antaa ymmärtää

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Finnish

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Etymology

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antaa (to let) ymmärtää (to understand)

Verb

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antaa ymmärtää

  1. to imply, hint, insinuate, suggest tacitly [with genitive ‘to’ (between the two words)] (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

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See antaa; ymmärtää is not inflected.