syödä sanansa
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Finnish
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic) to eat one's words, to break one's word (renege on or take back what one has said)
Conjugation
[edit]- For the verb, see syödä.
- sanansa is in the plural and normally in the accusative case (which appears identical to the nominative case in the plural), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative. In addition, it receives a possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sanani | sanamme |
| 2nd person | sanasi | sananne |
| 3rd person | sanansa | |