pari kolme

Finnish

Etymology

pari (“pair, couple”) kolme (“three”)

Numeral

pari kolme

1. a couple of, two or three (indicates a small but unsure number, certainly more than one and very likely less than five)

   Koko kesänä oli pari kolme aurinkoista päivää.

   There were a couple of sunny days during the whole summer.

   Käyn uimassa pari kolme kertaa viikossa.

   I go swimming two or three times a week.

   Lukuun ottamatta paria kolmea aurinkoista päivää koko kesän satoi.

   Apart from a couple of sunny days it was raining the whole summer.

   Käyn uimassa parina kolmena iltana viikossa.

   I go swimming on two or three nights a week.

Declension

When this expression is used adjectivally, both words are inflected according to the headword; compare the last two usage examples with the first two ones.