mielissään

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of mieli (mielissä) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmie̯lisːæːn/, [ˈmie̞̯lis̠ːæːn]
  • Rhymes: -ielisːæːn
  • Syllabification(key): mie‧lis‧sään

Adverb

mielissään

  1. pleased, happy, glad, delighted (about = elative)
    Olimme hyvin mielissämme siitä.
    We were very pleased about it.
    Olimme hyvin mielissämme saadessamme häneltä kirjeen.
    We were very delighted to get a letter from him/her.

Usage notes

This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

Inflection
Personal/possessive forms of mielissään
no possessor —
possessor singular plural
1st person mielissäni mielissämme
2nd person mielissäsi mielissänne
3rd person mielissään
mielissänsä

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