käydä sääliksi

Finnish

Etymology

käydä (“to come, become”) + sääliksi (“(into) pity”)

Verb

käydä sääliksi

  1. (usually impersonal + genitive) to feel pity [with partitive or nominative ‘for’]
    Synonym: säälittää
    Minun käy sinua sääliksi.
    I feel pity for you.

Usage notes

The 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

  • See käydä.
  • Sääliksi is not inflected.
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