Finnish

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Noun

tosi

1. The truth, reality, the real thing.

   • If not the subject of the clause, this word is seldom inflected. Some of the cases are considered adverbs:

   näyttää toteen = to prove.

   olla totta = to be true.

   ottaa todesta = to take seriously.

   todella = really, very.

   toden teolla = really.

   toden tullen = if push comes to shove, if things really get tough.

   tosiaan = really. (tosia + possessive suffix -an > -nsa)

   tosin = (it's) true.

   Hän on tosin viisaampi.

   True, s/he is wiser.

   tosissaan = serious(ly).

Declension

Adjective

tosi ‎(indeclinable; not comparable)

1. True.

   • If used in the meaning "true", this is used mostly in the nominative case (basic form) as a copula (with the verb olla).

   Tämä on tosi!

   This is true! / I mean it/business!

2. Real, serious.

   • If used in the meaning "real, serious", this is used as an attribute or as a modifier in a compound term.

   ryhtyä tositoimiin = to take serious action.

   tosiasia = a fact

Antonyms

• (true): epätosi

Derived terms

Idioms

• tosi kuin vesi = right as rain

Adverb

tosi

1. really, very

Anagrams

• isot, Isto, osti, soit, soti

Italian

Verb

tosi

1. second-person singular present indicative of tosare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of tosare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of tosare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tosare
5. third-person singular imperative of tosare

Anagrams

• osti, sito