päästä omilleen
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]päästä (“to get”) omilleen (“on one's own”)
Verb
[edit]- to recoup one's investment, money etc. (to make back, as an investment)
- Hän pääsi hädin tuskin omilleen. Hän myi samalla hinnalla, jolla oli ostanut.
- He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
Conjugation
[edit]For the verb, see päästä; omilleen receives a possessive suffix:
| Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | omilleni | omillemme |
| 2nd person | omillesi | omillenne |
| 3rd person | omilleen omillensa | |