kerrallaan
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkerːɑlːɑːn/, [ˈk̟e̞rːɑ̝lːɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -erːɑlːɑːn
- Syllabification(key): ker‧ral‧laan
Noun[edit]
kerrallaan
- third-person possessive form of adessive singular of kerta
Adverb[edit]
kerrallaan
- at a time (in a single, continuous period of time)
- Hän onnistuu olemaan tupakoimatta viikkoja kerrallaan, mutta antaa periksi ja aloittaa uudelleen.
- He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.
- at a time (simultaneously at each occurrence)
- Nuorena kiipesin portaita aina kaksi kerrallaan.
- When I was young I always climbed stairs two at a time.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kerrallaan”, 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