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Finnish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ikään kuin
- (subordinating, + conditional) as if
Hän oli ikään kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään.- He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.
Kaikki oli ikään kuin unta.- Everything was as if a dream.
Petteri puhuu ikään kuin jotain tietäisi.- Petteri speaks as if he new something.
Usage notes
Sometimes ikään is placed after the word:
- kuin minä ikään ― as if (they were) me
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