish so perfectly
@BlueFlower___8 ай бұрын
As a Brit with some schoolboy French and a tiny amount of Japanese I can only say how impressed I am by this routine moving through the scanda languages glued together with English and the audience understands perfectly. Bless all you wonderful northern folk
@nobunaga2402 жыл бұрын
To be fair, "I love you" in Finnish doesn't sound like "I love you" in Finland either. That's why no one ever says it.
@F2p7YshCn93 жыл бұрын
But they say the word Rakas meaning as "beloved" one more right?
@sami-92333 жыл бұрын
😂
@vitafitification3 жыл бұрын
@@sami-9233 dude, the joke are the finns are so badass they dont say they love someone, but just show it like a badass warrior of old does
@nfspbarrister56813 жыл бұрын
@@nfspbarrister5681 To us it carries so much weight that it is not a word you easily say.
@lemons15593 жыл бұрын
The first thing I learned in Finnish was "Minä rakastan sinua." So I went around saying it to everyone.
@ze_rubenator3 жыл бұрын
"saatana, perkele, vittu, makarainen". i just collapsed
@Vesseli_19897 жыл бұрын
Makkarainen
@rykehuss34353 жыл бұрын
@@rykehuss3435 macarena
@jontraz59933 жыл бұрын
i made it, hope you like: finnish macarena song. it is on my channel now!
@YYMBRrecords3 жыл бұрын
Those are all the Finnish words you will need to know ;)
@Triadii3 жыл бұрын
*Mäkärainen
@itsvhere43273 жыл бұрын
As a Finn it's cool that the other Nordic languages are so similar! I could actually follow my coffee maker's cleaning instructions that were written in Norwegian based on my Swedish knowledge (which is not that impressive to begin with).
@kristel89912 жыл бұрын
Can finish people understand estonians and hungarians? I’m just a curious french guy…
@maxrolland31482 жыл бұрын
@@maxrolland3148 Estonian a little, hungarian no chance. I've heard that estonians can understand finnish better than vice versa since to them finnish sounds like a weird ancient version of their own language.
@ikkimi77452 жыл бұрын
@@ikkimi7745 Thanks
@maxrolland31482 жыл бұрын
@@ikkimi7745 Interesting, that's a similar situation to Icelandic and Norwegian then, as I've heard Norwegians sometimes can struggle with the "Old Norse" vibe of Icelandic, but the Icelanders don't struggle so much in the opposite direction.
@sweeperboy2 жыл бұрын
@@maxrolland3148 more estonian and less hungarian but there are suprisingly many words that sound the same. J’ai oublié quand je regardais cet video, Je parles français aussi.
@petrilampilahti51762 жыл бұрын
I'm jealous that a country can have a stand-up event with the performer speaking a non-native language and the crowd understands... wish the US would push at least a second for us to learn in school.
@brdane2 жыл бұрын
I thought you learn spanish in school...
@silviu75682 жыл бұрын
@@silviu7568 Spanish is an elective class here, not required to take.
@brdane2 жыл бұрын
And I would like to suggest that the second language you should be thaught should be ASL (American Sign Language)! (I think that should be done here in Sweden [but with Swedish Sign Language, of course] as well.) - Sign languages are cool!
@zrajm2 жыл бұрын
Though, on second thoughts, I'm not sure this is such a good idea - just look at the tensions between the Finnish and Finnish-Swedish speaking populations, and how they are intensified because schools are required to teach "the other's" language. It's not super pretty. :/ And requirement like this would have to come from a deep desire within the community itself, and then - why make it a requirement?
@zrajm2 жыл бұрын
@@silviu7568 In the US, at least where I live, if you want to go to college you need at least 3 (Recommended 4) years of math in High School, 2 years of foreign language or 1 year of an art, 4 years of English/Language Arts, 2 years (recommended 3) of science, 2 years (recommended 3) of history, 2 years of PE, and there are multiple available electives. There are also options for Advanced placement, AVID, and Honors. AP is the only one to give college credit before college the others just look good on a resumé.
@StevenTheAristolianNerd2 жыл бұрын
I find it funny that he at first doesn't speak Finnish convincingly, but when starts swearing it's incredibly spot on.
@ventusastrea38503 жыл бұрын
More practice?
@henriikkak20912 жыл бұрын
clearly you've never heard native english speakers attempt finnish, this guy was perfectly understandable even at the start to me as a person who's heard australians give it a go lol
@neasulavuori4955 Жыл бұрын
I think it was not about being understandable, ofcourse it was. But the swearing macarena was fluent :D
@jarikorpela3368 Жыл бұрын
Hands down; all the Scandinavian and Nordic rivalry and jokes asides, I truly, TRULY love the relationship we have ❤️
@hlborgen3 жыл бұрын
A swede here, thats true 💙
@somerandomdude4093 жыл бұрын
Can’t have a relationship without taking the piss every day ❤️
@mkiii14473 жыл бұрын
This! It's like some sibling rivalery going on
@GenetMJF3 жыл бұрын
In Finland we have this phrase : "Vittuilu on välittämistä", roughly meaning "roasting is caring".
@Analyytikko3 жыл бұрын
@@Analyytikko got a similar thing in Danish, "den man elsker, tugter man." It means, if you're being a little mean to somebody, it's because you love them.
@misterdayne27923 жыл бұрын
I'm a half Spanish half Venezuelan from Madrid, never been anywhere further north than Germany, and I still loved and laughed out loud at this hahaha I guess humor has no frontiers
@mariagraciamorenovegas77223 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I’m Mexican and that part of the Macarena being invented in Finland is the best thing I’ve heard!! i had to rewind 3 times to listen to the end without laughing 😂
@RemiaMKB2 жыл бұрын
Yes, hello, I heard someone sing my family's song "Saatana, perkele, vittu Mäkäräinen", what's up?
3 жыл бұрын
So your last name is Mosquito?
@borderlinebae40103 жыл бұрын
@@borderlinebae4010 "Black Fly" if we're specific.
3 жыл бұрын
Sukunimi Mäkäräinen? Sissos..
@sami-92333 жыл бұрын
@@sami-9233 Etunimi Sami? Sissos..
3 жыл бұрын
Are you guys mocking each others names?
@borderlinebae40103 жыл бұрын
I'm a Southkorean learning finnish thia semester at a linguistics dept. and now I see what it's like to learn Korean for foreigners.
@leeahcl69424 жыл бұрын
Learning finnish is self-harm! Get help as quickly as possible!
@Sillyboi053 жыл бұрын
I'm free as of yesterday. Congratulate me
@leeahcl69423 жыл бұрын
pretty sure korean is still harder
@Finlandpro13 жыл бұрын
@@Finlandpro1 I learned basic Korean and it wasn't so tough, although you have to learn their writing system (which is actually quite logical.) I have Finnish friends but learning the language seemed pointless because their English is so good
@bokajtob963 жыл бұрын
why are you so masochistic?
@IRosamelia3 жыл бұрын
I am Arab. Totally unrelated linguistically, but find this extremely funny. One, for the comedic part of it. Second, for Arabs judge each other the same way. Not only, countries, but cities or even parts of the city. I think this is common among nationalities with diverse dialects.
@privatesocialhandle Жыл бұрын
Hah! We hungarians just hate each other. Like everyone on the train looks at each other angry/distant, but as soon as you ask if you could sit beside someone, they become very kind.
@klb-og7cp7 ай бұрын
except the scandinavians are actually related to each other genetically. While "arabs" aren't. Arab speakers from the levant are completely different. Lebanese people are white. So you're not the same people by far.
@freepagan7 ай бұрын
he did the "Norwegian" octave jump he was talking about to give thanks to his audience, true man of the people here
@ImRefraction2 жыл бұрын
From Finland:This was so funny I had to go to another room and laugh loud because my wife was sleeping!😂😂😂👍
@miikkam43197 жыл бұрын
Miguel Sandels Eres español??? When finns happen to say "mina rakastan sinua" it does sound like they're gonna murder you while you sleep!!! Luckily, they say it like once every 3 years 😅 phew!
@pilorin7 жыл бұрын
You know what it means in finnish right? xD It sounds like that to other people??? XD
@naapurinjorma66347 жыл бұрын
pilorin ooommmgggg xdddd but true tho
@smhmwhok94617 жыл бұрын
So true. I was watching while in bed, with my headphones, but I started to laugh and I woke my wife ... and I’m Brazilian 🤣🤣🤣
@flashgordon89503 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@Marrebarre7773 жыл бұрын
Finnish cursing is best cursing.
@infiltr80r7 жыл бұрын
Eestimaa!
@user-xw6tk3ws5z3 жыл бұрын
yeah, sounds good, but listen to hungarian cursing, it is good too.
@o-hogameplay1853 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile west slavic cursing be like: When in doubt, kurva it out
@IlGonfaloniere3 жыл бұрын
*laughs in slavic*
@nomad9633 жыл бұрын
@@nomad963 I can curse in Russian, doesn't have the same umph.
@infiltr80r3 жыл бұрын
They love ski jumping and they talk like they're ski jumping up.... Hahah🤣🤣
@ifyousayso_ Жыл бұрын
Italian native speaker here. Finnish sounds very melodic to my ears. I especially love how they pronounce vowels. I look up to you, my dear Scandinavian friends, for your rich culture and for being able to preserve it.
