ketä
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈketæ/, [ˈk̟e̞t̪æ]
- Rhymes: -etæ
- Syllabification(key): ke‧tä
- Hyphenation(key): ke‧tä
Pronoun
ketä
Pronoun
ketä
- (colloquial, dialectal) who
- Ketä sen teki?
- Who did it?
Usage notes
Use of ketä as a nominative form is strongly objected by some, and an oft-cited example of "incorrect Finnish" or "annoying language mistakes".
Inflection
Same as kuka/ken except for the nominative singular.
Synonyms
- kuka (standard)
Further reading
- “ketä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023