perään
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈperæːn/, [ˈpe̞ræːn]
- Rhymes: -eræːn
- Syllabification(key): pe‧rään
Postposition
perään (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
- after (used to indicate movement towards something that is going or has gone away from the subject of the sentence)
- Älä heitä hyvää rahaa huonon perään.
- Don't throw good money after bad.
- into, interested in, fond of
- En ole koskaan ollut makeisten perään.
- I have never been into sweets.
- after (into being in pursuit of or seeking; into following someone else)
- Poikani lähti opiskelemaan ja jo seuraavalla viikolla jouduin lähettämään rahaa perään.
- My son went to college and already on the next week I had to send money after him.
- after (in imitation of)
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