"Pidän koiraa" - I am holding (or keeping) a dog (for now). The case roughly translates to: some (of). "Pidän koiran" - I will keep the dog (for good). "Pitä

"Pidän koiraa" - I am holding (or keeping) a dog (for now). The case roughly translates to: some (of). "Pidän koiran" - I will keep the dog (for good). "Pitää" is one of these ancient words that means many things, but primarily: to hold, and Finns apparently think that to like something is to hold that which comes out of it! You would still say that the man is in the pharmacy (mies on apteekissa) but the stuff he found is from it (lääkkeet apteekista).