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Valinnan vapaus wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:37 pm

You've failed at reading comprehension and/or attention span. If you're going to say something, don't say something that will confuse other learners.

please elaborate more.

Also, does selviäisi come from selviätä, meaning to survive?

selvitä + isi = selviäisi (becomes clearer, conditional sentence)
hmmmm... I just checked wiktionary and selvitä means becomes clearer, not clear
You always learn soemthing new.

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