vastaan

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.4 Postposition 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.5 Verb

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

• From vasta-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vas‧taan

[edit] Adverb

vastaan

1. Back.

   hymyillä vastaan = to smile back

   taistella vastaan = to fight back

2. ottaa ~ = to receive, meet, accept.

[edit] Synonyms

• (back) takaisin

[edit] Postposition

vastaan (+ partitive)

1. (of an opinion) against:

   • Oletko sotaa vastaan?
     • Are you against the war?

2. (of movement) towards:

   • Hän käveli minua vastaan.
     • S/he walked towards me.
   • tulla jotakuta vastaan = to pick sb up

3. (of movement) against:

   • uida virtaa vastaan = to swim against the stream

4. (in commerce) for; against:

   • Myisimmekö auton taloa vastaan?
     • Would we sell a car for a house?
   • kuittia vastaan = against a receipt

[edit] Inflection

Declension of vastaan noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative vasta- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive – – sublative – – accusative – – lative – – inessive vastassa – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative vastaan – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative vastakkain – translative – – oppositive vastatusten – instructive vasten vastoin abessive – – comitative – –

[edit] Antonyms

• (of an opinion: against) puolesta
• (of movement: against) mukana

[edit] Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• vasta-

[edit] Verb

vastaan

1. First-person singular indicative present form of vastata.