keskenään
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeskenæːn/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠k̟e̞næːn]
- Rhymes: -eskenæːn
- Syllabification(key): kes‧ke‧nään
Adverb
keskenään
- between each other, among each other, with each other
- Jaoimme kakun keskenämme.
- We divided the cake between ourselves.
- Vaihdoitteko kakut keskenänne?
- Did you trade the cakes with each other / interchange the cakes?
- He vaihtoivat autoja keskenänsä/keskenään.
- They exchanged/interchanged cars.
Usage notes
- The word stem has also other forms used as adverbs or adverbials; see inflections at keski-.
- The singular forms are used chiefly in a jocular or sarcastic sense:
- Voit pelata tuota peliä keskenäsi.
- You can play that game with yourself.
Inflection
| Personal/possessive forms of keskenään | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | keskenäni | keskenämme |
| 2nd person | keskenäsi | keskenänne |
| 3rd person | keskenään keskenänsä | |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “keskenään”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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