This is a fun game: Try to come up with word pairs that still make sense after you switch two vowels or consonants!
Here's what I could think of:
Two vowels switch places:
- hourailla - huorailla
- Kairo - koira
- kakku - kukka
- kassi - kissa
- kirkko - korkki
- laki - lika
- leikki - liekki
- limu - lumi
- liuska - luiska
- paino - piano
- passi - pissa
- pelto - polte
- pöyristyä - pyöristyä
- sakko - sokka
- sato - sota
- syvä - sävy
- takki - tikka
- takku - tukka
- tarve - terva
- vaimo - voima
- veri - vire
Two consonants switch places:
- entinen - etninen
- lammas - sammal
- lasi - sali
- lato - talo
- katsella - kastella
- paisti - paitsi
- There MUST be more! Please help me. :)
Here are the translations:
Two vowels switch places:
- hourailla - huorailla - to fantasize, to hallucinate - to behave like a whore
- Kairo - koira = Cairo - a dog
- kakku - kukka = a cake - a flower
- kassi - kissa = a bag - a cat
- kirkko - korkki = a church - a (bottle) cap, a cork
- laki - lika = a law - dirt
- leikki - liekki = a children's free play, a flame
- limu - lumi = a soft drink - snow
- liuska - luiska - a sheet of paper, a ramp
- paino - piano = weight - a piano
- passi - pissa = a passport - pee
- pelto - polte = a field - a burn
- pöyristyä - pyöristyä = to be shocked - to become round
- sakko - sokka - a fine, a ticket - a hand grenade pin
- sato - sota = a crop, a harvest - a war
- syvä - sävy - deep = a nuance, a hue
- takki - tikka = a jacket - a woodpecker, a dart
- takku - tukka = a tangle - hair
- tarve - terva = a need, tar
- vaimo - voima = a wife - power
- veri - vire = blood - a tone, tune
Two consonants switch places:
- entinen - etninen = previous, ethnic
- lammas - sammal = a lamb, moss
- lasi - sali = a glas, a hall
- lato - talo = a barn - a house
- katse - kaste = a look, baptism / a dip
- katsella - kastella = to watch, to wet
- paisti - paitsi - a roast - except
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Sälli - Sillä = A dude, It
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