siinä

See also: Siina

Finnish

Etymology

Etymologically formed from the old locative suffix -na rather than the standard inessive suffix -ssa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːnæ/, [ˈs̠iːnæ]
  • Rhymes: -iːnæ
  • Syllabification(key): sii‧nä
  • Hyphenation(key): sii‧nä

Pronoun

siinä

  1. inessive singular of se
    Seiso siinä!
    Stand (right) there!
    Se on juuri siinä missä se on.
    It's right there where it is.

Usage notes

  • Used as the regular inessive singular form of se, despite being morphologically irregular.
  • siinä usually implies a more precise or exact location than siellä.

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