kaivaa omaa hautaansa
Finnish
Verb
- (idiomatic) to dig one's own grave
Conjugation
See kaivaa. omaa hautaa is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases. It also receives the possessive suffix:
| Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | hautaani | hautaamme |
| 2nd person | hautaasi | hautaanne |
| 3rd person | hautaansa | |