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A very Finnish noun to describe the "national character of a Finn" start learning
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A kind of perseverance, stubborness, determination, sometimes even bein stupidly brave; sticking with something despite difficulties
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time between November and February start learning
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The time when the sun doesn't come up in northern Finland; officially translated as "polar nights" but refers also to feelings during that time - longing for sunshine, lack of enthusiasm, even depression; dark days with less socializing.
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The steam you get in sauna when throwing water on the stove start learning
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A joy that you get from enjoying someone else's misfortune start learning
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For example, feeling ashamed for someone when watching them make a fool of themselves
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to manage, to have enough strength/energy, to have enough motivation, to be up to; to have the will power to do something start learning
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mentally and/or physically
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when the top layer of the snow is solid enough for people to walk on it without falling in start learning
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Usually occurs in February when there's approximately a meter of snow and the sun melts the top layer which then freezes again and becomes solid so that people can walk on top of it without falling in.
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words for certain kind of really wet snow start learning
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A noun used to describe a dangerously slippery weather when the ground is ice and slippery and there's a lot of "black ice" on the roads.
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snow that is softer because of a milder weather start learning
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Not as watery as "sohjo" or "loska" (wet snow), but wet enough for making snowmen.
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wet snow falling from the sky start learning
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Becomes "sohjo" (wet snow) when it hits the ground.
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snowfall during a heavy wind, or snow moving with the heavy wind start learning
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a noun; getting drunk alone at home in one's underwear start learning
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literal translation "underpants drunk"
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a noun; when the bearing capacity and the conditions of the roads - especially dirt roads - get worse due to weather conditions start learning
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to stand the cold, to be warm enough; have the right amount of clothes on to be warm start learning
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"keli" refers to weather, "rikko" for something being broken
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a hole in the ice made for swimming in the winter start learning
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