ottaa sydämelleen

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “to take onto one's heart”

Verb

ottaa sydämelleen

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to take to heart
    Hän todella otti asian sydämelleen, kun pyysin häntä harkitsemaan uudelleen.
    He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.

Conjugation

See ottaa. sydämelleen is not inflected, but receives a possessive suffix:

Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person sydämelleni sydämellemme
2nd person sydämellesi sydämellenne
3rd person sydämelleen
sydämellensä
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