siten
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Finnish
Etymology
si- (“it”) + -ten (causative singular)
Pronunciation
Adverb
siten
- therefore, thus
- Palkkaamme uusia työntekijöitä. Siten saamme lisää asiakkaita.
- We will hire new employees. Thus we will get more customers.
- in that way
- Tein siten kuin neuvoit.
- I did as you told me to.
- Makaa lattialla siten, että kasvosi ovat kohti kattoa.
- Lie on the floor in the way that your face is towards the ceiling.
Usage notes
- (thus): siten refers to a cause that is, temporally or locally, farther from the speaker, "there" – i.e., täten refers to a cause that is closer and that the speaker points at, "here".
See also
Further reading
- “siten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Noun
siten
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