etteikö

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Finnish

Etymology

Contraction of että + ei + -kö (“that + not + interrogative clitic”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

etteikö

  1. that ... not
    Ei mene päivääkään, etteikö hän valittaisi jostakin.
    Not a day passes that he does not complain about something.
    Ei ole epäilystäkään, etteikö hän läpäisisi koetta.
    There is no doubt that he will pass the examination.
    En voi kiistää, etteikö vähän jännittäisi.
    I cannot deny that I'm slightly nervous.

Usage notes

  • The interrogative clitic -kö does not, in this case, turn the sentence into a question. It serves as an intensifier and it can be omitted without changing the essential meaning of the statement:
    Ei ole epäilystäkään, että hän ei läpäisisi koetta.
    There is no doubt that he will pass the examination.
    En voi kiistää, ettei vähän jännittäisi.
    I cannot deny that I'm slightly nervous.
    Ei mene päivääkään, ettei hän valittaisi jostakin.
    Not a day passes that he does not complain about something.

Adverb

etteikö

  1. Used to start a rhetorical question that expresses amazement about or attempt to deny something previously said.
    Etteikö Suomi voittaisi keihäsmitalia?
    Why, what do you mean, is Finland not going to win a medal in javelin?
    Etteikö täällä saisi laulaa?
    What? Is it not allowed to sing here?

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