molempi
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See molemmat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]molempi
- (informal or dialectal, indefinite) both
- Olen kokeillut molempaa makua. mutta pidän suklaasta enemmän.
- I've tried both flavors, but I prefer the chocolate one.
- Molempi parempi! (jocular, colloquial)
- Same difference!
Usage notes
[edit]In standard language, only the plural forms are used independently (see molemmat). Yet, in colloquial language, the word is used with a full inflectional paradigm that distinguishes between singular and plural number, not unlike that of kumpikin (the standard-language equivalent for structures where the number distinction is useful).
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of molempi (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | molempi | molemmat | |
| genitive | molemman | molempien | |
| partitive | molempaa | molempia | |
| illative | molempaan | molempiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | molempi | molemmat | |
| accusative | nom. | molempi | molemmat |
| gen. | molemman | ||
| genitive | molemman | molempien molempain rare | |
| partitive | molempaa | molempia | |
| inessive | molemmassa | molemmissa | |
| elative | molemmasta | molemmista | |
| illative | molempaan | molempiin | |
| adessive | molemmalla | molemmilla | |
| ablative | molemmalta | molemmilta | |
| allative | molemmalle | molemmille | |
| essive | molempana | molempina | |
| translative | molemmaksi | molemmiksi | |
| abessive | molemmatta | molemmitta | |
| instructive | — | molemmin | |
| comitative | — | molempine | |