"paikan päällä" meaning in Finnish

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Phrase

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], paikan päälle [allative], paikan päällä [adessive], paikan päältä [ablative]
Etymology: calque of Swedish på plats Etymology templates: {{calque|fi|sv|på plats|nocap=1}} calque of Swedish på plats Head templates: {{head|fi|phrase|head=paikan päällä}} paikan päällä
  1. (idiomatic) on the spot (where the events being discussed take place, with emphasis on someone particularly being there in person) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-paikan_päällä-fi-phrase-~zEFTRjq

Download JSON data for paikan päällä meaning in Finnish (1.5kB)

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    {
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        "adessive"
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    },
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          "text": "Kävin paikan päällä katsomassa.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "We have a reporter on the spot in Paris.",
          "text": "Meillä on toimittaja paikan päällä Pariisissa.",
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        "Finnish terms with usage examples"
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