Learn Finnish: Pronouncing Å, Ä, Ö

When I was a young man I was intrigued to learn that Finnish is one of the few languages spoken in Europe that does not belong to the Indo-European Family of languages. That was more than sixty years ago. Now, thanks to your contribution, I have made a tentative start at learning some Finnish though there is not a huge demand for it in Northern New South Wales, Australia, where I live. Thank you for your efforts. I appreciate them tremendously.

I feel it's quite useful that my first language is French! Ä, Ö and Å sound almost exactly like our A, E and O. They're easy for me to pronounce.

Some finnish people laugh with the "Ä" like kimi räikkönen This is something a foreigner told me and i never heard anyone think about it "hähähähähäää" well. finnish "laugh" has a meaning for almost all vocals hah! heh. hih :3 hohohoho

The Finnish Öö is literally the English vowel found in the word 'air' which is [e] but with rounded lips. So pronounce the word 'air' (non-rhotic - no R sound) and then round the lips - you'll shift from [e] to [ø]. Finnish Öö is [ø], basically.

I spent just a week i Finland in.2010. As my friend drove me from the Airport to her home in Espoo the duplicated Road signs made a huge impression on me. First in Finnish then in Swedish. I was informed that as one gets closer to Sweden the order of the languages changes. Yet as we drove east the Swedish signs disappeared.

I feel very lucky to be Turkish. We can say all the letters you mentioned: Å=Oğ , There is not Å in Turkish Alphabet but we can say it. I can read Ä as Â. There is not Ä or  in Turkish Alphabet but the letter  is often used to pronounce foreign origins in Turkish. The letter  is not in our alphabet, but we can read it. Also there is Ö in Turkish Alphabet(as 19th letter of Turkish Alphabet). Also as other letters: There is Ç,Ğ,İ,ı,Ö,Ş letters in Turkish also there is not W,Q,X but we can say them so I feel very lucky myself as a vocabulary. Since I can pronounce many letters from the Middle East and European Geography, I don't think I will encounter any problems in the alphabet pronunciation training part if I start learning a language. But of course there will be an accent problem as a natural.

We have the same 3 letters in Norway too. Å one is the same while ä is an æ, while ö is an ø in norway, written slighty differently, but the å one is the same like you guys in finland and in sweden :) but they are pronounced the same.

It is a PERFECT lesson, my mother tongue is Russian, but still it's super clear!! Thank you a lot!

Your Finnish and English is so good, I seriously can't tell which one is your primary language.

I just realized that ä sounds weird. äää äääääää äää ää ä Wow. What a smart finn I am.

It's also worth covering the Finnish Y and U, as they're a bit different to how they are in English. I'd say the English U is pronounced somewhere between the Finnish Y and U.

Now lets learn Lithuanian: Š Č Ž Ė Ę Į Y U, Ū ... 🤭😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Actually, you explained well. I understood. Thnx.

Many greetings from Greece and thank you for your help! I love Finland (Helsinki is sooo nice town) and I try to learn Finnish language 😀

You can find clear ö sound in word earth. for me it sounds like ööth :D

Thank you, Kat! That was so fun and simple. I just discovered your channel today. I recently moved here in Finland and it's been hard to learn Finnish on my own. So please, continue your channel!. Kiitos!

I sound like a combination of Stitch and a parrot when I say Ä.

I just started learning some Finnish, and I watched some of your videos and I love how you teach the language. Your pronunciation is perfect! I wondered do you have a video on the Finnish alphabet? My boyfriend is Finnish and I kind of want to surprise him and learn some of the language, he’s very proud of it!

Kiitos paljon, Katya. I appreciate these videos very much.

the letter that cost me the most to pronunciate in suomi is "y". the ä å ö I have them more or less controlated.