@darkswan80 Жыл бұрын
dane here. My absolute favorite place to visit is italy. Such rich culture and foods, and im not even a food guy - this changes when im in italy. People drive like crazy though :D
@jonaswox7 ай бұрын
@@jonaswox happy to hear that you like my country. And yes, you are right, we drive like crazy.... especially in the South 😱
@darkswan807 ай бұрын
I'm a Finn and my favourite language is Italian and I speak some of it, it sounds so melodic. Our languages actually have some similarities like in the way words are pronunced. Saluti dalla Finlandia ❤
@sonjass86574 ай бұрын
@@sonjass8657 saluti a te! I'd love to visit Finland!
@darkswan804 ай бұрын
@@jonaswoxItaly has Art and beauty, more than food:). But unfortunately it's overcrowded
@auroradeja-vu87633 ай бұрын
LOL..oh gosh, this guy is funny! His pronounciation when swearing in Finnish is really good! >D
@sumikatti7 жыл бұрын
Pronounciation is not that good
@lokzu26223 жыл бұрын
that was almost too good Finnish for outsider
@aapozza7 жыл бұрын
And for insider
@Jusuuw7 жыл бұрын
Icelandic is relatively monotonic and tends to emphasize the first syllable of a word just like the not related at all finnish. Icelanders in the other nordic countries have a tendency to be mistaken for finns by non-speakers of either language. and this works the other way. once I had a finnish girl read me a passage from an Icelandic book. It was creepily accurate.
@h65027 жыл бұрын
He may be a closet-Fingol
@SlofSi5 жыл бұрын
Icelandic and Finnish have a very similar phonology, we pronounce letter mostly the same way, and Icelandic also often has the stress on the first syllable, similar to Finnish.
@wardeni48064 жыл бұрын
Until he attempted to pronounce mäkäräinen.
@Punaparta3 жыл бұрын
As an American who speaks and has lived in Sweden, I love Finnish. Such a badass people and language.
@ronr64507 ай бұрын
From the comments written in Finnish, I now know where all of the endangered umlauts ended up.
@margiewinslow8722 жыл бұрын
ÆÆÆKCENT
@mattom17967 жыл бұрын
Röd gröd med flöde
@SlofSi5 жыл бұрын
Kamelåså
@Kornchipzzz5 жыл бұрын
EA Sport se on pelissä
@benjamintervonen56744 жыл бұрын
@@Kornchipzzz YES
@adryxele90803 жыл бұрын
@@adryxele9080 KAMELÅÅÅÅÅSÅ
@jontraz59933 жыл бұрын
haha, danish accent is spot on
@sivels96527 жыл бұрын
I know! Haha all my Danish friends sound exactly like that xD
@Gwydda7 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely spot on for - if they suck. Mostly my parents generation and the less educated.
@ztrinx17 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is, I have a Danish friend who once, many years ago, tried to convince me that when he went to England everyone thought he was a local. And he demonstrated his shitty English accent. I had no idea how to tackle that situation... so I just nodded.
@alanfrost757 жыл бұрын
Try having english classes with 30 other danes... Some people are so convinced they are rocking amazing british accents when they all in fact sound like in this video
@juandeag51947 жыл бұрын
Indeed, it's the Copenhagen accent though which is also the one Swedes always joke about when they mock our language. It's clear that most of them have only ever been to Copenhagen, which is understandable I suppose. I guess most people visiting France also just visit Paris etc. You can immediately identify the Copenhagen accent if you're from another part of Denmark as well. The Swedes always use the excessive use of 'soft D' from Copenhagen a lot when they make fun of the Danish language for example. It's true enough but it just doesn't go for other parts of the country. The word "meget" (a lot/very) is basically pronounced like "Maard" (soft D) in Copenhagen which it isn't elsewhere for example. You don't get people in Southern Jutland, the west coast etc. saying "maard" so the stereotype doesn't really go for them. They still have both an accent and a dialect of course but it's not at all like the Copenhagen one, not even close. :) There's something about his Danglish accent that screams Copenhagen to me but I'm not really sure what it is. Maybe it's the "rhythm" or something, but you wouldn't get that kind of sound in Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense or whatever. It's very clearly Copenhagen-English.
@gnawershreth6 жыл бұрын
As a Finn, I found this hilarious.
@aliisataipale59833 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian, I understand more of this guy's "Danish" than I would if a Dane spoke.
@enpaaliteligpanda3 жыл бұрын
Because it had consonants in it xD
@Sirinwara2 жыл бұрын
So true!
@redletterl782 жыл бұрын
Cause he pronounced all but 1 of the D's as hard D's like Norweigans, Swedes and... well, everyone else except Danes do (apparently), lol. He said "undskyld, hvor er Rådhuspladsen?". Both of the D's in "undskyld" are silent, so is the 2nd D in "Rådhuspladsen" (he got that one right), while the first is pronounced softly, kinda like the "th" in the English word "the", only a bit softer. Basically to get a soft Danish D, you say the English "th" without letting the tip of your tongue touch the upper part of your mouth at all xP. Fortunately that sound is only used in the middle of a word or at the end, or it'd sound even dumber. The first D in a Danish word will always be pronounced hard (words beginning with D, I mean), while D's preceded by a vocal will be soft and D's preceded by a consonant will be silent. That's not a grammatical fact I know about or anything, but I can't come up with a single Danish word involving a D, in which those rules don't hold true. If another Dane sees this and they can come up with one or more, please let me know! Only thing I can think of is maybe a few town names like "Hundige", but town names - same as people names - tend to not follow "rules" of pronunciation very strictly, so I don't count that. :l Also, I just realised "Hundige" might originally have been a compound word, combining "Hun" (she) and "dige" (dam), in which case such pronunciation rules wouldn't have applied anyway, as compound words are two seperate words, only with the space removed. I'm only still writing cause I'm bored at this point.
@VelkanAngels2 жыл бұрын
I love the Icelandic English accent... It's so clear and elegant.
@FannomacritaireSuomi3 жыл бұрын
It sounds very similar to Swedish English imo
@NotASummoner3 жыл бұрын
@@NotASummoner It does not.
@PCSExponent3 жыл бұрын
Then you would not like my accent i go down an octave when I speak English and I don’t sound Icelandic anymore
@johannadagny62373 жыл бұрын
We did have Icelandic Magnus Magnusson as the quizmaster on UK TV's Mastermind. Agree his accent in English was very clear and elegant. His catchphrase when the time was up was, "I've started, so I'll finish". We all wondered if that was what he said in the marital bed!
@vinceturner38632 жыл бұрын
I want find a Finnish man to tell me “I love you” immediately. - love from Australia.
@ariadnepyanfar10483 жыл бұрын
In Finland we don't use such expressions, except perhaps while being drunk. Minä rakastan sinua.
@JR-mr9td3 жыл бұрын
I mean he'll tell you he loves you all right. In English. :P
@malvinkim82643 жыл бұрын
Haven't you heard? He will tell you that on the day he marries you. If that changes he will let you know.
@elderscrollsswimmer48333 жыл бұрын
@@JR-mr9td in Finland we don't really express any emotions, without being a few drinks in.
@takoen_taotaan3 жыл бұрын
@@takoen_taotaan Just like Germans (That's why we really like beer)
@sehabel3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the word "mäkäräinen" mentioned here actually means the small gnats apparently called "blackflies". Our word for mosquito is "hyttynen".
@NinaNooneknows3 жыл бұрын
Knott?
@Swedeso3 жыл бұрын
Joo on mäkäräinen, hyttynen ja kärpänen
@lilian19602 жыл бұрын
Sääski.
@suviniemisalo2 жыл бұрын
@@suviniemisalo itikka
@TheRawrnstuff2 жыл бұрын
I live in Northern Ontario where we have loads of mäkäräinen and hyttynen. The local population is mostly French speaking (Franco-Ontarien, NOT to be confused with Quebecers. I will save those two Finnish pearls till the right moment.
@OrangeMapleLeaf Жыл бұрын
I'm Norwegian-Sami, and our language sounds so similar to Finnish
@samemafian_3 жыл бұрын
It’s because our languages are related :D
@paju41403 жыл бұрын
@@paju4140 ye, true, the Sámi language(s) and Finnish are both in the Finno-Ugric family after all
@samemafian_3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I speak Finnish and when I hear people speaking the Sami language it feels kinda weird in the sense that I feel that it sounds very familiar, my brain pick up the structure of the language, like it should make sense, but it doesn't!
@Jan-xw9wv Жыл бұрын
I’m Taiwanese. I’ve never even been to a Nordic country and I still find this guy funny.
@cloe4123 жыл бұрын
I'm from India lol and I still found it funny.
@randompanda23912 жыл бұрын
When Chinese people from elsewhere hear Taiwanese Hokkien they wonder if they've gone insane
@SantomPh2 жыл бұрын
American here, and I actually left the country once... Was in Germany at a cafe and the server was speaking perfect English without even what I'd call am accent, just a very crisp delivery. I know many Europeans can speak English, but this was so perfect that I was compelled t ask him where he learned English so well. His reply - "back home in school in Denmark".
@kilroy25173 жыл бұрын
It's weird that nobody has politized this comment, but of course I've now jinxed it. There goes the comment section. Well done, me!
