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"english": "It will probably rain.",
"text": "Tulee kai sade.",
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"english": "I guess I'll have to go.",
"text": "Minun pitää kai lähteä.",
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"english": "Was it Lasse who broke this? -Probably yes.",
"text": "Lasseko tämän rikkoi? -Niin kai.",
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"english": "One would think he can. -Yes, but I doubt!",
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"english": "Let me help you! -Bah, you haven't been much of a help so far.",
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"english": "Of course I believe you!",
"text": "Totta kai minä sinua uskon!",
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"english": "You know this, don't you!",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Finnish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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