vastassa
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inessive singular of vasta-.
Postposition[edit]
vastassa (+ partitive and/or possessive suffix)
- opposite, across
- in the way (of)
- faced with
- Nyt on vastassasi Pahatar, prinssi, ja kaikki helvetin voimat!
- Now you shall deal with me, fair prince, and all the powers of hell!
- waiting (for), to receive, in reception (of)
- against (of a position, touching)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of vasta-
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- A possessive suffix can be used if the complement is a personal pronoun (which can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun). Alternatively the partitive form of the personal pronoun may be used.
Personal/possessive forms of vastassa | ||
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no possessor | vastassa | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | vastassani | vastassamme |
2nd person | vastassasi | vastassanne |
3rd person | vastassaan vastassansa |
Further reading[edit]
- “vastassa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
vastassa