Wednesday, July 4, 2018
How to push in Finnish
How to push in Finnish
I was completing this Memrise course about my easy Finnish novel, and I realized how many different verbs Finnish has for pushing. Do you know the difference between these ones?
- painaa
- ponnistaa
- puskea
- ty�nt��
- t�ni�
- t�n�ist�
Here are some example sentences...
- Paina t�st�.
- �l� ponnista viel�! Ponnista nyt!
- Puske sit� palloa!
- Ty�nn� sit� ovea.
- �l� t�ni!
- Tuo poika t�n�isi minua.
...and the translations are after this ad:
- Paina t�st�. - Push/press here.
- �l� ponnista viel�! Ponnista nyt! - Dont push yet! Push now! (At childbirth.)
- Puske sit� palloa! - Push that ball (with your forehead)!
- Ty�nn� sit� ovea. - Push that door.
- �l� t�ni! - Dont push me! (t�ni� = to push another person multiple times)
- Tuo poika t�n�isi minua. - That boy pushed me. (t�n�ist� = to push once. It can be an accident or intentional teasing/bullying.)
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| Pull and push in Finnish and in Swedish. |
