ikinä

Finnish

(index ik)

Etymology

Essive plural form of ikä (“age”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈikinæ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧ki‧nä

Adverb

ikinä

  1. ever
    Oletko ikinä nähnyt mitään noin suurta?
    Have you ever seen anything that big?
    Mitä ikinä teetkin.. ― Whatever you do..
  2. (with the negation verb) never, not ... ever.
    En ole ikinä nähnyt mitään noin suurta.
    I have never seen anything that big.
    Älä ikinä sano mitään tuollaista hänestä!
    Don’t you ever say anything like that about her/him again!
  3. (with the negation verb) never ever (emphatic never)
    En ole ikinä edes suudellut häntä.
    I have never ever even kissed her.

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See also

Noun

ikinä

  1. Essive plural form of ikä.

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