toisensa

Finnish

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Etymology

toiset (“others”) +‎ -nsa (“3rd person possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: toi‧sen‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoisensɑ(ʔ)/

Pronoun

toisensa (plural)

  1. (indefinite) [they ...] each other, one another

Usage notes
  • Note that the nominative-looking form of this pronoun is the actual accusative form, i.e. it is used as the accusative plural:
He näkivät toisiansa.
They were seeing each other. (nähdä + partitive "to (be) see(ing), meet")
He näkivät toisensa.
They saw each other. (nähdä + accusative "to notice, perceive by seeing")

Declension
  • All the cases, except for the nominative, genitive and illative, have a shortened form (see the usage notes of -nsa). Both the forms are accepted in standard Finnish.
noun case singular plural
nominative – toisensa
genitive – toistensa
toisiensa
partitive – toisiansa
toisiaan
inessive – toisissansa
toisissaan
elative – toisistansa
toisistaan
illative – toisiinsa
adessive – toisillansa
toisillaan
ablative – toisiltansa
toisiltaan
allative – toisillensa
toisilleen
essive – toisinansa
toisinaan
translative – toisiksensa
toisikseen
instructive (toisinsa)
abessive – (toisittansa)
(toisittaan)
comitative (toisinensa)
(toisineen)

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