@NuorvaJ3 жыл бұрын
@@NuorvaJ Five months on and you're stil good!
@jenwombatexcelsior2 жыл бұрын
@@NuorvaJ I'm really holding back here......
@timothykarlsson31262 жыл бұрын
I hope you know that America is a continent
@Eyepice2 жыл бұрын
@@Eyepice Nope. North America and South America are continents, and Central America is a region of North America. There is no continent called America.
@kilroy25172 жыл бұрын
Dude , that brief performance was hilarious, intelligent , clean and ... refreshing. Thanks , I'll probably watch it again.
@crawfordsmith37002 жыл бұрын
My Danish friend grew up partially in England, so she speaks English with a British accent but Italian with a Danish accent. (I had friends & classmates there from all over the world-native Italian of course, India, South America, Africa, France & other European countries, the US, etc-but her accent was unique.)
@sunnylilacs2 жыл бұрын
I just want to know how I got here... I'm Nigerian
@jifeak3 жыл бұрын
...wrong turn at the atlantic? :D
@nurlindafsihotang493 жыл бұрын
Migrationsverket
@-RXB-3 жыл бұрын
Globalists let you in
@NoOne-pb3wv3 жыл бұрын
Probably through Sweden.
@cplfern59733 жыл бұрын
@@-RXB- aldrig har jag sett en sån bra kommentar som din
@dankuspanku46503 жыл бұрын
Finland is like the adopted brother who's very close family now, and Iceland is the little Brother who was your closest friend, then moved out and made a name for himself, then surpassed you in some things, and to your dismay, started listening to Denmark's favourite music instead of yours. Love you both!
@SebHaarfagre3 жыл бұрын
Judging from your comment Sweden is your little unmanly brother you are embarrassed to mention.
@mikehooper88682 жыл бұрын
@Patridge Denmark is older.
@mikehooper88682 жыл бұрын
Finland would actually be an adopted sister
@tuulipirttila4456 Жыл бұрын
Finland is like the adopted sibling who is supposed to shovel the shit.
@heliheikkinen6326 Жыл бұрын
Who is the weirder sibling, is it Iceland or Finland?
@HolidayInGuantanamo Жыл бұрын
Much love to all my Nordic brøthers. 🇦🇽🇧🇻🇩🇰🇫🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸🇸🇪🇬🇱 ❤️
@loveitftw Жыл бұрын
I wish I would see stand up comedy like this about all languages and peoples of Europe. Great stuff!
@kucam12mischablue8 ай бұрын
Helgi and Erlend are pretty funny, although it's not stand up but still 😆
@sonjass86574 ай бұрын
"saatana perkele vittu mäkäräinen..." never in my life has been i offended by something that is so deadly accurate and true :D
@ghoulunathics3 жыл бұрын
I have no idea what that means but your comment still made me chuckle.
@Lugmillord2 жыл бұрын
@@Lugmillord Saatana = Satan Perkele = Goddamnit Vittu = Literally translates to cunt, but in this context it means something more like fuck Mäkäräinen = Blackfly
@@Lugmillord Haha, I don't even speak Finnish (I'm American), I just happen to know those few words
@lifeofabronovich77922 жыл бұрын
Went to Denmark as a Dutch person, reading wasn't super difficult, lots of similarities with Dutch, but then they started to speak and I was lost as soon as they opened their mouth.
@nightowlanna10693 жыл бұрын
I'm from Mecklenburg and worked 10 Month in Netherland at the German border - learned the regional dialekt in 3 month - through my own low german dialect. Tried this in Sweden afterwards, by working there for 4 month. Could understand nearly 80% - Speak maybe 10%, by the end. Now I live in Switzerland for 5 Years, after 3 weeks I could understand nearly everything - can just speak 5 sentences today in this dialects... Can't really figure out, how this "learning germanic languages /dialects" really works... By the way: I still love The Netherlands, I have a lot of good memories of the time there!
@ratatosk89353 жыл бұрын
That's rich coming from someone who's language sounds like having a constant seizure
@elbruhmomentonumerodos92273 жыл бұрын
@@elbruhmomentonumerodos9227 You mean Dutch? Id have to agree. I'm Dutch myself but when I switch back from English to Dutch it takes me a while to gather myself 😂
@hugemusiclover18372 жыл бұрын
@@elbruhmomentonumerodos9227 Don't you dare insult the precious Dutch language. It's the sweetest thing to listen to ever! -- Sincerely, a German
@D0MiN0ChAn2 жыл бұрын
as a danish person, the feeling is perfectly mutual
@Kalleosini2 жыл бұрын
This was great! I like discovering regional culture, custom, and quirks in this set. Well done, friend!
@philesq95952 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video dozens of times and it cracks me up every time, especially the bit about Finnish being badass. Truth.
@rafangirl1 Жыл бұрын
Jesus, I'm Ukrainian, but I've never laughed harder in my life!!! And sure, I'll have your money by Wednesday.
@danielalozovska20504 жыл бұрын
Це і Макарена - топ)
@radhockenheim3 жыл бұрын
Самое интерестное, что темпераменты наших и северных народов очень схожие, и много вещей , теже языки (Украина, Россия, Беларусь) тоже возникают смешные конфузы)
@IIpbIGyH3 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@jed-henrywitkowski64703 жыл бұрын
hmm i dint even smirk
@thesuperskull3 жыл бұрын
I went to Denmark once, thinking I actually could speak the language perfectly. It was so embarrassing when everyone looked at me like a mad man, Which is especially embarrassing since Danish is a mad mans language! I dont think I can ever show my face in Denmark ever again.
@talkinheads27287 жыл бұрын
I would speak to you - not difficult to understand, if you speak like Ari :)
@vanefreja866 жыл бұрын
Är det sant?
@eliasnjetski11465 жыл бұрын
icelandic danish was way easier to understand than actual danish. the way your people pronounce letters somehow makes danish more understandable for norwegians
@VcrThunder5 жыл бұрын
How I feel when I say my horses name in Danish (he’s from Iceland) it’s really embarrassing
@Neuroqueen1285 жыл бұрын
come back we already miss you
@bili680025 жыл бұрын
I'm italian, I feel out of place, but I love nordic countries especially sweden and I Just want to be part of this family so bad 😭😂😂😅. The inside jokes you have on languages are funny to me too ! 😂
@giannochan2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the family, you may bring your own jokes. By the way, as a Dane I find Italian hospitality especially warm and friendly.
@buddyroeginocchio9105 Жыл бұрын
Hehe the Finish death metal version of the Macerena.
@Zakiriel7 жыл бұрын
I'm Swedish and I can officially say that I love, love, love all my Nordic Neighbours including the Faroe Islands. We make fun of each other and we need our differences but we also share a history, we all have a deep rooted democracy and we live in the best part of the world that suit us, I think. ❤️
@lottat64203 жыл бұрын
Man, I think it's sweet as well, even though feels like us Finns end up watching all that camaradery with binoculars like 'look at all those Scandinavians having fun' :D:D
@NuorvaJ3 жыл бұрын
Grøønland quetly stands on a side and decides to unite Polish and Japanese flags...
@yannikoloff76593 жыл бұрын
@@NuorvaJ Man, you're in there as well, even if we have to drag you into it kicking and screaming (because you're from Finland). You are part of it. Greetings from Sweden
@Cloud-dq1mr2 жыл бұрын
Us danish people grew up with swedish culture.. Emil og Pippi er ligeså elsket i Danmark som i Sverige ..
@mhansen92552 жыл бұрын
We also have the national banners with the cross, special for us!
@User-wr5qz2 жыл бұрын
When he does his Finnish accent, he sounds a bit like one of Ragnar Lothbrok's Vikings.
@bassmith448bassist53 жыл бұрын
The way he said mäkäräinen was very funny "makkarainen"
@Yaboi-od4vb Жыл бұрын
I remember I was playing a game of Among us, and I just started talking icelandic. And some Danes and swedes understood me and replied in their own language. We weren't talking the same language yet we communicated with each other perfectly.
@gunung46483 жыл бұрын
Sleepy boi I heard a Bulgarian and a Serb do it.
@edgepixel84673 жыл бұрын
Thats the power of roots
@diorossorozco95583 жыл бұрын
I love that. I'm an American who was studying Icelandic for a while and was able to understand my cousin when he texted me in Norwegian. It's so amazing how connected all the Nordic languages are.
@PopLadd2 жыл бұрын
I thought Icelandic and Faroese aren't quite as mutually intelligible with the other Nordic languages, but I guess they are after all.
@lifeofabronovich77922 жыл бұрын
@@diorossorozco9558 You mean that's the power of Amogus.
@user-fv9ep7dv9c2 жыл бұрын
Other northern countries: NOOO you can’t just speak a whole different language 😭😭 Finns: Don’t care 🗿
@spectacularlyunqualified23913 жыл бұрын
Estonians: 🤷🏻♂️
@ariccua61012 жыл бұрын
@@ariccua6101 Estonia isn't a nordic country tho
@dasdasdaxzvea2 жыл бұрын
@@dasdasdaxzvea Yeah cause Estonia is Baltic.
@jasonwilliamtjandra2 жыл бұрын
@@dasdasdaxzvea It is in my heart 😌
@hansuilija66052 жыл бұрын
@@dasdasdaxzvea Yeah but it embraces some Nordic heritage and takes part in Nordic events.
