Inessive singular ofesi-. Cognate withEstonianees.
- IPA(key): /ˈedesːæ/,[ˈe̞de̞s̠ːæ]
- Rhymes:-edesːæ
- Syllabification(key):e‧des‧sä
- Hyphenation(key):edes‧sä
edessä [withgenitive and/orpossessive form]
- (locative)in front of,ahead of
- Antonym:takana
Hän seisoo talonedessä.- S/he standsin front of the house.
Hän seisoo (meidän)edessämme.- S/he standsin front of us.
Hän seisoo talommeedessä.- S/he standsin front of our house.
- in the way (of)(also independently as an adverb)
- Synonym:tiellä
En minä voi, kun oletedessä!- I can't when you'rein the way!
- If the complement is a personal pronoun,edessä takes a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be omitted if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun (as is standard with possessive suffixes).
edessä
- (of state)ahead
- Antonym:takana
Declension of esi- (type 27*F/ käsi) |
See the inflection table above and the derived terms underesi-.
