meinaan

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Finnish

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Verb

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meinaan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meinata
  2. (colloquial) Used idiomatically to add emphasis or to indicate that something is said by way of an explanation; sometimes as a filler word with no definite meaning; I mean; you see; I say; that is to say
    Se on meinaan sillä tavalla, että...I'll have you know that...
    Mieti nyt tarkasti, meinaan ettei tarvitse myöhemmin katua.
    Think carefully now, that is, so you won't need to be sorry later.

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