toisensa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
toise- (“others”) with a possessive suffix
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
toisensa (plural)
- (indefinite) each other, one another
- Me löysimme toisemme. ― We found each other.
- Te löysitte toisenne. ― You found each other.
- He löysivät toisensa. ― They found each other.
Usage notes edit
- Note that the nominative-looking form of this pronoun is the actual accusative form, i.e. it is used as the accusative plural:
Declension edit
| Personal/possessive forms of toisensa | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | — | toisemme |
| 2nd person | — | toisenne |
| 3rd person | toisensa | |
- All the cases, except for the nominative, genitive and illative, have a shortened form (see the usage notes of -nsa). Both the forms are accepted in standard Finnish.
| Inflection of toisensa (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | toisensa | |
| genitive | — | toistensa toisiensa | |
| partitive | — | toisiaan toisiansa | |
| illative | — | toisiinsa | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | toisensa | |
| accusative | nom. | — | toisensa |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | toistensa toisiensa | |
| partitive | — | toisiaan toisiansa | |
| inessive | — | toisissaan toisissansa | |
| elative | — | toisistaan toisistansa | |
| illative | — | toisiinsa | |
| adessive | — | toisillaan toisillansa | |
| ablative | — | toisiltaan toisiltansa | |
| allative | — | toisilleen toisillensa | |
| essive | — | toisinaan toisinansa | |
| translative | — | toisikseen toisiksensa | |
| abessive | — | toisittaan toisittansa | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | — | toisineen toisinensa | |