siten
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
si- (“it”) + -ten (causative singular)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
siten
- therefore, thus
- Palkkaamme uusia työntekijöitä. Siten saamme lisää asiakkaita.
- We will hire new employees. Thus we will get more customers.
- in that way
- Tein siten kuin neuvoit.
- I did as you told me to.
- Makaa lattialla siten, että kasvosi ovat kohti kattoa.
- Lie on the floor in the way that your face is towards the ceiling.
Usage notes[edit]
- (thus): siten refers to a cause that is, temporally or locally, farther from the speaker, "there" – i.e., täten refers to a cause that is closer and that the speaker points at, "here".
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “siten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
siten
- second-person singular possessive of site