Missä Tahansa – Anywhere Wherever

Wherever and anywhere are translated as missä tahansa, missä hyvänsä, missä vaan or missä vain. This is used with verbs such as asua, yöpyä, istua and maata; verbs that express a static location.

Mistä Tahansa – From Anywhere, From Wherever

While mistä tahansa gets translated as “from anywhere”, this is only one use of the elative case. In Finnish, the mistä-form is used with other verbs as well, such as tykätä (to like), puhua (to talk about) and hakea (to buy from). You can learn more about such verbs on our page on location case rections.

Mihin Tahansa – To Anywhere, To Wherever

The mihin form is used for movements to a place or towards a destination. It’s also used in more abstract cases, which you can read more about on our page about location case rections. Some more abstract verbs are e.g. sopeutua (to adapt to), palauttaa (to return to) and tutustua (to meet, get to know)

Kuka Tahansa – Anyone Whoever

Ketä Tahansa – Anyone Anybody Whoever

This is a tricky one! In much the same way as mikä and mitä, ketä is very hard to distinguish from kuka based on how it’s translated to English. Ketä is the partitive form of kuka, and ketä tahansa will be used in situations where you’d usually use the partitive, e.g. with partitive verbs (ketä rakastat, ketä autat) or with an object in a negative sentence (en valitse ketään) or with feeling verbs (ketä ärsyttää).

Keneltä Tahansa – From Anyone

Keneltä is the –lta form of kuka, so it means “from who”. It’s used with e.g. the following verbs: kysyä (to ask), pyytää (to request), and saada (to receive).

Kenelle Tahansa – To Anyone To Whoever

Kenelle is the –lle form of kuka, which refers to people. Some verbs that require an allative rection include antaa (to give), lainata (to lend), and sopia (to suit, to fit).

Kenellä Tahansa – On Anyone, Anyone Has

Kenellä is mainly used in the “I have” construction (e.g. kenellä on jano, minulla on jano). You can have the right (oikeus) or the opportunity (mahdollisuus), and you can also have a problem (ongelma), a friend (ystävä) or a thirst (jano). You can also see the shorter version of this: kelle tahansa.

Kenen Tahansa – Anyone’s Anybody’s

Kenen is the genitive form of kuka. It’s used for possession (kenen kirja? – whose book?). It’s also important when you’re using postpositions, e.g. kanssa (ystävän kanssa – with a friend), vieressä (ystävän vieressä – next to a friend) and takana (ystävän takana – behind a friend).