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Stop saying “Minä pidän…” when talking about liking something in Finnish
Literally, please do not say “Minä pidän kahvista.” Unless you want to sound like Hyacinth ‘Bucket’ from Keeping up appearances, but the Finnish version.* *closest Finnish reference I could find is as show called “Pokka pitää” aired in late 90’s on YLE. Some of you might need to google this, I mean ask ChatGPT, nobody…
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🇫🇮 Päästä or ehtiä? Is something blocking your way, or Do You Just Not Have Time?
“Can you come at six?” A perfectly normal question in English. Unfortunately, can is doing suspiciously little work here. Are you asking me whether: I have enough time? Whether I am free? Whether my boss will let me leave? Whether there is a bus? or Whether I have somehow become trapped inside Prisma? Finnish is…
