sahata omaa oksaansa
Finnish
Alternative forms
- sahata omaa oksaa, sahata oksaa jolla istuu
Verb
- (idiomatic) to saw off the branch one is sitting on, shoot oneself in the foot
Conjugation
- For the verb, see sahata.
- oksaansa is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases. It also receives a possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | oksaani | oksaamme |
| 2nd person | oksaasi | oksaanne |
| 3rd person | oksaansa | |
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