laittaa lusikat jakoon
Finnish
[edit]Verb
[edit]laittaa lusikat jakoon (literally, “to start dividing the spoons”) [reciprocal]
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) to separate, get divorced
Usage notes
[edit]laittaa may be replaced with a synonym (panna, informally pistää).
Conjugation
[edit]- See laittaa.
- lusikat is in the plural and normally in the accusative case (which appears identical to the nominative case in the plural), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative.