pitää varansa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to maintain one's room/space”
Verb
[edit]- (intransitive, idiomatic) to watch out, watch one's step, be on one's guard, keep one's eyes open
- Muista pitää varasi, kun liikut kaupungilla.
- Remember to keep your eyes open when you're downtown.
Conjugation
[edit]- For the verb, see pitää.
- varansa 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 | varani | varamme |
| 2nd person | varasi | varanne |
| 3rd person | varaan varansa | |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to watch out etc.): olla varovainen