täällä

Finnish

Alternative forms
  • täälä (dialectal)

Etymology

From *tägällä, the adessive case of *täkä- (the root of tämä (“this”) extended with -ka; found in täkäläinen).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtæːlːæ/, [ˈt̪æːlːæ]
  • Rhymes: -æːlːæ
  • Syllabification(key): tääl‧lä

Adverb

täällä

  1. (static) here (around)
    He ovat täällä.
    They are here.
  2. over here (in this place)
    Missä olet? --Täällä.
    Where are you? --Over here.

Usage notes

The word täällä is used when describing a location in which the speaker and listener are nearby. The word tässä is used when the listener is far away.

Inflection

See tämä.

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