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Jiri
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kukaan or ketään

Post by Jiri » Wed May 08, 2013 4:52 pm

Hi, what is the difference between "ei kukaan" and "ei ketään"?
Recently I heard in one song: "Ei oo ketään suurempaa sinua" (there's nobody greater than you?) but in dictionary "Nobody" is "Ei kukaan".

Thanks for help.



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jahasjahas
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Re: kukaan or ketään

Post by jahasjahas » Wed May 08, 2013 8:08 pm

Kuka = who (nominative)
Ketä = who (partitive)

Ei kukaan = nobody (nominative)
Ei ketään = nobody (partitive)

And yes, your translation is correct. "Ei oo ketään suurempaa sinua" is a pretty poetic way of saying it, structure-wise. A more neutral word order would be "Ei oo/ole ketään sinua suurempaa".


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