tahansa
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]taha- + -nsa; the stem is from the same origin as tahtoa and is also seen in tai (archaic tahi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]tahansa
- any, -ever, either; used with interrogative pronouns (kuka, mikä, missä, milloin, millainen, kumpi etc.) to indicate that a choice between available options (which may be infinite) is indifferent or arbitrary in at least one respect.
- Mikä tahansa voisi saada hänet raivostumaan.
- Anything could infuriate him/her.
- Minkä tahansa valinnan teet, sillä on seurauksensa.
- Whichever choice you make, there will be consequences.
- Minulle sopii mikä tahansa, mitä sanot.
- Whatever you say is fine with me.
- Kenelle tahansa sen (sitten) annatkin, älä anna sitä minulle.
- Whomever you give it to, don't give it to me.
- Kuka tahansa saattaisi kysyä tätä.
- Anyone might ask this.
- Missä tahansa (sitten) asutkin, varo karhuja.
- Wherever you live, beware of the bears.
- Voit ottaa kumman auton tahansa.
- You can take either car.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tahansa”, 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 2023-07-03