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jokin, indefinite pronoun

Word analysis
jonain

jonain

jokin

Indefinite pronoun, Singular Essive

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(indefinite) something. (indefinite, adjectival) some, one, a. what have you Fin:Nyt tarvittaisiin vasara tai jotain.Eng:Now we need a hammer or what have you. Show more arrow right In colloquial Finnish, the paradigms of jokin (used of non-human referents in the standard language) and joku (for human referents) have merged. Thus, colloquially, the word joku is used for the nominative singular and its plural form jotkut is used for the nominative plural when referring to both human and non-human referents, but for all other case categories, the forms originating in the paradigm of jokin (above) are used. This leads to the following pairs in colloquial usage:joku mies / jollekin miehellesome man / to some manjoku pöytä / jollekin pöydällesome table / onto some tableand the following pairs in formal usage according to the standard language:joku mies / jollekulle miehelle(meanings as above)jokin pöytä / jollekin pöydälle(meanings as above) Show more arrow right jollakin tavalla (adessive sg.) = somehowsomeway (or another)in some way (or another)(in) one way or anotherby some means Show more arrow right Pronoun stem jo- (see joka) + enclitic particle -kin. Show more arrow right

Example sentences

WikiMatrix; GlobalVoices Parallel Corpus; Europarl Parallel Corpus, sentence 2040.; OPUS; OpenSubtitles2018.v3; Tatoeba Parallel Corpus; Europarl; Tatoeba, sentence 3248530.; Tatoeba Jostakinhan täytyy aloittaa. We must start from somewhere. Jostakin hän sen saa. From somewhere he gets it. Jotakin olen unohtanut. I have forgotten something. En löydä jotain. I can't find something. Jostain keikasta? The phone goes. Jostakin täytyy aloittaa. Somewhere you have to start. Jossakin oli jotain outoa. There was something strange somewhere. Olen nähnyt jotakin outoa. I have seen something strange. Jotain on pielessä. Something is wrong. Hän antaa joitakin neuvoja. He gives some advice. Show more arrow right
jokin / something
SingularPlural
Nom - jokin jotkin
Par -ta jotakin / jotain / jotai joitakin / joitain
Gen -n jonkin joidenkin
Ill mihin johonkin joihinkin
Ine -ssa jossakin / jossain joissakin / joissain
Ela -sta jostakin / jostain joistakin / joistain
All -lle jollekin joillekin
Ade -lla jollakin / jollain joillakin / joillain
Abl -lta joltakin / joltain joiltakin / joiltain
Tra -ksi joksikin joiksikin
Ess -na jonakin / jonain joinakin / joinain
Abe -tta jottakin joittakin
Com -ne - joinekin
Ins -in - joinkin
joku / someone
SingularPlural
Nom - joku jotkut
Par -ta jotakuta joitakuita
Gen -n jonkun / jonku joidenkuiden
Ill mihin johonkuhun joihinkuihin
Ine -ssa jossakussa joissakuissa
Ela -sta jostakusta joistakuista
All -lle jollekulle joillekuille
Ade -lla jollakulla joillakuilla
Abl -lta joltakulta joiltakuilta
Tra -ksi joksikuksi joiksikuiksi
Ess -na jonakuna joinakuina
Abe -tta jottakutta joittakuitta
Com -ne - joinekuine
Ins -in jonkun joinkuin

jokin / something

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

jokin

jotkin

Par

-ta

jotakin / jotain / jotai

joitakin / joitain

Gen

-n

jonkin

joidenkin

Ill

mihin

johonkin

joihinkin

Ine

-ssa

jossakin / jossain

joissakin / joissain

Ela

-sta

jostakin / jostain

joistakin / joistain

All

-lle

jollekin

joillekin

Ade

-lla

jollakin / jollain

joillakin / joillain

Abl

-lta

joltakin / joltain

joiltakin / joiltain

Tra

-ksi

joksikin

joiksikin

Ess

-na

jonakin / jonain

joinakin / joinain

Abe

-tta

jottakin

joittakin

Com

-ne

-

joinekin

Ins

-in

-

joinkin

joku / someone

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

joku

jotkut

Par

-ta

jotakuta

joitakuita

Gen

-n

jonkun / jonku

joidenkuiden

Ill

mihin

johonkuhun

joihinkuihin

Ine

-ssa

jossakussa

joissakuissa

Ela

-sta

jostakusta

joistakuista

All

-lle

jollekulle

joillekuille

Ade

-lla

jollakulla

joillakuilla

Abl

-lta

joltakulta

joiltakuilta

Tra

-ksi

joksikuksi

joiksikuiksi

Ess

-na

jonakuna

joinakuina

Abe

-tta

jottakutta

joittakuitta

Com

-ne

-

joinekuine

Ins

-in

jonkun

joinkuin

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