juolahtaa mieleen

Verb

 * 1) to come to mind, spring to mind, cross one's mind, occur to come or be presented to the mind

Usage notes

 * Normally used in the third person, since the thing that comes to mind is the subject of the sentence.
 * There are two alternative ways to indicate the person to whom something occurs (both can be seen above in the usage examples):
 * as an adverbial in adessive or ablative case
 * as a genitive attribute defining the word . If the person is indicated with a personal pronoun, a possessive suffix must be added to . The personal pronoun may then be omitted in the first and second person.