pää on kuin Haminan kaupunki

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pää on pyörällä kuin Haminan kaupunki, pää on sekaisin kuin Haminan kaupunki

Etymology

Based on pää on pyörällä (literally “the head is spinning around”) with the same meaning. The town of Hamina is well known for its circular town plan.

Verb

pää on kuin Haminan kaupunki (literally "the head is like the town of Hamina")

1. (idiomatic) to be confused, disoriented or light-headed

Usage notes

This verb phrase always has pää (“head”) as its subject, which may receive either a possessive suffix or a possessor that comes before the word in the genitive case. The phrase may also be used as-is when the speaker is describing themselves.

Conjugation

The verb is always used in the third person, but may be inflected in number (singular or plural), tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The infinitive forms are not used. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see olla.