jumppasali
MEANING:
Noun: gym, gymnasium (especially in a school or daycare.)
DERIVED FROM:
Jumppasali is a compound term made from jumppa (”gymnastic exercises ”) + sali (a ”hall” or large room).
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Some related words:
Liikuntasali also means ”gym” or ”gymnasium.”
Kuntosali (”fitness” + ”hall”) is also a ”gym” where you would find exercise equipment.
MEANING:
Noun: 1. track, groove or rut. 2. career.
In our example image, Ura & Työ, it refers to a section of the paper called ”Career and work.”
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Some synonyms:
MEANING:
Verb (transitive): to lengthen, to elongate, to prolong.
DERIVED FROM:
Pidentää comes from a form of the intransitive verb pidetä (meaning ”to lengthen”) + -taa (a suffix which can be used to form causative verbs.)
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Let’s translate the book title and common phrase, ”Nauru pidentää ikää” or ”Laughter prolongs life.”
Nauru means ”laughter” or ”laughing.”
Ikä means ”age,” ”life” or ”lifetime.”
MEANING:
Noun:
DERIVED FROM:
Asianajaja comes from asia (”thing” or ”matter”) + ajaja (”driver”).
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Two related words:
Juristi or lakimies is a person who has completed a degree in law at a university. Asianajaja is a juristi who has been authorized to practice law by a Bar Association.
MEANING:
Verb: Röyhtäistä is an intransitive verb that means ”to burp” or ”to belch.”
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Röyhtäyttää is a transitive verb which means ”to burp,” as in ”to burp a baby.”
Röyhtäisy is a noun meaning ”a burp” or ”a belch.”
(All 3 words mentioned in this post are pronounced under the audio link because they are all quite difficult for non-native speakers to say.)
MEANING:
Adjective:
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Let’s translate the headline, ”Törkeä varkaus selvittämättä Porissa – valvontakameran kuvat julki” or ”Aggravated theft unsolved in Pori – surveillance camera images public.”
Let’s look at some of the compound words you see in the law world made with törkeä where it means ”gross,” ”grave,” ”grand,” ”felonious,” or ”aggravated”:
MEANING:
Noun: crowdfunding (the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet.)
DERIVED FROM:
Joukkorahoitus is a compound term made from joukko (”group,” ”cluster,” or ”band”) + rahoitus (”financing”).
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Puhutaan Suomea magazine is doing their 2015 crowd funding campaign right now. You can help them continue to publish a print edition in 2015 at the following link: https://www.fundedbyme.com/en/campaign/5137/puhutaan-suomea-2015/
MEANING:
Adjective: shrewd, sly, wily.
Ovela Kettu could be literally translated as ”The Sly Fox.” In the example of the opera poster shown in the photo, the working English language title of the opera is The Cunning Little Vixen. It is a Czech opera by Leoš Janáček.
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Mielikuvituksen juhlaa koko perheen oopperassa means ”A feast of the imagination for the whole family at the opera.”
jarrusukat
MEANING:
Noun: (plural) brake socks.
DERIVED FROM:
Jarrusukat (plural of jarrasukka) is a compound term that comes from jarru (”brake”) and sukka (”sock”). Jarrasukat are a common type of sock worn by children that has skid-resistant rubber patterns on the bottom to prevent the children from slipping on the floor.
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You may also see liukuestesukat (anti-slip socks).
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