Parts of the Body

Before you can tell a doctor what is wrong, you need the words for the body. And to say something hurts, Finnish reaches for the same "at me is..." pattern you already know: Minulla on päänsärky — literally "at me is a head-ache". Some ailments take the partitive: Minulla on kuumetta ("I have a fever"). And a special little verb, särkeä, puts you into the partitive: Minua särkee — "it aches me".

The body

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