vakavissaan

Finnish

Etymology

The inessive plural of vakava (vakavissa) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑkɑʋisːɑːn/, [ˈʋɑkɑˌʋis̠ːɑːn]
  • Rhymes: -isːɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): va‧ka‧vis‧saan

Adverb

vakavissaan

  1. serious(ly), in earnest (about = genitive + suhteen)
    Olen vakavissani tämän suhteen.
    I'am serious about this. / I mean it/business. / I'm not fooling around.

Usage notes

This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

Inflection
Personal/possessive forms of vakavissaan
no possessor —
possessor singular plural
1st person vakavissani vakavissamme
2nd person vakavissasi vakavissanne
3rd person vakavissaan
vakavissansa

Synonyms
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