siis
Estonian edit
Adverb edit
siis (not comparable)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
sii- + -s (s-lative singular). Related to Moksha сяс (śas).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
siis
- therefore, so, thus (consequently, for that reason, as a result of which)
- Ajattelen, siis olen.
- I think, therefore I am.
- I mean, so (when clarifying or elaborating)
- Hän oli siis oikeassa.
- So she was right.
- Tiedätte siis laulun sanat?
- So, you guys know the lyrics of the song?
- Tarkoitin siis, ettei tässä ole mitään syytä huoleen.
- What I meant is that there is nothing to worry about.
- as in, in the sense of
- kuusi, siis puu, (...) ― kuusi, as in the tree [spruce], (...)
- so (used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question)
- Synonym: eli (always as the first word in this sense)
- Siis miten se nyt menikään?
- So how did it go again?
Further reading edit
- “siis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Lative of se. Akin to Finnish siis and Estonian siis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsiːs/, [ˈs̠iːz̠]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsiːs/, [ˈʃiːʒ̥]
- Rhymes: -iːs
- Hyphenation: siis
Conjunction edit
siis
- so, thus
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:
- Paino voip olla vahva, poolivahva ja slaaboi, siis sitä voip sannoa i painottomaks.
- The stress may be strong, half-strong and weak, so it's possible to say it as unstressed.
- so that
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:
- Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää.
- Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
- then, afterwards
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Siis höö näyttiit meille poolen, kus ono linna, vaikko linnaa metsän takant bygrält ei näkynt.
- Then they showed us the direction, where the city is, even though the city wasn't visible from the hillock from behind the forest.
References edit
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