pallo on jollakulla

Finnish

Phrase

pallo on jollakulla (literally: "someone has the ball")

(idiomatic) the ball is in someone's court
Pallo on nyt sinulla. ― The ball is in your court now.

Usage notes

This verb phrase always has pallo (“ball”) as its subject. The "someone" is expressed in the adessive case (see the usage example).

Conjugation

The verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The infinitive forms are not used. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see olla.