@kristofersokk1580
I'm the Estonian speaker in this video. I really liked participating, it was fun. Unfortunately, halfway through the challenge, I started thinking about pantry instead of cellar, so I got them mixed up. Cellar is not next to kitchen, but oh well. And äikesetorm is lightning storm not thunder storm, mürin is thunder, but because we never say thunder storm, I got them mixed up also. It seems trivial now later that äikene, another form of äike, and ukkonen are cognates.
@bobbytables464
Having grown up bilingual in Estonian and Finnish and being of a generation where almost everyone spoke Finnish rather fluently, seeing Kristofer being completely at a loss is a good reminder that our languages are absolutely riddled with false friends (huone/hoone, etc).
@shimokitazawa1217
The cadence of Finnish is really something. Love the way it sounds. Their poetry must be on another level.
@Iddhi5
I'm Finnish speaking, living in Helsinki. For me, every visit to Tallinn is like an Estonian language course. Every time, even without trying, you learn new Estonian words and start understanding more.
@realmahadeo
I once learned basics of Estonian, and then when I was cycling outside of Helsinki and needed directions, I asked one old man, and we were able to communicate in a mix of Estonian and Finnish :) that was pretty awesome
@j.l.5867
As a Finn, I understood the exactly same words as Antti so I think this is quite representative of the intelligibility from Estonian to Finnish. It's a guessing game that relies on hearing some keywords that the languages share.
@punkodie
Man I wish us Hungarians could somehow participate in this series... But there is not anything remotely close to us. There are only those approximately 100 words which are still similar in Finnish/Estonian and Hungarian, but grammatically, vocabulary-wise and even the logic of the languages evolved so differently as we have all been exposed to very different types of languages since we parted around 4000 yrs ago. It is nice to see that Finns and Estonians still share mutual intelligibility to some extent :)
@KristjanBeilmann
Both languages are beautiful. In this video, the Finnish speaker put much more effort into clear articulation.
@kristofevarsson6903
It's great to see Finnish and Estonian being so close as to almost mean the same exact things, but being just far away enough to confuse each other the first time around. It reminds me of that Breaking Bad meme where Walter asks Jessie wtf he's talking about. They're clearly communicating on a level of basic understanding, but the finer details get lost and cause some pretty funny misunderstandings.
@bobbytables464
Äike and ukkonen are almost cognate. The root words are "äi" and "ukko", both meaning "old man" (Finnish still has the word "äijä" that also means "old man"). The old Finnic god of thunder was shared by Finns and Estonians and his name was various forms of "old man". Ukko, Äijä or Äijö in Finnish and Uku in Estonian (and clearly he was also called some form of "äi"). So in both languages, the word for thunder is the name of the thunder god (meaning old man) plus a diminutive suffix (äi-ke, ukko-nen).
@mousetung6107
As an Estonian my first guess for the korrusmaja/kerrostalo was also a shopping centre. I was thrown off by it being a building that's only in cities/towns. Estonian countryside is full of blocks of flats from the soviet era.
@mortenoconnell7977
Finnish and Estonian: Visible understanding Hungarian: I think I might sit this one out 😅
@LuigiElettrico
Two beautiful sounding languages I must say.
@joeljezequel
I started to learn finnish 2 years ago, and this summer I will go to Helsinki and Tallinn (at last, my trip was initialy screduled in... 2020). I was very curious to see the differences between finnish and estonian, and this video was very fun to watch. And I was able to understand 70% of the finnish, which is a great win for me as I only have 80 hours of lessons for adults per year (and the help of Yle Kielikoulu).
@dddenes
Hello from the other branch of the Finno-Ugric tree (I am Hungarian). I just want to add here, that however I do not understand a single word what you say here, I stopped it for several times and checked the English captions too, to understand and possibly find anything to cognate, but no success (but even you guys have a hard time, whose languages are much closer, I don't know, what did I expect :D ). However I find these languages somehow close to mine, the way you guys say the words, the tune... It's like I have a grasp on it, but somehow it always slips away. It was a super interesting video for me, thank you for uploading it!
@kr0pp
I speak both Estonian and Finnish, so watching Kristofer with no knowledge of Finnish still be able to pick up some meaning from what Antti was saying is quite impressive. Good job both of you, I honestly expected there to be less common understanding.
@maurocosti5600
As an italian mothertongue I just adore these languages especially finnish: so distant yet with a familiar pronunciation and our double consonants
@juuliawarrior1188
I’m from Finland and I surprised that I actually was able to guess both of those Estonian words right, I understood pretty much and it was really cool!
@warnerbf
I lived in Finland for a year in 93-94, learned the language there and still love it. I visited Estonia in 2017 and was amazed at how similar yet not mutually intelligible Estonian sounds in relation to Finnish. Still, when you delve deeper into both and pay closer attention to structures, some things are quite similar. Both are fascinating languages.
@Ecolinguist