vakavissaan

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑkɑʋisːɑːn/, [ˈʋɑ̝kɑ̝ˌʋis̠ːɑ̝ːn]
• 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

• (serious(ly), in earnest): tosissaan

Further reading

• “vakavissaan”, 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 2023-07-04