puolesta
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]puolesta
Noun
[edit]puolesta
Postposition
[edit]puolesta [with genitive and/or possessive form]
- on behalf of, for
- Minun pitää käydä kaupassa äidin puolesta.
- I need to go to the shop for my mom.
- Kaikkien läsnäolevien puolesta...
- On behalf of everyone present...
- in favor of, for, pro
- Oletko ehdotuksen puolesta vai sitä vastaan?
- Are you for or against the proposition?
- Äänestätkö minun puolestani vai minua vastaan?
- Are you going to vote for me or against me?
Usage notes
[edit]If the head word is a personal pronoun, puolesta requires a possessive suffix. The personal pronoun may be omitted in the first and second person, in which case the person is only indicated by the possessive suffix, but usually the pronoun is also kept.
Inflection
[edit]| Personal/possessive forms of puolesta | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | puolesta | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | puolestani | puolestamme |
| 2nd person | puolestasi | puolestanne |
| 3rd person | puolestaan puolestansa | |
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “in favor of”): vastaan
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “puolesta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03