viereen
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]viereen
Postposition
[edit]viereen [with genitive and/or possessive form]
- (to) next to
- Near-synonym: vierelle
- Oli huono ajatus rakentaa kirkon viereen huoltoasema.
- It was a bad idea to build a gas station next to the church.
- Saanko istua viereesi?
- May I sit down next to you?
Usage notes
[edit]For the differences between viereen and vierelle, see vierellä.
Inflection
[edit]| Personal/possessive forms of viereen | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | viereen | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | viereeni | viereemme |
| 2nd person | viereesi | viereenne |
| 3rd person | viereensä | |
| →○ | illative | viereen |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | inessive | vieressä |
| ○→ | elative | vierestä |
Further reading
[edit]- “viereen”, 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 2023-07-04