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.