isoisä

grandfather

🗣 i-so-i-sä

📝 Literally 'big father'. Informally also 'vaari' or 'pappa'.

Word Forms & Endings

Form Meaning Grammar
isoisä grandfather (base form) —
isoisän grandfather's genitive
isoisää grandfather (partitive) partitive
isoisällä grandfather has adessive

Example Phrases

Isoisä asuu yksin.

Grandfather lives alone.

Isoisäni on kahdeksankymmentä vuotta vanha.

My grandfather is eighty years old.