kanssa

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduced form of kansassa, the inessive singular form of kansa (which see for more). Compare Estonian kaasa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kans‧sa

Postposition

kanssa (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. with (in the company of; alongside, close to; near to)
    Syön Timon kanssa.
    I eat with Timo.
    Tuletko syömään (meidän) kanssamme?
    Will you come and eat with us?
    Menemme ostoksille mummoni kanssa.
    We are going shopping with my grandma.
  2. with (in support of)
    Synonyms: puolesta, (verb) tukea, (verb) kannattaa
    Sinun kansasi on kanssasi.
    Your people are with you.

Inflection
Personal/possessive forms of kanssa
no possessor kanssa
possessor singular plural
1st person kanssani kanssamme
2nd person kanssasi kanssanne
3rd person kanssaan
kanssansa

Adverb

kanssa

  1. (informal or dialectal) also, too, likewise
    Synonyms: myös, -kin
    Herään kanssa ennen (kello) kuutta.
    I also wake up before six o' clock.

Derived terms
compounds

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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