pelata jonkun pussiin

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Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

pelata jonkun pussiin

  1. (idiomatic) to play into someone's hands
    pelata omaan pussiinsato play into one's own hands

Conjugation[edit]

See pelata. jonkun stands for "someone", which is inflected in the genitive case. If the person is expressed by using a personal pronoun, pussiin receives a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be dropped if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun; see Appendix:Finnish possessive suffixes § Verb phrases for more:

possessor singular plural
1st person pussiini pussiimme
2nd person pussiisi pussiinne
3rd person pussiinsa