kerran
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Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]kerran
- once (one, and only one, time)
- Synonym: (mathematics) yhdesti
- Tapasin hänet kerran.
- I met him/her once.
- once (formerly)
- Olipa kerran...
- Once upon a time...
- Karthago oli kerran mahtava kaupunki.
- Carthage was once a powerful city.
- a word emphasizing a reason or cause for something: when, since, because (often preceded by a conjunction like kun)
- Minäkin haluan jäätelön, kun kerran Iivarikin sai!
- I want an ice cream too, since Iivari got one!
Noun
[edit]kerran
- genitive singular of kerta
- Kun tapasin hänet ensi kerran, hänellä oli päällään vaaleanpunainen puku.
- When I met him for the first time he was wearing a pink suit.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kerran”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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