@ariccua61012 жыл бұрын
My own experience with Danish English was very positive. I'm an American who loves languages but doesn't speak any Scandinavian language. Years ago I was in Copenhagen and needed to get something at the local convenience store near my hotel. So I got out my phrasebook and tried to figure out how to ask for what I wanted in Danish. (I hate the rude tourists who start speaking English to everyone, no matter what country they're in.) When I got to the store, there was a teenage guy behind the counter. As I tried out my attempt at Danish, he smiled and said, "Actually, I speak English." And we proceeded that way. The thing is, his English sounded as if he had been born a kilometer from where I live! I was astonished. I suppose it's possible he had lived abroad, but I encountered similar situations with other Danes as well. Needless to say, this level of English was not what I found in countries that speak "big" languages like France, Italy, and Germany.
@cufflink444 ай бұрын
Thx for your story. The last 10-20ys English is taught from an early age in our schools, and some students really pick it up.
@Finnec1233 ай бұрын
A comment from Australia. So funny. The accents of Nordic people speaking English are melodic and distinctive. Enjoyed this video.
@helend2222 жыл бұрын
I'm Russian and i want more English language Scandinavian comedy!
@SergeyBerezovikov3 жыл бұрын
You should check Finnish comedian Ismo, or swedish comedian Fredrik Andersson. The latter only have a few videos in english but really good, and Ismo have alot
@andersmalmgren65283 жыл бұрын
@@andersmalmgren6528 What's the name of this comedian?
@KatalinaKristina2 жыл бұрын
@@KatalinaKristina the islandic one in the video? Ari Eldjárn
@andersmalmgren65282 жыл бұрын
Ari Eldjárn is on Netflix, too, I keep going back to his show there because he's so funny in it. He has worked on these jokes here since and the show is sooo good :)
"You thought I was English because I don't have an æccænt".
That's exacly what I say when I switch to danglish
why is it some much funnier when you write it out ahahaha
It's a thing. I asked this Slovak girl I went to school with where she was from. She told me (a Canadian anglophone) in fairly thickly accented English that it's strange that I knew she was from somewhere else because she doesn't have an accent. (I then shared that my dad was Czech and she angrily informed me they are not the same thing, but that's another story...)
Not gonna lie, I laughed for a solid 10 minutes at this comment.
"You þought..." :D
They say that if you ask a finn to teach you finnish you will be friends for life. Because that's how long it's gonna take to learn finnish.
I can agree to that lol It’s so complicated!
Well, I'm a Finn. My mothertong, my native language is Finnish. And I have always been very interested of it. I got Laudatur from the Finnish language in my matriculation examination. I'm 47 years old now, and I feel like I learn more of this beautiful language of mine basically every week or so. I've never stopped learning and hopefully I never will!
@@guruchintanan5686 I'd say the most important thing in learning any language is to be patient and interested in the language. We like to joke about how difficult the finnish language is, but it's not actually harder than any other language, because all languages have their own difficulties. What you might find annoying about finnish is that you'll at first be taught the official, written version of Finnish that almost no Finnish person uses to speak (and there are also many different dialects in Finland so how different people talk can vary drastically). But don't panic, you'll learn with time if you persist.
@@guruchintanan5686 For the swedish part, you don't really have to learn it if you don't live in a swedish speaking area! but in a swedish speaking area it could be helpful
@@tuikkur.5655 mothertongue* (With best regards, a fluent 16 year old Finnish girl.)
"He must be rich. He must be rich." is basically what Germans think when they meet Swiss people.
well i think thats what everyone thinks when they meet Swiss :D
Or...polish people when they see germans
@Mathias Eggimann Then you're getting ripped off, a decent hot dog costs like 5.50 chf (55 sek)
Mostly they'd be right. I don't know what the definition of rich is but I think compared to most European the Swiss do pretty well for themselves.
@@derkateramabend This is the first time I've seen the words "decent" and "hotdog" in the same sentence. It's just a very linguistic night for me, I guess.
Your observation about Danes being proud of their English while not being aware of how thick their accent is was so spot on and I'm Danish lol
It reminds of the time I had a danish customer come in. I work in Malmö and this dude was talking to me. I responed, "sorry my danish is really bad, could we speak in english instead?". He got mad saying he was already speaking in english. bruh
@@Crimp476 I can easily imagine that lol
@@Crimp476 Hilarious. And I love your profile picture.
I haven't met anyone yet, who wasn't accutely aware of their Danish accent xP. Maybe it's a generational thing (I'm 32). Whenever an English-speaker has wanted to speak to me on mic, I've always warned them, that while my written English is fluent, my spoken English sounds like a German who just had a cavity filled and the anesthetic hasn't quite worn off yet.
I'm a finn living in Denmark and I actually thought that was the funniest part of the whole video xD The impression was spot on
"Haha that's true, all other Danes sound terrible when they speak English. But not me though" - Every Dane watching this.
Fact.
I would say mine its slightly better - living in Great Britain for 2 years MUST have paid off in some way! :) :P
vanefreja86 believe me, it really doesn't
@@hugokarlen3510 well, my friends in England and Wales have applauded my english. But of course there will be a little accent left.
@@vanefreja86 Yeah, my canadian friends tell me that my english sounds like it's spoken from a native, but everytime I speak to a stranger they ask me where I'm from haha. I'm sami-swedish fyi.
Finnish guy meeting a swedish guy: *He must be gay, he must be gay*
He is gay*
and vice versa
It is because swedish men speak more like finnish women
Screw you we Finns are drunk.
*Finnish persu guy meeting a swedish guy
I’m a Swede. When I was in Mexico I met a Norwegian and a Dane. We tried to communicate in some sort of Scandinavian and no one understood each other. But then as we were drinking and got drunker our languages kinda melted and we understood each other perfectly. So my theory is back in the days when our Vikings ancestors tried to communicate they all just got super drunk and took it from there. Maybe why there was some insults from misunderstandings too 😂
Haha
It's actually that everyone was drunk all the time. Then someone got sober and started messing around with languages, and here we are.
They actually all spoke the same language to begin with, Norse, an old danish “tongue” which came from Northern Germany/South Jutland, and can best be compared to the language of the Faroe Islands, and to some degree Iceland… 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪
😂😂😂😂
A Dane, a Norwegian, and a Swede walked into a bar?
I moved to Japan to study, and agreed to help with the local Finnish Association with their language lessons. There happened to be a Swede of all things there too, and the Japanese teacher just happily introduced us, saying that "well you guys are able to speak with each other perfectly then, right?" We just looked at each other and snickered.
because Japanese do not recognize swedish speaking Finns or Sami and karelians officially in Sendai there is well being Finland center and teach Finnish and a Finnish scret church group and Finnish xmas ironic he promotes Nordic using English but never mentions norn that is still spoken in North England Scotland
to japanese every european is the same or look the same like how europeans think of east asia
The most Scandinavian thing about this video is the audiences reactions.
True, there were probably no alcohol available at this event..
Yeah they only laugh at Finland xD
Polite golf claps
I thought it was appropriate. When you hear something funny, you don't normally scream like the Americans do.
So true, I went to a comedy show in Sweden and everyone was really quiet. It may have been in part due to the comedian constantly telling the audience that they were a bad audience....
American standup: Mostly sex or stereotypes. Icelandic standup: Linguistics.
Well, he didn't mention sex but he did list a lot of stereotypes, so I don't get your point.
British standup: men in drag
Here come the anti-American comments. You clearly have never watched American standup.
@@juliaj7939 kzhead.info/sun/icd9ibmmgpZtdYE/bejne.html
icelandic comedy......no people of color allowed it seems
Finland here. He's absolutely right about everything he says about the Finnish language. If you just listen to the sounds in words, the Finnish sentence for "I'm gonna kill you" actually sounds much less violent than "I love you".
Is this some commentary about the Finnish love life perhaps?
Its Minä tapan sinut, but it depends on which kind of tone you say it in how scary it sounds.
On the other hand Minä tapaan sinut means I meet you, like your meeting guests, so anybody who cant speak finnish should be careful in how you say this to finnish person, that you meet in bar.
Not sure about that. Minä MURHAAN sinut or Minä rakastan sinua. I think Murhaan is much more brutal than rakastan. Maybe it's more that you say murhaan stronger than lightly saying rakastan
How often are you meeting someone and say "minä tapaan sinut" like yeah obviously I already realised@@jout738
His Danish accent in English is spot on. The fact he can do a foreign accent in a foreign language is mindblowing
I feel like I've accidentally walked into a family reunion, but the food is good so I'll just pretend to be some distant relative.
@@bjr8509 Yup both Uralic
I'm italian, my family is in the pizza truck outside lol
Please have a big plate of surströmming
Ikr? Vikings 😂🤣
I've actually been to family dinners in Denmark and Finland and the food was delicious. But living abroad has made me miss Russian food much more :(
im from finland and i speak danish perfectly when im drunk.
I'm a finn aswell. Only thing i know in danish is "god røv" and i might use it when i'm drunk but don't know appropriate situation to use it..
