The Finnish stand up comedian Ismo Leikola jokes about the silent letters and numbers, but did you know that Finnish has at least one expression that has a silent sentence?
Käyn saunassa harva se viikko means roughly I take a sauna almost every week. The key word is harva, which means rare. The silent sentence in this case would be kun en käy saunassa.
Here's the whole expression and a word-for-word translation:
Käyn saunassa harva se viikko (kun en käy saunassa), which means = I take a sauna rare (is) the week (when I don't take a sauna). How cool (and kind of weird) is that?
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Käyn saunassa harva se viikko means roughly I take a sauna almost every week. The key word is harva, which means rare. The silent sentence in this case would be kun en käy saunassa.
Here's the whole expression and a word-for-word translation:
Käyn saunassa harva se viikko (kun en käy saunassa), which means = I take a sauna rare (is) the week (when I don't take a sauna). How cool (and kind of weird) is that?
More examples:
- Käyn kaupassa harva se päivä (kun en käy kaupassa). - I go to the grocery store almost every day.
- Hän juo viiniä harva se ilta (kun hän ei juo viiniä). - He drinks wine almost every evening.
- Tätäkysytään minulta harva se viikko (kun tätä ei kysytä minulta.) - People ask me this almost every week.
Lue lisää:
P.S. Did you know that I have a podcast channel in easy(ish) Finnish?
Let me know what you want to hear about and who I should interview.
Kiva, jos seuraat minua! Thanks for following me!
https://soundcloud.com/randomfinnishlesson
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About the author of this blog:
My name is Hanna Männikkölahti, and I am a native Finn who gives private lessons via Skype and simplifies books into easy Finnish. Please leave a comment, if you have something to ask about Finnish or novels in easy Finnish.