tuntea kuin omat taskunsa

Finnish

Verb

tuntea kuin omat taskunsa (literally, “to know like one's own pockets”)

  1. (simile) to know like the back of one's hand

Conjugation

  • See tuntea.
  • omat taskut is in the plural and normally in the accusative case (which appears identical to the nominative case in the plural), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative.
  • In addition, taskut receives a possessive suffix:
Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person taskuni taskumme
2nd person taskusi taskunne
3rd person taskunsa