pari kolme
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pari (“pair, couple”) kolme (“three”)
Numeral
[edit]- a couple of, two or three (indicates a small but unsure number, certainly more than one and very likely less than five)
- Koko kesänä oli pari kolme aurinkoista päivää.
- There were a couple of sunny days during the whole summer.
- Käyn uimassa pari kolme kertaa viikossa.
- I go swimming two or three times a week.
- Lukuun ottamatta paria kolmea aurinkoista päivää koko kesän satoi.
- Apart from a couple of sunny days it was raining the whole summer.
- Käyn uimassa parina kolmena iltana viikossa.
- I go swimming on two or three nights a week.
Declension
[edit]When this expression is used adjectivally, both words are inflected according to the headword; compare the last two usage examples with the first two ones.