Instagram account @SuomiDictionary collects hilariously clever Finnish words and sayings and translated them to English language. Check out some of our favorites below, and don’t forget to follow them for more!
Instagram account @SuomiDictionary collects hilariously clever Finnish words and sayings and translated them to English language. Check out some of our favorites below, and don’t forget to follow them for more!
Looks like we share some of these. Or have variations.
Perkele!
In the game Control, the janitor Ahti uses many other Finnish gems like: “running using your head as a third leg”
Indeed.
I do love the Finnish language
I can never get Tarja in Finish.
Finns have been known to be excellent marksman able to kill Russians and Germans at a kazillion kilometers.
Remarkable. But I’m pretty sure they have more talents.
I wish a little more thought was put into these translations, not very skilled work. Then again, these were made by finns, so what can you expect…
Yeah, translations were not be able to correctly describe sayings.
10 comments, 5 of them were written by Finns.
Torille! Suomi mainittu!
Gather in Central Square! Finland mentioned!
Oddly enough, no. During peacetime, the nations favorite pastime is shooting oneself in the leg, figuratively speaking. We are transforming our society into a freeloader heaven, any talent that has actual utility is quickly suppressed here.
To have arses on your shoulders
/Perseet olalla/
1. To be very, very drunk.
2. Get some alcohol, call the police about nudists and then go outside drinking without any clothes.