ajallaan
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ajalla with a possessive suffix
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ajallaan
- in its time
- Muista, että ei ole tarpeen yrittää pakottaa asioita; kaikki tapahtuu ajallaan.
- Remember that there is no need to try and force things; everything will happen in its time.
- according to timetable, on time
- Meillä oli kaikenlaisia vaikeuksia, mutta talo valmistui lopulta ajallaan.
- We had all sorts of trouble, but in the end the house was finished according to timetable.
Inflection[edit]
Using forms other than ajallaan is optional.
| Personal/possessive forms of ajallaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ajallani | ajallamme |
| 2nd person | ajallasi | ajallanne |
| 3rd person | ajallaan ajallansa | |
Noun[edit]
ajallaan
- third-person possessive form of adessive singular of aika
Further reading[edit]
- “ajallaan”, 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 2023-07-02