Finnish

Pronoun

molempi

1. (indefinite) both:

   Molemmat käännökset ovat oikein.

   Both translations are correct.

Inflection

Usage notes

• Even if it often takes place in spoken language, the singular usage of this pronoun is regarded an error, except for the idiom molempi parempi ‎(“both are equal”), but even that expression is considered somewhat jocular.

Synonyms

• kumpikin

Antonyms

• en/et/ei/emme/ette/eivät; älä/älköön/älkäämme/älkää/älkööt + kumpikaan

Derived terms

• (colloquial interjection, usually in a jocular meaning) Molempi parempi! = Same difference!
• adjectives: molemminpuolinen