MEANING:
Adjective: quiet, silent, untalkative.
EXTRA CREDIT:
The whole sign, Hiljainen alue. Pöydät varattu lukurauhaa kaipaaville loosely translates, ”Quiet area. Tables reserved for those looking for a quiet place to read.”
Pöydät is the plural of pöytä (”table”).
Varattu is passive past participle of varata (”to reserve”). It functions like the adjective ”reserved.”
Lukurauhaa is a compound term made from luku (”number,” ”count,” ”quantity” or ”reading”) + rauhaa, partitive of rauha (”peace,” ”harmony” or ”calm”). Lukurauhaa literally translates as ”reading peace.”
Kaipaaville comes from the verb kaivata, which means ”to long for,” ”to yearn for” or ”to look for.” Kaipaaville translates as ”for those looking for…”
EXTRA EXTRA CREDIT:
The opposite of hiljainen is meluisa (”noisy”) or puhelias (”talkative”.)
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