maalata itsensä nurkkaan
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]maalata (“to paint”) itsensä (“oneself”) nurkkaan (“into a corner”)
Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic) to paint oneself into a corner
- Kuulustelussa Virtanen maalasi itsensä nurkkaan.
- During the interrogation Virtanen painted himself into a corner.
Conjugation
[edit]- for the verb, see maalata
- itsensä (= itse + third person possessive suffix -nsä) takes the possessive suffix according to the person of the subject:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | itseni | itsemme |
| 2nd person | itsesi | itsenne |
| 3rd person | itsensä | |
- nurkkaan is not inflected