käsillä

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See also: kasilla

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

käsillä

  1. adessive plural of käsi

Adverb

käsillä

  1. at hand
    Minulla ei ole sitä tietoa käsillä, mutta voin etsiä sen.
    I don't have the information at hand, but I can look it up.
    Käsillä oleva ongelma on hyvin vaikea.
    The problem at hand is a very difficult one.
    Käsillä olevalla ongelmalla ei ole helppoa ratkaisua.
    There is no easy solution to the problem at hand.
    He tiesivät, että takaa-ajo oli käsillä.
    They knew that a chase was at hand.

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

→○ allative käsille
○ adessive käsillä
○→ ablative –

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