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Finnish
Etymology
pari (“pair, couple”) kolme (“three”)
Numeral
pari kolme
- a couple of, two or three (indicates a small but unsure number, certainly more than one and very likely less than five)
Koko kesänä oli pari kolme aurinkoista päivää.- There were a couple of sunny days during the whole summer.
Käyn uimassa pari kolme kertaa viikossa.- I go swimming two or three times a week.
Lukuun ottamatta paria kolmea aurinkoista päivää koko kesän satoi.- Apart from a couple of sunny days it was raining the whole summer.
Käyn uimassa parina kolmena iltana viikossa.- I go swimming on two or three nights a week.
Declension
When this expression is used adjectivally, both words are inflected according to the headword; compare the last two usage examples with the first two ones.