ajan

Finnish

Noun

ajan

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of aika
2. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular of aika

Postposition

ajan (+ genitive)

1. for, during, throughout (a period of time)

   kahden vuoden ajan

   during two years

   Liike oli niitä harvoja, jotka pystyivät olemaan auki sodan ajan.

   The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.

   Seuraavien kahden vuoden ajan sinä olet Mongolian lähetystömme päällikkö.

   For the next two years you will be the head of our Mongolian embassy.

   Asuin 1970-luvun (ajan) vanhempieni luona.

   I lived with my parents during the 1970s.

Usage notes

• Ajan indicates that a situation or activity continued or continues during the whole of a specified length of time. To refer to an unspecified period of time or to an event that happened or happens during a specified period but at an unspecified moment, aikana may be used.
• This construction may replaced with the accusative case if the definition of time period is exact in itself.

Etymology 2

Verb

ajan

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of ajaa

   Minä ajan.

   I drive.

   I'll drive.

   I'm driving.

Anagrams

• Anja, jaan, jana

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Occitan

Verb

ajan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of aver

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxan/ [ˈa.xãn]

Verb

ajan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ajar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of ajar.