{"id":896,"date":"2005-01-19T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2005-01-19T12:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mummila.net\/skm\/?p=896"},"modified":"2011-07-25T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T19:27:10","slug":"advanced-swearing-in-finnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced swearing in Finnish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"post896-i6dafcexc9ev1cdgs5cavei6j\">My second puff towards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecyrd.com\/ButtUgly\/Wiki.jsp\"><em>The Butt Ugly Weblog<\/em><\/a> today comes in the form of a sequel: I thought we could take a a look at some color\u00adful ways of using the expres\u00adsions in <strong>JJ\u2019s<\/strong> list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecyrd.com\/ButtUgly\/Wiki.jsp?page=Main_blogentry_170105_1\">\u201cUse\u00adful words in Fin\u00adnish\u201d<\/a>.&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-i6dafcexc9ev1cdgs5cavei6j\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"post896-7lp0wv3t56ncgknxkgwpftc4k\"><strong>The pos\u00adses\u00adsi\u00adve form.<\/strong> A power\u00adful, yet easy way to enhance the effect of your magic word is using a pos\u00adses\u00adsi\u00adve form as a pair for the word in its basic form. Examples:&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-7lp0wv3t56ncgknxkgwpftc4k\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cper\u00adke\u00adleen per\u00adke\u00adle\u201d - the devil\u2019s devil<\/li>\n<li>\u201cvitun vit\u00adtu\u201d - vagi\u00adna\u2019s vagina<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSaa\u00adta\u00adnan Saa\u00adta\u00adna\u201d - Satan\u2019s satan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"post896-e8hbw0erfuowtadw6e38rwm1q\">Note, that alt\u00adhough the form sug\u00adgests a stran\u00adge rela\u00adtions\u00adhip between the two words (e.g. as if Satan had \u201ca satan\u201d of his own, or a vagi\u00adna had a vagi\u00adna), no one using the\u00adse actual\u00adly means it; the form is pro\u00adbably just used because saying the same word twice sounds pret\u00adty stu\u00adpid, and still you wish to express that your irri\u00adta\u00adted\u00adness is best desci\u00adbed by, say, \u201cper\u00adke\u00adle\u201d to the second power.&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-e8hbw0erfuowtadw6e38rwm1q\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"post896-dt7nmyh6y0fq44r7t2n36vvso\"><strong>Using \u201cvit\u00adtu\u201d as a sen\u00adtence.<\/strong> \u201cVit\u00adtu\u201d has beco\u00adme such a gene\u00adric expres\u00adsion of fee\u00adling the \u201cvitu\u00adtus\u201d (as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecyrd.com\/ButtUgly\/Comment.jsp?page=Main_comments_170105_1&amp;nc=3\">discus\u00adsed by <strong>J-Ko<\/strong><\/a>) that a need has risen to use anot\u00adher power\u00adful word as the <em>actual swear word<\/em> in accom\u00adpa\u00adny of this one, sen\u00adtence-like word. Per\u00adhaps for some subconscious, lin\u00adguis\u00adtic rea\u00adsons, \u201cSaa\u00adta\u00adna\u201d seems to go par\u00adticu\u00adlar\u00adly well with this:&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-dt7nmyh6y0fq44r7t2n36vvso\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cVit\u00adtu, Saatana!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"post896-lmsbk6rlmq816y6l60y3l6y35\">To con\u00advey the full mea\u00adning of this expres\u00adsion, it would pro\u00adbably have to be trans\u00adla\u00adted somet\u00adhing like this: \u201cFor fuck\u2019s sake, I am fee\u00adling ext\u00adre\u00adme\u00adly frustra\u00adted and irri\u00adta\u00adted, if not comple\u00adte\u00adly pis\u00adsed off!\u201d As you can see, inten\u00adse emo\u00adtions and rich nuances are easi\u00adly expres\u00adsed using com\u00adpact sen\u00adtences of the Fin\u00adnish lan\u00adgua\u00adge.&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-lmsbk6rlmq816y6l60y3l6y35\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"post896-cxqoec4i3thtayp43shihndw1\"><strong>How to express somet\u00adhing \u201csucks\u201d.<\/strong> The actual word \u201csuck\u201d which is \u201cime\u00e4\u201d, real\u00adly isn\u2019t used that much, since most Fin\u00adnish spea\u00adkers only associa\u00adte it with somet\u00adhing vacuum clea\u00adners do (as well as somet\u00adhing else, which you are free to associa\u00adte from vacuum clea\u00adners your\u00adself). A very simi\u00adlar expres\u00adsion in mea\u00adning we do have, howe\u00adver, and that is \u201colla per\u00adsees\u00adt\u00e4\u201d which is \u201cto emer\u00adge from ass\u201d:&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-cxqoec4i3thtayp43shihndw1\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201ct\u00e4m\u00e4 on per\u00adsees\u00adt\u00e4\u201d - this emer\u00adged from ass (\u201cthis sucks\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cpro\u00adge on per\u00adsees\u00adt\u00e4\u201d - progres\u00adsi\u00adve rock emer\u00adged from ass (\u201cprogres\u00adsi\u00adve rock&nbsp;sucks\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cse j\u00e4t\u00adk\u00e4 on ihan per\u00adsees\u00adt\u00e4\u201d - the guy defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly emer\u00adged from ass (\u201cthe guy sucks&nbsp;ass\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"post896-ctgtflfy7aa1txgmradgk2isc\">N.b.: \u201cass\u201d in this con\u00adtext does not refer to the ani\u00admal, but the part of human ana\u00adto\u00admy.&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-ctgtflfy7aa1txgmradgk2isc\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"post896-bvokifyg2ch21lsb791w286cm\">See also (and react to, if you know the answer) <strong>pni<\/strong> pon\u00adde\u00adring <a href=\"http:\/\/skrubu.net\/index.php?itemid=620\">why finns use six\u00adteen<\/a> (\u201ckuus\u00adtois\u00adta\u201d) and the swe\u00addes seven\u00adteen (\u201csjut\u00adton\u201d) in a swea\u00adring con\u00adtext.&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-bvokifyg2ch21lsb791w286cm\">#<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"post896-22jt7948irtj3xw4cjqd9mq4c\">[muok\u00adkauk\u00adset]<br>\n[muokkaus][klo]24.1. 10:54[\/klo] Lis\u00e4\u00adsin lin\u00adkin <em>Skru\u00adbuun<\/em>.[\/muokkaus]<br>\n[muokkaus][klo]3.4.2006 14:33[\/klo] Muo\u00adtoi\u00adlin WP:lle. Nyky\u00adai\u00adkais\u00adtin tyyli\u00e4.[\/muokkaus]<br>\n[muokkaus][klo]21.8.2007 16:52[\/klo] Nyky\u00adai\u00adkais\u00adtin tek\u00adnii\u00adkoi\u00adta. Lis\u00e4\u00adsin huo\u00admau\u00adtuk\u00adsen lapsilukosta.[\/muokkaus]<br>\n[muokkaus][klo]2011-07-25 22:25[\/klo] Pois\u00adtin huo\u00admau\u00adtuk\u00adsen lapsilukosta.[\/muokkaus]<br>\n[\/muokkaukset]&nbsp;<a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"paragraph-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/2005\/01\/19\/advanced-swearing-in-finnish\/#post896-22jt7948irtj3xw4cjqd9mq4c\">#<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought we could take a a look at some color\u00adful ways of using the expres\u00adsions in JJ\u2019s list of Use\u00adful words in Finnish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11444],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merkinnat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20809,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/20809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mummila.net\/marginaali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}