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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
aikoinaan
- third-person possessive form of essive plural of aika
Adverb
aikoinaan
- at one time, once; in (its) time
Itävalta oli mahtava keisarikunta aikoinaan.- Austria was a mighty empire in its time.
Olen saanut seurustella ihanan tytön kanssa aikoinani.- I got to date a lovely girl once.
Inflection
Aikoinaan is the third person form of the adverb, which is also inflected in other persons, but unlike some similar adverbs such as mielellään, it may appear in the third person form even when referring to the speaker or their interlocutor: Olin aikoinani hyvä tanssija and Olin aikoinaan hyvä tanssija ("I was a good dancer in my time") are both standard.
Synonyms
Noun
aikoinaan
- third-person possessive form of essive plural of aika
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