-ittain
See also: -ittäin
Finnish
Suffix
-ittain (front vowel harmony variant -ittäin, linguistic notation -ittAin)
- Forms adverbs from nouns or numerals, that express a multiple of a quantity, often translated as by the or in their into English.
- Me myymme ostereita tusinoittain.
- We sell oysters by the dozen.
- Aukiolle kokoontui tuhansittain ihmisiä.
- People gathered on the square in their thousands.
- Forms adverbs from adjectives, that express a manner of doing something.
- Hän äänsi nimensä ruotsalaisittain.
- He pronounced his name in a Swedish way.
- Forms adverbs from adjectives, that expresses a point of view.
- Suomalaisittain Vancouverin olympialaiset menivät surkeasti.
- From the Finnish point of view the Vancouver Olympics went really badly.
Derived terms
Category Finnish terms suffixed with -ittain not found
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