edessä
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inessive singular of esi-. Cognate with Estonian ees.
Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]edessä [with genitive and／or possessive form]
- (static) in front of
- Antonym: takana
- Hän seisoo talon edessä.
- S/he stands in front of the house.
- Hän seisoo (meidän) edessämme.
- S/he stands in front of us.
- Hän seisoo talomme edessä.
- S/he stands in front of our house.
Usage notes
[edit]- If the complement is a personal pronoun, edessä takes a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun (as is standard with possessive suffixes).
Adverb
[edit]edessä
- (static) ahead
- Antonym: takana
- in the way
- Synonym: tiellä
- En minä voi, kun olet edessä!
- I can't when you're in the way!
Usage notes
[edit]Can be used postpositionally (+ genitive) and/or with a possessive suffix (when the complement is a personal pronoun).
Inflection
[edit]Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)
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| Personal/possessive forms of edessä | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | edessä | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | edessäni | edessämme |
| 2nd person | edessäsi | edessänne |
| 3rd person | edessään edessänsä | |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.
Further reading
[edit]- “edessä”, 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 2023-07-02