tee-se-itse
Finnish
Alternative forms
- tee se itse
Etymology
Calque of English do it yourself
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteːˌseˌitseˣ/, [ˈt̪e̞ːˌs̠e̞ˌits̠e̞(ʔ)]
- IPA(key): /ˈteːˌseˌitse/, [ˈt̪e̞ːˌs̠e̞ˌits̠e̞]
- Rhymes: -itse
- Syllabification: tee‧se‧it‧se
Noun
tee-se-itse
- do it yourself
Usage notes
Used mostly in compounds, in which it is separated from the other components with a hyphen; for example, tee-se-itse + opas is tee-se-itse-opas, not *tee-se-itseopas.
Declension
Rarely inflected.
| Inflection of tee-se-itse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tee-se-itse | — | |
| genitive | tee-se-itsen | — | |
| partitive | tee-se-itseä | — | |
| illative | tee-se-itseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tee-se-itse | — | |
| accusative | nom. | tee-se-itse | — |
| gen. | tee-se-itsen | ||
| genitive | tee-se-itsen | — | |
| partitive | tee-se-itseä | — | |
| inessive | tee-se-itsessä | — | |
| elative | tee-se-itsestä | — | |
| illative | tee-se-itseen | — | |
| adessive | tee-se-itsellä | — | |
| ablative | tee-se-itseltä | — | |
| allative | tee-se-itselle | — | |
| essive | tee-se-itsenä | — | |
| translative | tee-se-itseksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | tee-se-itsettä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of tee-se-itse (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tee-se-itseni | tee-se-itsemme |
| 2nd person | tee-se-itsesi | tee-se-itsenne |
| 3rd person | tee-se-itsensä | |