käydä sääliksi
Finnish
editEtymology
editkäydä (“to come, become”) + sääliksi (“(into) pity”)
Verb
edit- (usually impersonal + genitive) to feel pity (for = partitive/nominative)
- Synonym: säälittää
- Minun käy sinua sääliksi.
- I feel pity for you.
Usage notes
editThe person who feels pity is in the genitive case, while the pitied person or thing is usually in the partitive case, although it may sometimes be in the nominative case.
Conjugation
edit- See käydä.
- Sääliksi is not inflected.