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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

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kanssa [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  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

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

Adverb

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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

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compounds

References

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