vastaan
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Illative singular of vasta-.
Adverb edit
vastaan
- back (in return; in a manner that impedes)
Postposition edit
vastaan
- towards (+ partitive or (only with personal pronouns) possessive suffix) (in the direction of, especially when one is moving in the opposite direction, thus implying that both are moving towards each other)
- Synonym: vasten
- tulla jotakuta vastaan ― to come towards one; to pick somebody up
- Hän käveli minua vastaan. / Hän käveli vastaani. ― S/he walked towards me.
- against (+ partitive) (in a contrary direction to)
- Antonym: mukana
- uida virtaa vastaan ― to swim against the stream
- against (+ partitive) (as protection from)
- pinnoite likaa vastaan ― coating (to protect) against dirt
- (of an opinion) against, contra (+ partitive or (only with personal pronouns, uncommon) possessive suffix) (in opposition to)
- Antonym: puolesta
- Oletko sotaa vastaan? ― Are you against the war?
- against (+ partitive) (contrary to; in conflict with)
- periaatteitani vastaan ― against my principles
- (commerce) for; against (+ partitive) (in exchange for)
- Myisimmekö auton taloa vastaan? ― Would we sell a car for a house?
- kuittia vastaan ― against a receipt
Usage notes edit
- The possessive forms, which can only be used with personal pronouns, are optional. They are quite common in the sense "towards", but not so much in the sense "against (opinion)".
Preposition edit
vastaan (+ nominative)
Inflection edit
Declension of vasta-
|
Personal/possessive forms of vastaan | ||
---|---|---|
no possessor | vastaan | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | vastaani | vastaamme |
2nd person | vastaasi | vastaanne |
3rd person | vastaansa |
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
Related terms edit
- See the inflection table.
- vasta-
Further reading edit
- “vastaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
vastaan
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
vastaan