| - En osaa sanoa ovatko nuo kysymyksiä vai toteamuksia. | I can't tell if those are questions or statements. |
| Kerron toteamuksia. Sanot oletko eri mieltä vai et. | I'm going to present you with a series of statements, and I want you to tell me whether you agree or disagree. |
| Ajatus siitä, että yksi asia käy ja toinen ei, näytti vaativan jonkinlaista todistetta, ennen kuin voi tehdä sellaisen toteamuksen. | The idea that one is OK and one isn't just seemed to require something resembling evidence before you could make that statement definitively. |
| Teemme "ei kiveäkään kääntämättä" toteamuksen. | Fine, we'll make a "no stone unturned" statement. |
| Kohdatessamme väkivaltaa yksi nykyajan suosituista latteuksista ― on viitata Dostojevskin toteamukseen Karamazovin veljeksissä: | One of the great platitudes - which are popular today - when we are confronted with acts of violence - is to refer to Theodore Dostoïevsky's - famous statement from 'The Brothers Karamazov': |
| - Kuulosti toteamukselta. | Sounded more like a statement. Demands an answer. |
| - Se vaikutti toteamukselta. | - Yes. - Seemed like a statement. |
| - Ei. Se oli toteamus. | No.I was making a statement. |
| - Puku on ironinen toteamus. | - A suit's an ironic statement. |
| - Tuo oli todella neuroottinen toteamus, isä. | That's a deeply neurotic statement, dad. Really. |
| - Vuoden huonoin toteamus. | - That is the under-statement of the year. Alright! |
| Eräs Deepak Chopran toteamus on nostattanut minussa toiveita. "Ihmiset yrittävät parhaansa oman tietoisuudensa rajoissa". | And I am really encouraged by Deepak Chopra's statement that people are really doing the best they can given their level of awareness. |
