puolestaan

Finnish

Noun

puolestaan

  1. Elative singular form of puoli + the suffix -an (3rd person singular and plural possessive suffix).

Adverb

puolestaan

  1. for one's part, as far as one is concerned, for oneself
    Useimmat haluavat pitää lomansa kesällä. Virtaset puolestaan pitävät talvesta.
    Most people want to have their vacations in the summer. The Virtanens, for their part, like the winter.
    Useimmat vastustivat ehdotustani. Hän puolestaan oli samaa mieltä kanssani.
    Majority opposed my proposition. He, for his part, agreed with me.
    Minun puolestani voit mennä pubiin sitten, kun olet tiskannut astiat.
    As far as I'm concerned, you can go to the pub as soon as you have washed the dishes.
    Puhu vain omasta puolestasi!
    Just speak for yourself!

Usage notes
  • puolestaan is a third person form
  • this term is used postpositionally in relation to its headword
  • the headword is in genitive (note that in the last example sinun (“your”) is omitted and omasta is an attribute)

Inflection
Personal forms of puolestaan
person singular plural
1st puolestani puolestamme
2nd puolestasi puolestanne
3rd puolestaan
puolestansa
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