kuulla kunniansa

Finnish

Etymology

kuulla (“to hear”) kunniansa (“one's honor; here: one's worth”)

Verb

kuulla kunniansa

  1. to get a piece of someone's mind, to be told off (to be reprimanded)
    Annan hänen kuulla kunniansa eilisillan juhlista.
    I'm going to go give her a piece of my mind about her party yesterday evening.

Conjugation
  • see conjugation for kuulla
  • kunniansa takes a possessive suffix that refers to the person reprimanded, see declension table under kunnia
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