suomi=tuhattii jarvii

04:51 Jun 30, 2001
Finnish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Finnish term or phrase: suomi=tuhattii jarvii
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4suomi=tuhattii jarvii
Timo Lehtilä
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Desmond O'Rourke


  

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Explanation:
Suomi, Finland
tuhattii (not a Finnish word)
jarvii, (not a Finnish word)

The nearest equivalent in Finnish:
tuhat järveä, a thousand lakes

tuhat, thousand
järvi, lake


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Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 22:13
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PRO pts in pair: 782
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suomi=tuhattii jarvii


Explanation:
For some reason the expression is writen in pseudo-dialectal Finnish. That is, there isn't any dialect in Finnish where this kind of expression were used. However the expression is understandable and it could be translated as:
'Finland = thousands of lakes'

Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Local time: 05:13
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in pair: 385
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