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On this website you can read Grimms’ fairy tales in 18 different languages! (English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Romanian, Finnish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Hungarian)
Kuka kissan hännän nostaa, ellei kissa itse? ”Who will raise the cat’s tail if not the cat itself?“ Nobody but you should show your skills or make yourself proud.
Kattia kanssa! “And a cat too!” That’s a lie!
Ei auta itku markkinoilla ”It’s no use crying on a marketplace” Feeling strong emotions isn’t a good thing in the hard word. You don’t always get what you want and even crying wont help it.
Ken kuuseen kurkottaa, se katajaan kapsahtaa ”Reaching for a spruce, one falls on a junipe” Don’t aim too high in your life, you will just regret it.
Katosi kuin pieru Saharaan “Disappeared like a fart in Sahara” Something is gone for good
Eteenpäin, sanoi mummo lumessa “Forward, said a grandma in the snow” You should always go forward no matter of your age or the weather
Olisihan vintillä leipää, mutta lapset söi rappuset “There is bread in the attic but children ate the stairs.” You could’ve achieved something but some stupid mistakes ruined the whole thing or you just waited for too long.
Kaikkeen tottuu paitsi jääpuikkoon perseessä ja sekin sulaa pois “You can get used to anything but an ice stick in your ass and even that will eventually melt away” Nothing is so bad you can’t get used to it and the worst things will go away.
Kyllä sopu sijaa antaa ja rakkaus reisiä levittää ”There’s always room for peace and love spreads legs” It’s always easier to be with people peacefully and it’s easier to get laid if you’re in love.
Ei voi kauhalla vaatia, kun on lusikalla annettu “You cannot demand with a ladle when you’ve been given with spoon” You cannot expect a stupid person to think wisely.
Ennen tätä vuotta alueen koronapotilasennätykset ajoittuvat joulukuuhun 2020. = Before this year the area’s record corona patient numbers occurred in December 2020.
Hankkeen seuraava pääetappi ajoittuu vuodenvaihteeseen. = The project’s next main stage is to be timed at the start of next (literally: the change of the year).
“särähtää korvaan” = literally translated ‘to crackle or buzz into one’s ear’ but actually this is used only “metaphorically” to mean something has really stuck in your mind, caught your attention or is “ringing” in your ears.
Example:
Pikkupojan viaton kysymys särähti pahasti muiden korvaan. = The little boys innocent question really caught the attention of others (i.e. it probably didn’t sound so innocent to others…)
Henkilökunnassa havaitsin, ettei kukaan ollut töissä pelkästään rahan motivoimana. = Within the staff I observed that no one was working only with the motivation of money.
huomata = to notice
Huomasin, että hän oli todella väsynyt. = I noticed that he was really tired.
huomauttaa = to point out, to remark on [or in some contexts “to give a formal notice regarding”]
Hänhuomautti sen jo. = He pointed it outalready.
huomioida = to take into consideration
Miten voidaan huomioida ongelma jatkossa? = How can we take the problem into account going forward?
havainnoida = to observe
Tulevina öinä on otollista havainnoida meteoriparvea. = The coming nights are ideal for observing the meteor shower.