Kaikki suomalaiset pähkinänkuoressa
+peltsi40 Being drunk *is* the appropriate situation to use it.
so you only speak danish
I actually think it's a good drinking-language, since the words are very long and slowly spoken. It fits the drunkenness 😅
Finns are the most badass people on the planet.. Big love to my Finnish brothers and sister here from Copenhagen 🇩🇰❤️🇫🇮
Do you mean "Kööpenhamina"
Kimi Raikonnen is a big role model of mine :D ! Guy crashes in the monaco gp, instead of going back to the garage/team, 10 minutes later he is topless on his boat, with his friends, seemingly getting drunk.
It always amuses me how Scandinavians point the finger at their neighbours for being drunks. I met in my life Norwegians, Swedes, Finns and Danes, and I really cannot say which ones of them were more drunk than the others.
Because all of them are drunkers hhhhhh
No u
as a finn who doesn't, can't and does not want to drink.. It's us
as another Finn who doesn't drink, it's us
All pretty drunk tbh
Any other Nordic person meeting a Faroe Islander: “He must be inbred, he must be inbred.”
I met a health coach and teacher a week ago, and he told me that the chances of accidental inbreeding is so high there, that a specific mutation occurs more often on those islands than on the mainland: A couple of extra ribs.
Didn't Iceland itself have an anti-inbred app, where you can check if the person you're dating is related to you? I've read about that.
Sweeeeeet home Faroe Islands! Sorry, I'm not even Scandinavian, just a Russian on a lockdown.
@@Roozyj Yeah i'm from Iceland and i was pretty stressed when i checked if my date now my girlfriend was related to me, thankfully not.
@@nonburger1778 Honestly though, there's a few towns in the Netherlands that could use an app like that too xD
As a Norwegian, I think his danish is easier to understand than actual danish.
Enig
Enig. I agree.
Faroese people actually also have a weird Danish accent very similar to the Icelandic one, and it's the best way for communicating with norwegians and swedes
sant
The Icelandic pronunciation sounds a lot like the Finnish one, when speaking English or skandinavisk in general. A bit rough and very, very familiar. Intonation is different, though.
As a non-native Icelandic speaker (native English), I can relate to this. I always thought that Icelandic was so difficult to understand because everyone always mashes the syllables together. Then I heard someone speak Danish.
Icelandic - Normal mode Danish - Hard mode Finnish - *Nightmare mode*
hahahahaha
Danish starts strong and just ends in a mumble. Like a spoken doctor’s signature.
good to know there are other non-native icelandic speakers out there :)
what i find funny is as an icelander speaking english he sounds irish! lmao (by the way i am irish)
Swedish: Easy mode Norwegian: Normal mode Danish: Hard mode Icelandic: Extreme mode Finnish: God mode
Swedish, Norweigan, Danish and even Icelandic is about the same hardness. The languages are so similar. Finnish is another story tho
😂😂😂😂
interesting so i have to learn Swedish and Finnish
Spot on
With 1 Nordic language you can speak in all Nordic countries Finns: We dont speak scandinavian here
@Blue Steel No most of us doesnt give a shit to learn Swedish.
"We don't speak indo-european here"
@Blue Steel do not slander moominsvenska like that in my presence
@Blue Steel ye the "finlandswedish" is called "Meänkieli" Basically an easier version of Swedish for Finnish people to understand
@@vilisalmi8359 No siis tää perkele
When you speak three languages You’re trilingual When you speak two languages You’re bilingual When you speak one language You’re Probably an American
no americans are 0,5 languages
Magellanic It’s .5 in America Not ,5 If you’re going to insult an entire culture at least say it in American
Or Australian...
That's why they ruled the world
@ibesweetp2 Mate, English isn't from the U.S.A. English is English
Finnish. One of the few languages that makes Klingon sound like the language of milk drinkers.
then you can't really have listened to a longe stretch of it an addition to 'rakastan'. It is possible to say it quite softly, not like he does at all. It is a bit like Italian, suitable for singing.
Klingon is not a national language.
Russian language looks Klingon 😂😂😂
I'm half Finnish and half Norwegian so I'm in a league of my own. Master of all the nordic languages.
High five from a fellow Nordic mash up. 🖐️ I'm half Finnish and half Danish 😊
I'm fully Finnish but also speak fluent swedish (I went to a swedish speaking school)
Nu får vi se om du mestrer fars kødpølse
Man has all the infinity languages of the north
His Danish sounds exactly like Swedish spoken by Finns.
Interesting that you would say so. If I am not mistaken, the pitch accent is used in neither Danish nor the dialect of Swedish spoken in Finland.
What makes the resemblance for me, is the subtle "harshness" and sharp consonants. Also the tone was quite monotonic, although the weigh was on different parts of the words.
+Chris The Swedish spoken in southern Finland is rather high pitched. The western dialects are based on older Swedish and sound more like standard Swedish.
Matias Kautto jeg kender mange der lyder præcist sådan når de snakker engelsk xD jeg gør også selv hvis jeg ikke koncentrerer mig ^^
My friend who lives in Norrland says I speak swedish like someone from Uppsala, I am from southern Finland but finnish is my first language.
This video now has twice as many views as there are Icelanders.
Four times.
20 times
Lmaoooo
So this vidoe no longer requires a dating app that keeps track of who is related to who? (Like iceland does.)
😊
I am italian, and reading the comments i probably am the only one here. I am so curious and fascinated by your culture. I ve been to danmark and sweden , enjoyed every moment of my holiday there , love the places, food, people. Cheers dear Scandinavian friends!
That’s such a nice thing to say! Cheers dear Italian friend, from Sweden 🇸🇪
Non-Scandinavians: "Scandinavia is so cool. Such different, diverse countries but they still speak sort of similarly enough to have a basic comprehension of what they mean." Fins: "Yeah, we don't do that here." *Thousands of miles in the distant Ural region between mountains, lakes and towers of ice* Finno-Ugric ancestor: "I feel you, brother."
Finland isn't a part of Scandinavia, nor is Iceland ;) And the Finns speak Swedish as well...
@@MrPicky - They're considered part of Scandinavia culturally either way. The "cross flag countries". I'm Danish and whenever anyone I've known have talked about Scandinavia, that has included Iceland and Finland.
@@VelkanAngels well you must then be a part of the younger generation that is more influenced by English culture. I see this in the younger generation in Iceland as well. Many of them think we are a part of Scandinavia. Even though that we share similar culture, lifestyle and flags (the cross) that still does not make all of us Scandinavian. And technically then Denmark isn't even a part of Scandinavia but is included "for old times sake" 😉
"Pay the money by wednesday" XD
The best part.
My grandma spoke fluent Finn, absolutely horrifying when she got mad and started yelling and speaking quickly. I’d argue it’s almost scarier sounding than German.
German isn't even that scary sounding 😂 Except for when you simply shout words, but that's equally true for Russian & Finnish.
It's funny how perception of language changes due to cultural and historical stuff. When Mark Twain wrote about German he found it too soft compared to English ))
@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj mmm... I can try to recall my impression of English from my past ) First, it's a bit high-pitched (typical for languages with rich vowels articulation). Also, it's kinda staccato... I mean, it's kinda more rhythmically prominent, like TA-ta-ta-TA-ta-ta-ta-TA-ta-TA, while my native language is more legato (some even call it monotonous). I guess, that's why rock and rap work well in English. Though American language sounds more relaxed for me.
Does this sound familiar. VOI JUMALAUTA, MITÄ VITTUA MENIT TEKEMÄÄN? Eikö järki yhtään päätäpakota vaiko ootko noin SAATANAN tyhmä? ai PErkele.......
@@JessicaMiller-pc4dj do you mean standard American English? Quite common, coz almost the entire world is constantly exposed to it. More or less the same with the British RP. But things change dramatically with regional accents. For me, cockney hardly can be considered as an accent of English language. Sometimes sounds like Chinese or javanese or else. Northern English accents seem as someone is just gibberishing all the time. Same for Scottish (with the addiction of lots of strongs "Rs".) Sometimes, I'm afraid if brits (non RPs) are really speaking a very different kind of English or if they are conjuring some terrible spelling in a certain demonic language. I feel much more comfortable with American regional accents, in general (with the exception of the Boston area). Canadians sound like typical Americans, but with some exotic pronunciation (house, mouse, about, etc). It's not usual to be in a hard time with English spoke by aussies, Jamaicans, kiwis and Indians, but, in general, you just identify that they simply are people who come from these countries, speaking with their strong but recognisable accent. No problems, because it's different, but still English. My issue, and the problem with lots of non-born English speaking people is really about the UK regional accents. Most part of the time, those accents and dialects sound like a mixture of several languages, with one or another English word. It seems a pidgin or something like that. Very strange.
As a Dane, watching this is like being kicked in the balls by a younger, often bullied, sibling. It doesn't hurt less just because you deserve it ...
There’s no good way to get kicked in the nuts
As a Dane, that's the best description of how I felt watching the video I've seen so far, despite the fact that I'm not even a man, lol.
@@Smoove_Jthere are loads of great ways
Minä olen Kreikkalainen. I just started learning Finnish in Duolingo but I also love Swedish 🤣😉❤️🇬🇷🇸🇪🇫🇮
Kreikkalainen has to be the most badass way of saying a nationality I've ever seen. That just does something to make my brain happy
Release the kreikkalainen!
Russian meeting finnish guy: dont drink with him, dont drink with him
I died
...and then polish guy came in.
@@natanlis8240 Lithuanian: can I join?
Czech: I got beer, want some?
