pitää silmäpeliä
Finnish
editEtymology
editVerb
edit- (idiomatic) to give someone the eye, make eyes at (to show flirtatious signs with one's eyes)
- Näin hänen pitävän silmäpeliä kanssani heti, kun astuin huoneeseen.
- I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the room.
Usage notes
editOther verbs that may be used instead of pitää include pelata (“to play”) and olla (“to be”).
Conjugation
editSee pitää; silmäpeliä is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.