toisensa
Finnish
Etymology
toiset (“others”) + -nsa (“3rd person possessive suffix”)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
toisensa (plural)
- (indefinite) each other, one another
- Me löysimme toisemme. ― We found each other.
- Te löysitte toisenne. ― You found each other.
- He löysivät toisensa. ― They found each other.
Usage notes
- Note that the nominative-looking form of this pronoun is the actual accusative form, i.e. it is used as the accusative plural:
Declension
- toisemme and toisenne are the first-person and second-person forms, respectively.
- All the cases, except for the nominative, genitive and illative, have a shortened form (see the usage notes of -nsa). Both the forms are accepted in standard Finnish.
Inflection of toisensa (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | — | toisensa | |
genitive | — | toistensa toisiensa | |
partitive | — | toisiaan toisiansa | |
illative | — | toisiinsa | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | toisensa | |
accusative | nom. | — | toisensa |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | toistensa toisiensa | |
partitive | — | toisiaan toisiansa | |
inessive | — | toisissaan toisissansa | |
elative | — | toisistaan toisistansa | |
illative | — | toisiinsa | |
adessive | — | toisillaan toisillansa | |
ablative | — | toisiltaan toisiltansa | |
allative | — | toisilleen toisillensa | |
essive | — | toisinaan toisinansa | |
translative | — | toisikseen toisiksensa | |
abessive | — | toisittaan toisittansa | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | — | toisineen toisinensa |