kotona
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The locative singular of archaic/dialectal koto (“home”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]kotona (not comparable)
- at home, at somebody's place; home (on arrival)
- Pekka on kotonaan. / Pekka on kotona.
- Pekka is at his home.
- Terve, olen kotona!
- Hello, I'm home!
- Pekka on Paulin kotona.
- Pekka is at Pauli's place.
- Ole kuin kotonasi!
Usage notes
[edit]- This word usually takes a possessive suffix, unless the occupant of the home is referred to with a noun or proper noun (see examples above).
- The possessive suffix is optional and usually omitted when the subject of the sentence is at their own home.
- The possessive suffix is not used in sentences in which "at" is omitted in English.
Inflection
[edit]| →○ | lative | (kotiin) |
|---|---|---|
| ○ | locative | kotona |
| ○→ | separative | kotoa |
| Personal/possessive forms of kotona | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | kotona | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kotonani | kotonamme |
| 2nd person | kotonasi | kotonanne |
| 3rd person | kotonaan kotonansa | |
Noun
[edit]kotona
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kotona”, 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 2023-07-02