niellä ylpeytensä
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]niellä (“to swallow”) ylpeytensä (“one's pride”)
Verb
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- This can be used as a synonym for ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen, which is however a much stronger expression of submitting, giving in or surrendering to a person who has authority.
Conjugation
[edit]- See niellä.
- ylpeytensä is normally in the accusative case (which appears as either the nominative or genitive case depending on the context), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative. It also receives a possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ylpeyteni | ylpeytemme |
| 2nd person | ylpeytesi | ylpeytenne |
| 3rd person | ylpeytensä | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (swallow one's pride): ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen