vastaan
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Illative singular of vasta-.
Adverb[edit]
vastaan
- back (in return; in a manner that impedes)
Postposition[edit]
vastaan
- towards (+ partitive or (only with personal pronouns) possessive suffix) (in the direction of, especially when one is moving in the opposite direction, thus implying that both are moving towards each other)
- Synonym: vasten
- tulla jotakuta vastaan ― to come towards one; to pick somebody up
- Hän käveli minua vastaan. / Hän käveli vastaani. ― S/he walked towards me.
- against (+ partitive) (in a contrary direction to)
- Antonym: mukana
- uida virtaa vastaan ― to swim against the stream
- against (+ partitive) (as protection from)
- pinnoite likaa vastaan ― coating (to protect) against dirt
- (of an opinion) against, contra (+ partitive or (only with personal pronouns, uncommon) possessive suffix) (in opposition to)
- Antonym: puolesta
- Oletko sotaa vastaan? ― Are you against the war?
- against (+ partitive) (contrary to; in conflict with)
- periaatteitani vastaan ― against my principles
- (commerce) for; against (+ partitive) (in exchange for)
- Myisimmekö auton taloa vastaan? ― Would we sell a car for a house?
- kuittia vastaan ― against a receipt
Usage notes[edit]
- The possessive forms, which can only be used with personal pronouns, are optional. They are quite common in the sense "towards", but not so much in the sense "against (opinion)".
Preposition[edit]
vastaan (+ nominative)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of vasta-
|
Personal/possessive forms of vastaan | ||
---|---|---|
no possessor | vastaan | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | vastaani | vastaamme |
2nd person | vastaasi | vastaanne |
3rd person | vastaansa |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Related terms[edit]
- See the inflection table.
- vasta-
Further reading[edit]
- “vastaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
vastaan
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
vastaan
Anagrams[edit]
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