kunnon
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kunnon (not comparable, indeclinable, only used attributively)
- proper, real, true, decent
- Synonyms: aimo, kelpo, kunnollinen, tosi
- Tekee hyvää saada kunnon hampurilainen kaiken sen kasvimössön jälkeen.
- It's good to get a real hamburger after all that veggie stuff.
- Hän on kunnon mies.
- He's a decent man.
- Teen hyvää työtä, mutta haluan siitä myös kunnon korvauksen.
- I do a good job, but I also want a proper remuneration for it.
- kunnon amerikkalainen ― all-American
Usage notes edit
Only used attributively.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
kunnon
Further reading edit
- “kunnon”, 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 2023-07-02
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kunnōną, akin to Old English cunnian.
Verb edit
kunnon
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kunnon (weak class 2)
infinitive | kunnon | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | kunnon | kunnoda |
2nd person singular | kunnos | kunnodes |
3rd person singular | kunnod | kunnoda |
plural | kunniod | kunnodun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | kunno | kunnodi |
2nd person singular | kunnos | kunnodis |
3rd person singular | kunno | kunnodi |
plural | kunnion | kunnodin |
imperative | present | |
singular | kunno | |
plural | kunniod | |
participle | present | past |
kunnondi | gikunnod, kunnod |