Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinæ/, [ˈs̠inæ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -inæ
  • Syllabification(key): si‧nä

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Finnic *cinä, from Proto-Uralic *tinä. See the Proto-Finnic entry for more information on inflection.

Pronoun edit

sinä (stem sinu-)

  1. (personal) you (second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts), thou
Usage notes edit
  • Depending on the context, the pronoun can sometimes be omitted in written language if the text remains fluent – the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used (compare the usage of te (you pl)).
  • As in many other European languages, the second person plural te is used in formal contexts or when addressing an unfamiliar elderly person (see teititellä). However, this custom is not anymore as usual as elsewhere in Europe in everyday life – there is from time to time discussion whether this custom is inconvenient in modern society. However, a safe way to start conversation with an unfamiliar person, especially with an elderly person, is saying te.
  • When addressing another person in writing, sinä is often capitalized (Sinä).
Declension edit
  • Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms do not exist; the abessive sinutta and teittä is hardly used.
  • In addition to the standard set of cases, sinä and the other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, in this case sinut. This form would have been the nominative plural form of the first stem if the word were not a personal pronoun.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Kven: sie

See also edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

sinä

  1. (demonstrative) essive singular of se

Anagrams edit

Livvi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *cinä, from Proto-Uralic *tinä. Cognates include Finnish sinä and Karelian sie.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

sinä

  1. thou, you (singular)

Declension edit

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

See also edit

References edit

  • N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎[2] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 10
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 258

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *cinä, from Proto-Uralic *tinä.

Pronoun edit

sinä (genitive sinun, partitive sindai)

  1. you (singular)

Inflection edit

Inflection of sinä
nominative sing. sinä
genitive sing. sinun
partitive sing. sindai
partitive plur. teid
singular plural
nominative sinä
accusative sinun
genitive sinun teiden
partitive sindai teid
essive-instructive
translative
inessive sinus teiš
elative sinuspäi teišpäi
illative sinuhu teihe
adessive sinai teil
ablative sinaipäi teilpäi
allative sinei teile
abessive sinuta teita
comitative sinunke teidenke
prolative
approximative I
approximative II
egressive
terminative I
terminative II
terminative III
additive I
additive II

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “ты”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika