vaatia itselleen
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vaatia (“to demand”) + itselle (“to oneself”) with a possessive suffix
Verb
[edit]- to lay claim (to say that something belongs to oneself)
- Spencerin yliopisto vaatii itselleen hiljattain julkistettua keksintöä.
- Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
Conjugation
[edit]- See vaatia.
- itselleen also receives a possessive suffix:
| Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | itselleni | itsellemme |
| 2nd person | itsellesi | itsellenne |
| 3rd person | itselleen itsellensä | |