pistää silmään
Finnish
Verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to stand out, to catch someone's eye [with genitive and/or possessive form ‘to’]
Conjugation
See pistää. silmään is not inflected, but might receive a possessive suffix:
| Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | silmääni | silmäämme |
| 2nd person | silmääsi | silmäänne |
| 3rd person | silmäänsä | |
Alternatively, a genitive may be used between the two words:
- pistää hänen silmään ― to catch his/her eye