Don't know Finnish, but words and expressions change meaning by context, not to mention the tone used in spoken language, which often gets lost in written words

Don't know Finnish, but words and expressions change meaning by context, not to mention the tone used in spoken language, which often gets lost in written words, that's probably how. It's interesting to think of differences between languages and how that influences culture. For instance in Chinese the verbs themselves do not change to express tense. Expressing tense, for example "I will do that", is made by usage of adverbs or putting the words in the proper context. Asian cultures apparently have a preference towards living in the present, probably more than any other cultures. Think Buddhism.