puhua suunsa puhtaaksi
Finnish
Etymology
Literally, “to speak one's mouth clean”
Verb
- (idiomatic) to speak one's mind
- Puhu suusi puhtaaksi mieltäsi askarruttavista asioista.
- Speak your mind about the issues weighing on your mind.
Conjugation
See puhua. suunsa is normally in the accusative case (which appears as either the nominative or genitive case depending on the context), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative. It also takes a possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | suuni | suumme |
| 2nd person | suusi | suunne |
| 3rd person | suunsa | |
Synonyms
- avata suunsa, avautua
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