pitää suunsa kiinni
Finnish
Alternative forms
- pitää suu kiinni
Verb
pitää suunsa kiinni
- (somewhat rude) to keep one's mouth shut, to remain silent
Conjugation
- See pitää.
- suu is normally in the accusative case (which appears as either the nominative or genitive case depending on the context), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in negative.
- In addition, suu receives a possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | suuni | suumme |
| 2nd person | suusi | suunne |
| 3rd person | suunsa | |