ajallaan
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