siellä
Appearance
See also: siella
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *sigällä, the adessive case of *sikä- (the root of se extended with -ka; found in sikäläinen). Compare Erzya сия (śija, “there”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]siellä
- (static) there (when the speaker does not point at the place)
- Me olimme siellä.
- We were there.
Usage notes
[edit]- For the exact difference between siellä and tuolla, see the usage notes under tuo.
- siinä usually implies a more precise or exact location than siellä.
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “siellä”, 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 2023-07-01