pelata jonkun pussiin
Finnish edit
Verb edit
- (idiomatic) to play into someone's hands
- pelata omaan pussiinsa ― to play into one's own hands
Conjugation edit
See pelata. jonkun stands for "someone", which is inflected in the genitive case. If the person is expressed by using a personal pronoun, pussiin receives a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be dropped if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun; see Appendix:Finnish possessive suffixes § Verb phrases for more:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | pussiini | pussiimme |
| 2nd person | pussiisi | pussiinne |
| 3rd person | pussiinsa | |