Meaning of pain | Babel Free
/ˈpæi̯n/Määritelmät
- against, towards, -wards, to [with partitive] (indicating movement or direction straight towards something)
-
instructive plural of pää form-of, instructive, plural
-
genitive singular form-of, genitive, singular
- towards, to, -wards, for [with illative] (indicating the direction of change)
-
instructive plural form-of, instructive, plural
- Used to indicate approximate direction or location; multiple translations into English are possible; may not correspond to any word in the English translation if the direction is indicated in some other way.
Esimerkit
“ajaa punaisia päin”
to jump the reds
“törmätä puuta päin”
to crash against/into a tree
“paranemaan päin”
getting better, improving [e.g. of one's health after an illness]
“Auto tuli suoraan minua päin.”
The car drove straight towards me.
“Olemme menossa parempia aikoja päin.”
We are heading towards better times.
“Hän kääntyi minuun päin ja sanoi...”
He turned to me and said...
“Tämä on selvä muutos parempaan päin.”
This is a clear change for the better.
“Sairas on toipumaan päin.”
The patient is getting better.
“Vaimo on pieniin päin”
My wife is expecting a baby.
“tänne päin”
this way, in this direction
“ylös päin”
up, upwards
“jossakin päin Suomea”
somewhere in Finland
“jossain tuolla päin”
somewhere in that direction
“Turussa päin”
somewhere near Turku
“Tuulee mereltä päin.”
The wind blows from (the direction of) the sea.
“Mistä päin Yhdysvaltoja olet kotoisin?”
Whereabouts in the United States are you from?
“Meillä päin tuollaisia ihmisiä kutsutaan poroiksi.”
Where I live that sort of people are called reindeer.
“Ikkuna on kadulle päin.”
The window is facing the street.
“Vastauksesi ei ole sinne päinkään.”
Your answer is not even close.
“Lähden juuri ajamaan Helsinkiin päin.”
I'm just starting to drive towards Helsinki.
“verissä päin”
with one's head bleeding
“paljain päin”
with a bare head [i.e. without a hat or any other headwear on]
“kasapäin”
heapmeal; in abundance
CEFR-taso
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.