Verb of the week: mennä väärään kurkkuun

 week 21, 2021 

mennä väärään kurkkuun - to go down the wrong way [to choke when trying to eat/swallow]

- literally in Finnish "to go down the wrong throat"

-You can also say "saada väärään kurkkuun" or "vetää väärään kurkkuun" 

-Interestingly in English it doesn't specifically mention throat at all but it used to mean that the person chokes on what they are eating.

Älä koskaan tee kohtalokasta virhettä, jos vedät ruokaa väärään kurkkuun. = Don't ever make this fatal mistake if you swallow food down the wrong way. 

Verb of the week: repiä

 week 19, 2021 

repiä  - to tear, to rip (trans)

repiä usually means "to rip" or "to tear", such as

Hän repi kangasta. = He tore the fabric.

But it can also mean "to go for it" in regard to exercise / working out. So during a workout the instructor could say:

Nyt jos haluat repiä, anna mennä! - Now if you want to really go for it, let's go!

Or an exercise could be referred to as "repivä", such as

Tässä lajissa on aika repiviä liikkeitä, joten tämä on sopiva nuorille ihmisille. = In this sport there are quite tough movements, so this suits well for young people.