MEANING:
Noun: Survivor.
Selviytyjä appears in our example as the name of the Finnish version of the television show, Survivor, Selviytyjät (literally Survivors).
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vastustaa
MEANING:
Verb: object, protest, oppose, resist, and more. (Many meanings. Check sanakirja.org for more.)
EXTRA CREDIT:
The whole phrase in our example, ”Voin vastustaa kaikkea (paitsi kiusausta)” (a joke, originally attributed to Oscar Wilde) translates as ”I can resist everything (except temptation).”
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tuki (tukea)
Tuki appears in our example in the partitive singular, tukea.
MEANING:
Noun: support.
EXTRA CREDIT:
Let’s translate the story title, ”Me saamme lapsen. Jokainen perhe kaipaa tukea.”
”Me saame lapsen” best translates as ”We’re having a baby” or ”We’re going to have a baby.”
”Jokainen perhe kaipaa tukea” means ”Every family needs support.” (Kaipaa is 3rd person singular of the verb kaivata which means ”to need” and takes the partitive, so tuki appears in its partitive form, tukea.)
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olkkari
MEANING:
Noun: (colloquial) living room.
DERIVED FROM:
Olkkari comes from olohuone, which means ”living room.” Olo (“living”) + huone (“room”)
EXTRA CREDIT:
Olkkari is colloquial for olohuone in a similar way that telkkari is colloquial for ”TV” and läppäri is colloquial for ”laptop.”
The whole advertising slogan, ”Enemmän telkkaria, vähemmän olkkaria” translates as ”More TV (telly), less living room.”
lakko
MEANING:
Noun: strike, walkout.
EXTRA CREDIT:
Let’s translate the whole headline: HSL: Jos lakko toteutuu, kaikki eivät mahdu busseihin, or ”If a strike occurs, not everyone will fit on the buses.”
videotykki
MEANING:
Compound term: video projector (device that projects a digital video image on a screen.)
DERIVED FROM:
Videotykki comes from video (“video”) + tykki (“cannon” or ”gun”).
EXTRA CREDIT:
You may also see these synonyms:
aarrearkku
MEANING:
Noun: treasure chest.
DERIVED FROM:
Aarrearkku comes from aarre (“treasure”) + arkku (“chest”).
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