kaataa kylmää vettä jonkun niskaan
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːtɑːˣ ˈkylmæː ˈʋetːæ ˈjoŋkun ˈniskɑːn/, [ˈkɑːt̪ɑːʔ ˈkylmæː ˈʋe̞t̪ːæ ˈjo̞ŋkun ˈnis̠kɑːn]
Verb
kaataa kylmää vettä jonkun niskaan
- to rain on someone's parade (literally: To pour cold water on someone's neck)
Conjugation
See kaataa. kylmää vettä is not inflected. jonkun is replaced with an object in genitive, or alternatively dropped, in which case niska will receive a possessive suffix:
- niskaani (1st-person sg.)
- niskaasi (2nd-person sg.)
- niskaamme (1st-person pl.)
- niskaanne (2nd-person pl.)