tehdä mieli

Finnish

Etymology

• tehdä + mieli

Verb

tehdä mieli

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To feel like, to would like, to fancy

   Joskus tekisi mieli juosta karkuun.

   Sometimes I feel like running away.

   Mieli tekisi niin kananugetteja.

   I really feel like [having] some chicken nuggets.

Usage notes

Only the 3rd person singular is used.

If you express the person feeling the urge to do something as a pronoun, this is in the genetive case.

Minun teki yli kaiken mieli paeta

I felt an overwhelming urge to escape

Conjugation

• See tehdä.

Synonyms

• haluta
• maistua jollekulle jotakin