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edessä

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See also: Edessa and Edessae

Finnish

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Etymology

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Inessive singular of esi-. Cognate with Estonian ees.

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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edessä [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (locative) in front of, ahead 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.
  2. in the way (of) (also independently as an adverb)
    Synonym: tiellä
    En minä voi, kun olet edessä!
    I can't when you're in the way!

Usage notes

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  • 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

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edessä

  1. (of state) ahead
    Antonym: takana

Inflection

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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

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(compounds):
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See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.

Further reading

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