Yes, how to say by is a tough question. Sometimes it seems that you can just use by in the middle of a Finnish expression:
I would say that you have four ways to avoid the horrible use of by in the middle of a Finnish text:
1. Use a genitive:
- Suomen käsityön museon kansallispukunäytös - Craft Museum of Finland's national costume show
2. Use an agent participle:
- Suomen käsityömuseon järjestämä kansallispukunäytös - A national costume show organized by Craft Museum of Finland
3. Use a whole sentence:
- Suomen käsityömuseo esittelee kansallispukuja. - Craft Museum of Finland presents national costumes.
- Suomen käsityö museo järjestää kansallispukunäytöksen. - Craft Museum of Finland organizes a national costume show.
4. Use a colon or parenthesis:
- Suomen käsityömuseo: Kansallispukunäytös - Craft Museum of Finland: A national costume show
- Kansallispukunäytös (Suomen käsityömuseo) - A national costumer show (Craft Museum of Finland)
I know that something by someone is a quite popular structure when it comes to Finnish blogs and small business and event names. I wonder how many years it will take and we'll have Uudenvuoden puhe by tasavallan presidentti?
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3 comments:
"add" - lisätä (usually not a noun)
"ad" - mainos (short for advertisement)
(Should I start feeling bad for doing these? Maybe you should just reject these comments :P)
Ooh, kiitos! I knew it looked weird but I was too occupied with being annoyed by the fashion show ad. :) Please, keep correcting me, I do appreciate it. :)
I have a weird question that I got when I was reading this.
How to say "leave your comment" in Finnish in the right way?
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