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Christian James Meredith OK, let's go with this then:
Niin makaa kuin petaa, ja niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.
Niin makaa kuin petaa, ja niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.
Maria Weidner what goes around, comes around. Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus. I guess?
Christian James Meredith Basic intended meaning, good! But I'll be tortuous and insist that you translate the Finnish into English literally xD
Maria Weidner But I can't translate the finish (and german) original into english. Sarah could do it, if you need the exact translation.
Maria Weidner ok, wait..as one calls into the forest, so it echoes back. 
(little help from the internet)
(little help from the internet)Christian James Meredith But it's the grammar structures in this phrase that are so lovely! 
"The way you call into a forest" works enough as the intended meaning for part of it, but that's not what the Finnish says (it does indeed mention forests, and calling/shouting, but the order of the phrase is wrong, and there's more to the whole phrase than that. It's actually two idioms put together).
"The way you call into a forest" works enough as the intended meaning for part of it, but that's not what the Finnish says (it does indeed mention forests, and calling/shouting, but the order of the phrase is wrong, and there's more to the whole phrase than that. It's actually two idioms put together).
Christian James Meredith Still correct for the intended meaning of part of it, but not the whole, and needs tweaking even for the part that it's right for.
Maria Weidner As you make your bed so lie on it and the forest answers as you shout into it.. oh dear, english!!! :/
Maria Weidner word by word: as you make your bed so you lie in it and so the forest answers as you shout into it
Christian James Meredith Maria very close! Your first as/like needs to be switched around, and "you shout into it" needs to be more.. impersonal I guess? Think di- verbs in Indonesian 
Christian James Meredith Ok, sorry the first bit before the forest gets mentioned *IS CORRECT*. You could just switch the two bits around to match the Finnish word order I guess, no big deal
Christian James Meredith The two bits are the so..../as.... parts of the phrase. (e.g. the entire sentence is: so... as... and so... as...).
What you currently have done is switched the first two so... as... phrases around into as... so... I think?
What you currently have done is switched the first two so... as... phrases around into as... so... I think?
Christian James Meredith Don't worry about your English, this game is after all for learning I guess
Maria Weidner we have ja(and) niin (how) metsä (forest) vastaa (answers) kuin (like) sinne (into, towards) huudetaan (is shouted)
Christian James Meredith No no, you had it correct before Maria, but the two halves of the phrases were around the wrong way
Christian James Meredith Let me show you what I mean:
Niin makaa kuin petaa, ja niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.
"as you make your bed so you lie in it and so the forest answers as you shout into it"
Makaa does not mean make a bed, and petaa does not mean lie in it.
Niin makaa kuin petaa, ja niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.
"as you make your bed so you lie in it and so the forest answers as you shout into it"
Makaa does not mean make a bed, and petaa does not mean lie in it.
Christian James Meredith Yes! Now you just need to use that so/as thing for the first phrase (bed making bits)
Christian James Meredith Maria Weidner the first part (about bed making) was correct, but each half of the phrase was around the wrong way
Christian James Meredith Ah the "shouts" there is unnecessary... Unless you want to say "shouted into" instead of "called into"
Christian James Meredith Oh, grouse! Gotta love how Facebook really wasn't made for this game hahaha.
Christian James Meredith Haha, I did the same too when i first saw the phrase. Makaa reminds me of "make" :-/
Maria Weidner yeah, maybe that's why! Ok, i'll go and learn another language, so I#ve something to post here
Ok, i'll go and learn another language, so I#ve something to post here 
Maria Weidner Sarah you've missed the finnish round! Ok, next round! Victor Wåhlstrand Skärström I can't tag Billy and Vincensiu! They don't appear anymore! 
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