New Orleanians: I got bourbon, a Sazerac, grenade, and Hurricane if anybody’s willing
I used to work in a lab in the United States that did neurogenetic research on alcoholism. I wondered why our scientific director and our collection of DNA samples came from Finland. Now I know.
😂😂😂😂 ei saatana
Oh my god 😄😄 That's just great
Hahhhaaaa 😂😂😂
Kansantauti!
Hahaha.
me, an American: *I don't feel like I should be here*
Go away Yank, this is the European side of KZhead. You're in the wrong hood.
@@Sirius1914 Ok. Just don't mention to Putin, that we are leaving.
Don't worry about it, we let anyone in, including ex-ISIL warriors.
Yeah but that has never stopped America has it.
@@smalltimer666 millions of Americans are from countries that either Europe or the U.S. itself have invaded babes 😩
Your impression of a Danish person speaking English is spot on😂
Finnish language is hard, that's why we keep our mouth shut.
American learning Finnish, seems like I'll fit right in.
@@me_irlg2413 You sure will
That explains Kimmi Raikkonen's "bwoah"
@@CrippleX89 and the fact you cant even spell his name properly
@@greatkali5866 Now now give the guy a break. There are no grammar nazis here among friends!
As a Swede I can honestly say I have the very best neighbours.
As a Finn I can't really say the same
We Finns love you too, but don't tell anyone, or we'll lose our reputation.
@@juhomantynen4638 If you would someone would try to invade Finland
Dont worry finns we still love you
No matter how much we tease you, we love you too. Nordic countries are these 5 siblings who keep teasing each other and I like it
That his whole act fits in 5:40 is the most nordic thing ever in existence
It’s because at 6, the sun goes down.
Two Finns go to a bar. They get their drink and sit down. After 10 minutes one says to the other 'Nice bar isn't it'. 30 minutes later the other replies.. 'Did we come here to drink or just talk'?
The other one replied ''yeah can you pull it out of my bumhole now''
Hahahhahahahaha!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Here's the original text: To svenskere sidder i en hytte og drikker, på et tidspunkt siger den ene: 'skål', hvortil den anden svarer: 'Fan, skal vi drycka eller prata skit'?
@@hassegreiner9675Inte Finska?
So, the Norweigans are the Scandinavian Versions of what the swizz are to german speakers? They also Jump an octave, love to ski and are rich :D
PommdönerTV i guess we Are, but we keep it low when the swedes come
@@nuddeb.9185 thanks
SamuelSomFan youre welcome
That comment made me laugh out loud 😂
Finnish people are a mixture of DDR national sport team in 80s, raggare klub från Jämtland in 90s och Lordi in 00s.
His version of the Macarena sounds like if Rammstein made this version lol
Stimmt.
Finish is badass
@@pirolocito Lopettaminen on pahaperse
@@user-pv7vc9kp9k 🤷🏻♂️
Now that is something I would love to hear XD
So this is basically what a Southern European convention would be: Portuguese: Te amo. Spanish: Te amo. French: Je t'aime. Italian: Ti amo. Greek: SAGAPOOOOOOOOOO
Well that’s because greek is not a romance language, unlike french, italian, spanish or portuguese. And I wouldn’t classify the french as southern europeans, they’re western european…
@@maxrolland3148 everyone (or mostly everyone anyway) knows Greek isn't Romance. Just like Hungarian, Romanian, Albanian or Lithuanian are not Slavic, to some people's surprise. Or when people realise Chinese, Japanese and Korean are actually rather different, or Arabic, Turkish and Persian. And yes, France is Western European, but it's also Southern European. Those two classifications aren't mutually exclusive, besides France is big enough, so depending on which region we talk about it can be more Western Europe or more Southern Europe. The same applies Italy (Northern Italy can very well be included in both Southern and Central Europe) as well as Spain and Portugal (again, Northern Spain and Northern Portugal is more Western than Southern, besides the Iberian peninsula is the Westernmost bit of mainland Europe). Even Greece can be classified as both Southern and Eastern, which is basically what the Balkan region is like.
The geography is somewhat irrelevant though. The point is that the first 4 languages you listed are all in the same language branch (derived from Latin), whereas the 5th is a language branch of its own with no connection to Latin, so obviously the language would be completely different. While the same holds true for the Scandinavian languages vs. Finnish, the joke still works, because Finland is a Scandinavian country like the others and is considered one of our "neighbours" same as the others. Finland is the one that stands out from its pack. That doesn't even remotely hold true for Greece in relation to Spanish, Portugue, Italian and French-speaking countries, cause Greece has nothing to do with any of those countries :l
As an Englishman it sounds like you guys have the same sense of brotherhood and rivalry that the UK has with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Love it, long may it continue. Greetings and best wishes from your North Sea neighbours. :)
umm... no. We (Australians) don't feel a sense of "brotherhood" with the UK. with NZ (+Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, etc) and Americans maybe, that's it.
@@SocialDemocrat1789 you guys are literally brits tho (historically) how can you guys not be allied to us? why do you hate us? you have our system of government, our language, our scientific discoveries (well the whole world does but i digress), places and buildings over there are named after us, your comedy is like ours, you basically stole the london rap scene recently (as new age australian rap wouldn't exist without us, don't think we didn't notice) etc. we have so much in common why the hell would we not be brothers?
@@ugh4387 lmao it's funny to watch this all as an Indian
Johnathan Cauldwell, Leave us American's out of any squabblings. ...
@@ugh4387 look at a map
It's interesting how Finnish sounds so badass, but when native Finns speak Swedish it sounds incredibly soft and cute.
And when they speak English they sound like robots
There was a linguistic study that found that native Finns who don't speak Swedish as their first language speak Swedish in a higher register of voice.
I can and like to report, all the finnish guys and girls i met in Germany and Switzerland (just 4 persons) are speaking German like Germans. Fluently without accent. Very impressive!
It is Moomin swedish.
@@olivial5142 ayo dont give all our secrets away 😳😳
The way he says mäkäräinen sounds more like he says "sausegeling" to my finnish ears
Fucking sausagelings >:(
Herkko Koskinen Kuolin XD
Ville san you write sausegeling... does that have anything to do with soup? either way I am hungry now xD
No, it has to do with those irritating flying sausage insects we have here in Finland that sting you full of itchy spots.
Ville san I'm still hungry though xD
This guy swears in finnish so perfectly
As a Brit with some schoolboy French and a tiny amount of Japanese I can only say how impressed I am by this routine moving through the scanda languages glued together with English and the audience understands perfectly. Bless all you wonderful northern folk
To be fair, "I love you" in Finnish doesn't sound like "I love you" in Finland either. That's why no one ever says it.
But they say the word Rakas meaning as "beloved" one more right?
😂
@@sami-9233 dude, the joke are the finns are so badass they dont say they love someone, but just show it like a badass warrior of old does
@@nfspbarrister5681 To us it carries so much weight that it is not a word you easily say.
The first thing I learned in Finnish was "Minä rakastan sinua." So I went around saying it to everyone.
"saatana, perkele, vittu, makarainen". i just collapsed
Makkarainen
@@rykehuss3435 macarena
i made it, hope you like: finnish macarena song. it is on my channel now!
Those are all the Finnish words you will need to know ;)
*Mäkärainen
As a Finn it's cool that the other Nordic languages are so similar! I could actually follow my coffee maker's cleaning instructions that were written in Norwegian based on my Swedish knowledge (which is not that impressive to begin with).
Can finish people understand estonians and hungarians? I’m just a curious french guy…
@@maxrolland3148 Estonian a little, hungarian no chance. I've heard that estonians can understand finnish better than vice versa since to them finnish sounds like a weird ancient version of their own language.
@@ikkimi7745 Thanks
@@ikkimi7745 Interesting, that's a similar situation to Icelandic and Norwegian then, as I've heard Norwegians sometimes can struggle with the "Old Norse" vibe of Icelandic, but the Icelanders don't struggle so much in the opposite direction.
@@maxrolland3148 more estonian and less hungarian but there are suprisingly many words that sound the same. J’ai oublié quand je regardais cet video, Je parles français aussi.
I'm jealous that a country can have a stand-up event with the performer speaking a non-native language and the crowd understands... wish the US would push at least a second for us to learn in school.
I thought you learn spanish in school...
@@silviu7568 Spanish is an elective class here, not required to take.
And I would like to suggest that the second language you should be thaught should be ASL (American Sign Language)! (I think that should be done here in Sweden [but with Swedish Sign Language, of course] as well.) - Sign languages are cool!
Though, on second thoughts, I'm not sure this is such a good idea - just look at the tensions between the Finnish and Finnish-Swedish speaking populations, and how they are intensified because schools are required to teach "the other's" language. It's not super pretty. :/ And requirement like this would have to come from a deep desire within the community itself, and then - why make it a requirement?
@@silviu7568 In the US, at least where I live, if you want to go to college you need at least 3 (Recommended 4) years of math in High School, 2 years of foreign language or 1 year of an art, 4 years of English/Language Arts, 2 years (recommended 3) of science, 2 years (recommended 3) of history, 2 years of PE, and there are multiple available electives. There are also options for Advanced placement, AVID, and Honors. AP is the only one to give college credit before college the others just look good on a resumé.
I find it funny that he at first doesn't speak Finnish convincingly, but when starts swearing it's incredibly spot on.
