paikalla
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑi̯kɑlːɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯kɑ̝lːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑikɑlːɑ
- Syllabification(key): pai‧kal‧la
Adverb
paikalla
- in attendance, present
- Onko Virtanen paikalla?
- Is Virtanen present?
- Ovatko kaikki paikalla?
- Is everyone present?
- Poliisi on paikalla.
- The police are present.
- (rare) on the spot, at once
- Ulos täältä, paikalla!
- Out of here, at once!
- used as fortifier to the word heti (“at once”) to underline urgency
- Lopeta tuo heti paikalla!
- Stop that right away.
- in (its) place; usually with a personal suffix, also in plural.
- Onko kaikki paikallaan?
- Is everything in its place?
- Ovatko kaikki tavarat paikoillaan?
- Is everything in its place?
- (literally, “Are all things in their places?”)
- Pysy paikallasi!
- Stay where you are!
- Pysykää paikoillanne!
- Stay where you are!
Further reading
- “paikalla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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