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Originally posted by wormwoodEnlightening, thanks!... I understood 'sinne ja tänne' as 'to there and into here', but then again I have a lot of trouble with the direction of the verbs in Finnish (-lle/een, ssä/ssa, -stä/ltä ) .
I'll translate the first verse as an example:
The sound of a polka drifted from my neighbor's
and set my feet a-tapping oh!
Ieva's mother had her eye on her daughter but
Ieva she managed to fool her, you know.
'Cause who's going to listen to mother saying no
when we're all busy dancing to and fro!
then the accurate translation (ignori be 'sinne ja tänne' which is different)
no leeks there, sorry.
Damn it, I should have picked up Swedish a couple of years ago. 😞
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Originally posted by wormwood&feature=related
frankie sleeps with the fishes, see?
Donnie: Why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
Edit: I really didn't want to issue that six pack of InterWebNet whoop ass, but you left me no choice, if it is any consolation, it hurt me more than it hurt you.
Originally posted by Seitseyou're actually right. 'sinne ja sieltä' would be a more accurate translation instead of the idiomatic 'sinne ja tänne'. the difference being the same as between 'from there' and 'into here'.
Enlightening, thanks!... I understood 'sinne ja tänne' as 'to there and into here', but then again I have a lot of trouble with the direction of the verbs in Finnish (-lle/een, ssä/ssa, -stä/ltä ) .
Damn it, I should have picked up Swedish a couple of years ago. 😞
Originally posted by PalynkaDamn! You're right! I shouldn't be fiddling with these buttons.
You don't have Noodle™ powers!
Noodles, can you move this to Culture please? Actually, it might make more sense to split the thread up and put some in Culture, leave a little bit here, there's some Science bits I think and certainly a good portion can go to Debates. Then just hurl the rest of it into the sun, ok? Or the TSM private club forum. Whatever.
Thanks in advance.
Originally posted by dweezilI don't think this thread should be moved. I'll try to have your off-topic posts removed, though. ðŸ˜
Damn! You're right! I shouldn't be fiddling with these buttons.
Noodles, can you move this to Culture please? Actually, it might make more sense to split the thread up and put some in Culture, leave a little bit here, there's some Science bits I think and certainly a good portion can go to Debates. Then just hurl the rest of it into the sun, ok? Or the TSM private club forum. Whatever.
Thanks in advance.