More practice?
clearly you've never heard native english speakers attempt finnish, this guy was perfectly understandable even at the start to me as a person who's heard australians give it a go lol
I think it was not about being understandable, ofcourse it was. But the swearing macarena was fluent :D
Hands down; all the Scandinavian and Nordic rivalry and jokes asides, I truly, TRULY love the relationship we have ❤️
A swede here, thats true 💙
Can’t have a relationship without taking the piss every day ❤️
This! It's like some sibling rivalery going on
In Finland we have this phrase : "Vittuilu on välittämistä", roughly meaning "roasting is caring".
@@Analyytikko got a similar thing in Danish, "den man elsker, tugter man." It means, if you're being a little mean to somebody, it's because you love them.
I'm a half Spanish half Venezuelan from Madrid, never been anywhere further north than Germany, and I still loved and laughed out loud at this hahaha I guess humor has no frontiers
Oh my god I’m Mexican and that part of the Macarena being invented in Finland is the best thing I’ve heard!! i had to rewind 3 times to listen to the end without laughing 😂
Yes, hello, I heard someone sing my family's song "Saatana, perkele, vittu Mäkäräinen", what's up?
So your last name is Mosquito?
@@borderlinebae4010 "Black Fly" if we're specific.
Sukunimi Mäkäräinen? Sissos..
@@sami-9233 Etunimi Sami? Sissos..
Are you guys mocking each others names?
I'm a Southkorean learning finnish thia semester at a linguistics dept. and now I see what it's like to learn Korean for foreigners.
Learning finnish is self-harm! Get help as quickly as possible!
I'm free as of yesterday. Congratulate me
pretty sure korean is still harder
@@Finlandpro1 I learned basic Korean and it wasn't so tough, although you have to learn their writing system (which is actually quite logical.) I have Finnish friends but learning the language seemed pointless because their English is so good
why are you so masochistic?
I am Arab. Totally unrelated linguistically, but find this extremely funny. One, for the comedic part of it. Second, for Arabs judge each other the same way. Not only, countries, but cities or even parts of the city. I think this is common among nationalities with diverse dialects.
Hah! We hungarians just hate each other. Like everyone on the train looks at each other angry/distant, but as soon as you ask if you could sit beside someone, they become very kind.
except the scandinavians are actually related to each other genetically. While "arabs" aren't. Arab speakers from the levant are completely different. Lebanese people are white. So you're not the same people by far.
he did the "Norwegian" octave jump he was talking about to give thanks to his audience, true man of the people here
From Finland:This was so funny I had to go to another room and laugh loud because my wife was sleeping!😂😂😂👍
Miguel Sandels Eres español??? When finns happen to say "mina rakastan sinua" it does sound like they're gonna murder you while you sleep!!! Luckily, they say it like once every 3 years 😅 phew!
You know what it means in finnish right? xD It sounds like that to other people??? XD
pilorin ooommmgggg xdddd but true tho
So true. I was watching while in bed, with my headphones, but I started to laugh and I woke my wife ... and I’m Brazilian 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Finnish cursing is best cursing.
Eestimaa!
yeah, sounds good, but listen to hungarian cursing, it is good too.
Meanwhile west slavic cursing be like: When in doubt, kurva it out
*laughs in slavic*
@@nomad963 I can curse in Russian, doesn't have the same umph.
They love ski jumping and they talk like they're ski jumping up.... Hahah🤣🤣
Italian native speaker here. Finnish sounds very melodic to my ears. I especially love how they pronounce vowels. I look up to you, my dear Scandinavian friends, for your rich culture and for being able to preserve it.
dane here. My absolute favorite place to visit is italy. Such rich culture and foods, and im not even a food guy - this changes when im in italy. People drive like crazy though :D
@@jonaswox happy to hear that you like my country. And yes, you are right, we drive like crazy.... especially in the South 😱
I'm a Finn and my favourite language is Italian and I speak some of it, it sounds so melodic. Our languages actually have some similarities like in the way words are pronunced. Saluti dalla Finlandia ❤
@@sonjass8657 saluti a te! I'd love to visit Finland!
@@jonaswoxItaly has Art and beauty, more than food:). But unfortunately it's overcrowded
LOL..oh gosh, this guy is funny! His pronounciation when swearing in Finnish is really good! >D
Pronounciation is not that good
that was almost too good Finnish for outsider
And for insider
Icelandic is relatively monotonic and tends to emphasize the first syllable of a word just like the not related at all finnish. Icelanders in the other nordic countries have a tendency to be mistaken for finns by non-speakers of either language. and this works the other way. once I had a finnish girl read me a passage from an Icelandic book. It was creepily accurate.
He may be a closet-Fingol
Icelandic and Finnish have a very similar phonology, we pronounce letter mostly the same way, and Icelandic also often has the stress on the first syllable, similar to Finnish.
Until he attempted to pronounce mäkäräinen.
As an American who speaks and has lived in Sweden, I love Finnish. Such a badass people and language.
From the comments written in Finnish, I now know where all of the endangered umlauts ended up.
ÆÆÆKCENT
Röd gröd med flöde
Kamelåså
EA Sport se on pelissä
@@Kornchipzzz YES
@@adryxele9080 KAMELÅÅÅÅÅSÅ
haha, danish accent is spot on
I know! Haha all my Danish friends sound exactly like that xD
It is absolutely spot on for - if they suck. Mostly my parents generation and the less educated.
The funny thing is, I have a Danish friend who once, many years ago, tried to convince me that when he went to England everyone thought he was a local. And he demonstrated his shitty English accent. I had no idea how to tackle that situation... so I just nodded.
Try having english classes with 30 other danes... Some people are so convinced they are rocking amazing british accents when they all in fact sound like in this video
Indeed, it's the Copenhagen accent though which is also the one Swedes always joke about when they mock our language. It's clear that most of them have only ever been to Copenhagen, which is understandable I suppose. I guess most people visiting France also just visit Paris etc. You can immediately identify the Copenhagen accent if you're from another part of Denmark as well. The Swedes always use the excessive use of 'soft D' from Copenhagen a lot when they make fun of the Danish language for example. It's true enough but it just doesn't go for other parts of the country. The word "meget" (a lot/very) is basically pronounced like "Maard" (soft D) in Copenhagen which it isn't elsewhere for example. You don't get people in Southern Jutland, the west coast etc. saying "maard" so the stereotype doesn't really go for them. They still have both an accent and a dialect of course but it's not at all like the Copenhagen one, not even close. :) There's something about his Danglish accent that screams Copenhagen to me but I'm not really sure what it is. Maybe it's the "rhythm" or something, but you wouldn't get that kind of sound in Aalborg, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense or whatever. It's very clearly Copenhagen-English.
As a Finn, I found this hilarious.
As a Norwegian, I understand more of this guy's "Danish" than I would if a Dane spoke.
Because it had consonants in it xD
So true!
Cause he pronounced all but 1 of the D's as hard D's like Norweigans, Swedes and... well, everyone else except Danes do (apparently), lol. He said "undskyld, hvor er Rådhuspladsen?". Both of the D's in "undskyld" are silent, so is the 2nd D in "Rådhuspladsen" (he got that one right), while the first is pronounced softly, kinda like the "th" in the English word "the", only a bit softer. Basically to get a soft Danish D, you say the English "th" without letting the tip of your tongue touch the upper part of your mouth at all xP. Fortunately that sound is only used in the middle of a word or at the end, or it'd sound even dumber. The first D in a Danish word will always be pronounced hard (words beginning with D, I mean), while D's preceded by a vocal will be soft and D's preceded by a consonant will be silent. That's not a grammatical fact I know about or anything, but I can't come up with a single Danish word involving a D, in which those rules don't hold true. If another Dane sees this and they can come up with one or more, please let me know! Only thing I can think of is maybe a few town names like "Hundige", but town names - same as people names - tend to not follow "rules" of pronunciation very strictly, so I don't count that. :l Also, I just realised "Hundige" might originally have been a compound word, combining "Hun" (she) and "dige" (dam), in which case such pronunciation rules wouldn't have applied anyway, as compound words are two seperate words, only with the space removed. I'm only still writing cause I'm bored at this point.
I love the Icelandic English accent... It's so clear and elegant.
It sounds very similar to Swedish English imo
@@NotASummoner It does not.
Then you would not like my accent i go down an octave when I speak English and I don’t sound Icelandic anymore
We did have Icelandic Magnus Magnusson as the quizmaster on UK TV's Mastermind. Agree his accent in English was very clear and elegant. His catchphrase when the time was up was, "I've started, so I'll finish". We all wondered if that was what he said in the marital bed!
I want find a Finnish man to tell me “I love you” immediately. - love from Australia.
In Finland we don't use such expressions, except perhaps while being drunk. Minä rakastan sinua.
I mean he'll tell you he loves you all right. In English. :P
Haven't you heard? He will tell you that on the day he marries you. If that changes he will let you know.
@@JR-mr9td in Finland we don't really express any emotions, without being a few drinks in.
@@takoen_taotaan Just like Germans (That's why we really like beer)
Fun fact: the word "mäkäräinen" mentioned here actually means the small gnats apparently called "blackflies". Our word for mosquito is "hyttynen".
Knott?
