antaa ymmärtää

Finnish

Etymology

antaa (“to let”) ymmärtää (“to understand”)

Verb

antaa ymmärtää

  1. to imply, hint, insinuate, suggest tacitly (to = genitive + ymmärtää) (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
    Annoin hänen ymmärtää, että olisi aika lähteä kotiin.
    I implied that it would be time for him to go home.

Inflection

See antaa; ymmärtää is not inflected.

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