paikan päällä

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Finnish

Etymology

calque of Swedish på plats

Phrase

paikan päällä

  1. (idiomatic) on the spot (where the events being discussed take place, with emphasis on someone particularly being there in person)
    Kävin paikan päällä katsomassa.
    I was on the spot in order to take a look.
    Meillä on toimittaja paikan päällä Pariisissa.
    We have a reporter on the spot in Paris.

Inflection

→○ allative paikan päälle
adessive paikan päällä
○→ ablative paikan päältä