vaatia itselleen

Finnish

Etymology

vaatia (“to demand”) + itselle (“to oneself”) with a possessive suffix

Verb

vaatia itselleen

  1. to lay claim (to say that something belongs to oneself)
    Spencerin yliopisto vaatii itselleen hiljattain julkistettua keksintöä.
    Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.

Conjugation

  • See vaatia.
  • itselleen also receives a possessive suffix:
Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person itselleni itsellemme
2nd person itsellesi itsellenne
3rd person itselleen
itsellensä
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