aikoinaan
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯koi̯nɑːn/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ko̞i̯nɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑikoinɑːn
- Syllabification(key): ai‧koi‧naan
Noun edit
aikoinaan
Adverb edit
aikoinaan
- at one time, once; in (its) time
- Itävalta oli mahtava keisarikunta aikoinaan.
- Austria was a mighty empire in its time.
- Olen saanut seurustella ihanan tytön kanssa aikoinani.
- I got to date a lovely girl once.
Inflection edit
Aikoinaan is the third person form of the adverb, which is also inflected in other persons, but unlike some similar adverbs such as mielellään, it may appear in the third person form even when referring to the speaker or their interlocutor: Olin aikoinani hyvä tanssija and Olin aikoinaan hyvä tanssija ("I was a good dancer in my time") are both standard.
| Personal/possessive forms of aikoinaan | ||
|---|---|---|
| no possessor | — | |
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | aikoinani | aikoinamme |
| 2nd person | aikoinasi | aikoinanne |
| 3rd person | aikoinaan aikoinansa | |
Synonyms edit
Noun edit
aikoinaan
- third-person possessive form of essive plural of aika
Further reading edit
- “aikoinaan”, 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