täältä

Finnish

Etymology

From *tägältä, the ablative case of *täkä- (the root of tämä (“this”) extended with -ka; found in täkäläinen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæːltæ/, [ˈt̪æːl̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -æːltæ
  • Syllabification(key): tääl‧tä
  • Hyphenation(key): tääl‧tä

Adverb

täältä

  1. from here, hence

Usage notes

The difference between täältä and tästä depends on the context. Usually tästä implies a more precise or exact location than täältä. In some other cases, tästä is used when describing a location in which the speaker and listener are nearby, and täältä is used when the listener is far away.

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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