Difference Between ”Paljon onnea” and ”Onnea”
Just started, but whats the difference between “paljon onnea” and just “onnea”, if they both mean good luck and congratulations
Posted Apr 3, 2022, 2:09 AM UTC
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To me paljon onnea feels like congratulating someone on a birthday or some other significant occasion. Onnea is more casual version of that. If I want to wish good luck I say onnea matkaan = luck be with you on your travels.
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The difference is paljon = a lot / many
Paljon onnea = many congratulations
Onnea = congratulations
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To build on the above. "Onni" (which is the basic word without the :ea ending, that implies there's a quantity of something) stands for both happiness and luck. Where as "onnittelut" means literally congratulations.
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Onnea is shorter than paljon onnea. That's pretty much it, absent other context.
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"Onnea" is more like jäätävä kuitti, more dramatic, you might see it in a movie.
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Paljon = a lot / many (and onnea = congrats/luck).
So it's basically many congratulations vs. congratulations
So is paljon onnea just the stronger verb?
Paljon onnea is not verb. Neither are verbs. Paljon just means many/a lot.
Yes. Atleast i almost never say onnea. I always say paljon onnea
I do the opposite, I mostly say onnea and almost never paljon onnea.