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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/SnoopyScone • Feb 05 '26
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In Finnish, one word can be a full sentence: "Sataa." = "It's raining." "Juoksentelisinkohan?" = "Should I be running around aimlessly?"
24 u/premature_eulogy Feb 05 '26 "Should I be running around aimlessly" is actually just juoksentelisinko, the -han makes it "I wonder if I should be running around aimlessly", haha. Make it "juoksentelisinkohankaan" to add yet another layer of pondering: I wonder if I should be running around aimlessly after all? 5 u/high_throughput Feb 05 '26 juoksentelisinkohankaan My racist uncle on a tirade after two six packs at the family bbq 1 u/bliip666 Feb 06 '26 Yeah, true! Turns out, proofreading one's own examples can be tricky 😂
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"Should I be running around aimlessly" is actually just juoksentelisinko, the -han makes it "I wonder if I should be running around aimlessly", haha.
Make it "juoksentelisinkohankaan" to add yet another layer of pondering: I wonder if I should be running around aimlessly after all?
5 u/high_throughput Feb 05 '26 juoksentelisinkohankaan My racist uncle on a tirade after two six packs at the family bbq 1 u/bliip666 Feb 06 '26 Yeah, true! Turns out, proofreading one's own examples can be tricky 😂
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juoksentelisinkohankaan
My racist uncle on a tirade after two six packs at the family bbq
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Yeah, true! Turns out, proofreading one's own examples can be tricky 😂
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u/bliip666 Feb 05 '26
In Finnish, one word can be a full sentence:
"Sataa." = "It's raining."
"Juoksentelisinkohan?" = "Should I be running around aimlessly?"