toisensa

toisensa

Finnish

(index to)

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)

Anagrams

• seisonta, tinaseos