eteen

Finnish

Illative singular of esi-.

eteen [with genitive and/or possessive form]

(of motion) (to) in front of, to the front of
Antonym: taakse

Mene talon eteen!
Go in front of the house!

Katso eteesi!
Watch where you're going!
(literally, “Look ahead of you!”)
for (the good, benefit or sake of)
Synonym: eduksi

Tekisitpä joskus jotain yhteiskunnan eteen!
I wish you would do something for the society once!
into the way (of) (also independently as an adverb)
Synonym: tielle

Älä tule eteeni!
Don't get in my way!
(figurative) across, in the way of (also independently as an adverb)
Synonym: vastaan

Nyt tuli ongelma eteen.
We came across a problem.

eteen

Declension of esi- (type 27*F/käsi)

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	esi-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	edes	–
inessive	edessä	–	temporal	–	–
elative	edestä	–	causative	–	–
illative	eteen	esiin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	edellä	esillä	distributive	–	–
ablative	edeltä	esiltä	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	edelle	esille	prolative	editse	–
essive	–	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	etenkin etenkään	–
comitative	–	–

Personal/possessive forms of eteen
no possessor	eteen
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	eteeni	eteemme
2nd person	eteesi	eteenne
3rd person	eteensä

(compounds):

See the inflection table above and the derived terms under esi-.