hukka perii
Finnish
[edit]Verb
[edit]hukka perii (literally: "wolf/peril inherits")
- (idiomatic) to be doomed
- Hukka meidät perii! / Meidät perii hukka! / Hukka perii meidät!
- We are doomed!
Usage notes
[edit]This verb phrase always has hukka (“wolf, peril”) as its subject.
Conjugation
[edit]The verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in 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 periä.