minä

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See also mina, and mīna

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mi‧nä
  • IPA: [ˈminæ]

[edit] Etymology 1

  • The same as the Finnish personal pronoun me.

[edit] Pronoun

minä (stem minu-, colloquially mu-)

  1. (personal) I.
[edit] Inflection
  • Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist.
  • In addition to the standard set of cases, minä and the other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, minut.
[edit] Usage notes
  • Although often omitted in written language (the verb shows both the person and the number), the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used. (cf. the usage of me, "we")
[edit] Synonyms

[edit] See also

[edit] Noun

minä

  1. (psychology, no plural forms) ego.
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[edit] Etymology 2

  • inflected form of mikä

[edit] Pronoun

minä

  1. (interrogative) Essive singular form of mikä.
  2. (interrogative) Essive plural form of mikä.
    • Minä päivinä sinä näit hänet?
      • On what days did you see her? (with essive used in expressions on Monday/Tuesday/etc., mikä is in the same case as päivä)
  3. (indefinite) Essive singular form of mikä.
  4. (indefinite) Essive plural form of mikä.

[edit] Anagrams


[edit] Karelian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mi‧nä
  • IPA: [ˈminæ]

[edit] Pronoun

minä

  1. (personal) I.

[edit] Declension