Joo on mäkäräinen, hyttynen ja kärpänen
Sääski.
@@suviniemisalo itikka
I live in Northern Ontario where we have loads of mäkäräinen and hyttynen. The local population is mostly French speaking (Franco-Ontarien, NOT to be confused with Quebecers. I will save those two Finnish pearls till the right moment.
I'm Norwegian-Sami, and our language sounds so similar to Finnish
It’s because our languages are related :D
@@paju4140 ye, true, the Sámi language(s) and Finnish are both in the Finno-Ugric family after all
Yes, I speak Finnish and when I hear people speaking the Sami language it feels kinda weird in the sense that I feel that it sounds very familiar, my brain pick up the structure of the language, like it should make sense, but it doesn't!
I’m Taiwanese. I’ve never even been to a Nordic country and I still find this guy funny.
I'm from India lol and I still found it funny.
When Chinese people from elsewhere hear Taiwanese Hokkien they wonder if they've gone insane
American here, and I actually left the country once... Was in Germany at a cafe and the server was speaking perfect English without even what I'd call am accent, just a very crisp delivery. I know many Europeans can speak English, but this was so perfect that I was compelled t ask him where he learned English so well. His reply - "back home in school in Denmark".
It's weird that nobody has politized this comment, but of course I've now jinxed it. There goes the comment section. Well done, me!
@@NuorvaJ Five months on and you're stil good!
@@NuorvaJ I'm really holding back here......
I hope you know that America is a continent
@@Eyepice Nope. North America and South America are continents, and Central America is a region of North America. There is no continent called America.
Dude , that brief performance was hilarious, intelligent , clean and ... refreshing. Thanks , I'll probably watch it again.
My Danish friend grew up partially in England, so she speaks English with a British accent but Italian with a Danish accent. (I had friends & classmates there from all over the world-native Italian of course, India, South America, Africa, France & other European countries, the US, etc-but her accent was unique.)
I just want to know how I got here... I'm Nigerian
...wrong turn at the atlantic? :D
Migrationsverket
Globalists let you in
Probably through Sweden.
@@-RXB- aldrig har jag sett en sån bra kommentar som din
Finland is like the adopted brother who's very close family now, and Iceland is the little Brother who was your closest friend, then moved out and made a name for himself, then surpassed you in some things, and to your dismay, started listening to Denmark's favourite music instead of yours. Love you both!
Judging from your comment Sweden is your little unmanly brother you are embarrassed to mention.
@Patridge Denmark is older.
Finland would actually be an adopted sister
Finland is like the adopted sibling who is supposed to shovel the shit.
Who is the weirder sibling, is it Iceland or Finland?
Much love to all my Nordic brøthers. 🇦🇽🇧🇻🇩🇰🇫🇴🇫🇮🇮🇸🇸🇪🇬🇱 ❤️
I wish I would see stand up comedy like this about all languages and peoples of Europe. Great stuff!
Helgi and Erlend are pretty funny, although it's not stand up but still 😆
"saatana perkele vittu mäkäräinen..." never in my life has been i offended by something that is so deadly accurate and true :D
I have no idea what that means but your comment still made me chuckle.
@@Lugmillord Saatana = Satan Perkele = Goddamnit Vittu = Literally translates to cunt, but in this context it means something more like fuck Mäkäräinen = Blackfly
@@lifeofabronovich7792 haha, Finnish swearing sounds badass
@@Lugmillord Haha, I don't even speak Finnish (I'm American), I just happen to know those few words
Went to Denmark as a Dutch person, reading wasn't super difficult, lots of similarities with Dutch, but then they started to speak and I was lost as soon as they opened their mouth.
I'm from Mecklenburg and worked 10 Month in Netherland at the German border - learned the regional dialekt in 3 month - through my own low german dialect. Tried this in Sweden afterwards, by working there for 4 month. Could understand nearly 80% - Speak maybe 10%, by the end. Now I live in Switzerland for 5 Years, after 3 weeks I could understand nearly everything - can just speak 5 sentences today in this dialects... Can't really figure out, how this "learning germanic languages /dialects" really works... By the way: I still love The Netherlands, I have a lot of good memories of the time there!
That's rich coming from someone who's language sounds like having a constant seizure
@@elbruhmomentonumerodos9227 You mean Dutch? Id have to agree. I'm Dutch myself but when I switch back from English to Dutch it takes me a while to gather myself 😂
@@elbruhmomentonumerodos9227 Don't you dare insult the precious Dutch language. It's the sweetest thing to listen to ever! -- Sincerely, a German
as a danish person, the feeling is perfectly mutual
This was great! I like discovering regional culture, custom, and quirks in this set. Well done, friend!
I've watched this video dozens of times and it cracks me up every time, especially the bit about Finnish being badass. Truth.
Jesus, I'm Ukrainian, but I've never laughed harder in my life!!! And sure, I'll have your money by Wednesday.
Це і Макарена - топ)
Самое интерестное, что темпераменты наших и северных народов очень схожие, и много вещей , теже языки (Украина, Россия, Беларусь) тоже возникают смешные конфузы)
Lol.
hmm i dint even smirk
I went to Denmark once, thinking I actually could speak the language perfectly. It was so embarrassing when everyone looked at me like a mad man, Which is especially embarrassing since Danish is a mad mans language! I dont think I can ever show my face in Denmark ever again.
I would speak to you - not difficult to understand, if you speak like Ari :)
Är det sant?
icelandic danish was way easier to understand than actual danish. the way your people pronounce letters somehow makes danish more understandable for norwegians
How I feel when I say my horses name in Danish (he’s from Iceland) it’s really embarrassing
come back we already miss you
I'm italian, I feel out of place, but I love nordic countries especially sweden and I Just want to be part of this family so bad 😭😂😂😅. The inside jokes you have on languages are funny to me too ! 😂
Welcome to the family, you may bring your own jokes. By the way, as a Dane I find Italian hospitality especially warm and friendly.
Hehe the Finish death metal version of the Macerena.
I'm Swedish and I can officially say that I love, love, love all my Nordic Neighbours including the Faroe Islands. We make fun of each other and we need our differences but we also share a history, we all have a deep rooted democracy and we live in the best part of the world that suit us, I think. ❤️
Man, I think it's sweet as well, even though feels like us Finns end up watching all that camaradery with binoculars like 'look at all those Scandinavians having fun' :D:D
Grøønland quetly stands on a side and decides to unite Polish and Japanese flags...
@@NuorvaJ Man, you're in there as well, even if we have to drag you into it kicking and screaming (because you're from Finland). You are part of it. Greetings from Sweden
Us danish people grew up with swedish culture.. Emil og Pippi er ligeså elsket i Danmark som i Sverige ..
We also have the national banners with the cross, special for us!
When he does his Finnish accent, he sounds a bit like one of Ragnar Lothbrok's Vikings.
The way he said mäkäräinen was very funny "makkarainen"
I remember I was playing a game of Among us, and I just started talking icelandic. And some Danes and swedes understood me and replied in their own language. We weren't talking the same language yet we communicated with each other perfectly.
Sleepy boi I heard a Bulgarian and a Serb do it.
Thats the power of roots
I love that. I'm an American who was studying Icelandic for a while and was able to understand my cousin when he texted me in Norwegian. It's so amazing how connected all the Nordic languages are.
I thought Icelandic and Faroese aren't quite as mutually intelligible with the other Nordic languages, but I guess they are after all.
@@diorossorozco9558 You mean that's the power of Amogus.
Other northern countries: NOOO you can’t just speak a whole different language 😭😭 Finns: Don’t care 🗿
Estonians: 🤷🏻♂️
@@ariccua6101 Estonia isn't a nordic country tho
@@dasdasdaxzvea Yeah cause Estonia is Baltic.
@@dasdasdaxzvea It is in my heart 😌
@@dasdasdaxzvea Yeah but it embraces some Nordic heritage and takes part in Nordic events.
My own experience with Danish English was very positive. I'm an American who loves languages but doesn't speak any Scandinavian language. Years ago I was in Copenhagen and needed to get something at the local convenience store near my hotel. So I got out my phrasebook and tried to figure out how to ask for what I wanted in Danish. (I hate the rude tourists who start speaking English to everyone, no matter what country they're in.) When I got to the store, there was a teenage guy behind the counter. As I tried out my attempt at Danish, he smiled and said, "Actually, I speak English." And we proceeded that way. The thing is, his English sounded as if he had been born a kilometer from where I live! I was astonished. I suppose it's possible he had lived abroad, but I encountered similar situations with other Danes as well. Needless to say, this level of English was not what I found in countries that speak "big" languages like France, Italy, and Germany.
Thx for your story. The last 10-20ys English is taught from an early age in our schools, and some students really pick it up.
A comment from Australia. So funny. The accents of Nordic people speaking English are melodic and distinctive. Enjoyed this video.
I'm Russian and i want more English language Scandinavian comedy!
You should check Finnish comedian Ismo, or swedish comedian Fredrik Andersson. The latter only have a few videos in english but really good, and Ismo have alot
@@andersmalmgren6528 What's the name of this comedian?
@@KatalinaKristina the islandic one in the video? Ari Eldjárn
Ari Eldjárn is on Netflix, too, I keep going back to his show there because he's so funny in it. He has worked on these jokes here since and the show is sooo good :)
Nasztrovjé!!!!!