vakavissaan
Finnish
Etymology
The inessive plural of vakava (vakavissa) with a possessive suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkɑʋisːɑːn/, [ˈʋɑ̝kɑ̝ˌʋis̠ːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -isːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): va‧ka‧vis‧saan
Adverb
vakavissaan
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 vakavissaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vakavissani | vakavissamme |
| 2nd person | vakavissasi | vakavissanne |
| 3rd person | vakavissaan vakavissansa | |
Synonyms
- (serious(ly), in earnest): tosissaan
Further reading
- “vakavissaan”, 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 2023-07-04
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