askare

Finnish
FWOTD – 22 November 2016

(index as)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: as‧ka‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑskɑreˣ/, [ˈɑs̠kɑre̞(ʔ)]

Noun

askare

  1. a chore (daily routine task), normally used in plural (askaret or askareet)
    • 1849 Kalevala, Yhdeskolmatta runo 21:1-4: (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg)
      Tuop' on Pohjolan emäntä, Sariolan vaimo vanha, / oli ulkona olija, / askareillansa asuja.
      There the mistress of Pohjola, / The old wife of Sedgeland waited. / She was busy out-of-doors / Tending to her household chores.
    • 1870, Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä: Kahdestoista luku (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola) :
      Ja loppui työ ja raataminen ulkona, jossa kaikki jo lepäsi kinosten alla, mutta pirtissä jo alkoi askare toinen, askare aapiskirjan kanssa tuolla pöydän ääressä.
      Work and toll outdoors were over, and everything was already resting under the snow, but a new labor began in the cabin: toil at the table with the ABC book.

Declension
Declension of askare (type askel)
singular plural
nominative askare
askar		 askaret
askareet
genitive askaren
askareen		 askarien
askarten
askareiden
askareitten
partitive askarta
askaretta		 askaria
askareita
accusative askare
askaren
askareen		 askaret
inessive askaressa
askareessa		 askarissa
askareissa
elative askaresta
askareesta		 askarista
askareista
illative askareen
askareeseen		 askariin
askareisiin
adessive askarella
askareella		 askarilla
askareilla
ablative askarelta
askareelta		 askarilta
askareilta
allative askarelle
askareelle		 askarille
askareille
essive askarena
askareena		 askarina
askareina
translative askareksi
askareeksi		 askariksi
askareiksi
instructive – askarin
askarein
abessive askaretta
askareetta		 askaritta
askareitta
comitative – askarineen
askareineen

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