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Finnish
Etymology
ko- + -s + -ka; the lative of ko- (from Proto-Uralic *ku- ~ *ko-) with the interrogative particle -ka. Compare dialectal Erzya (kosk), (kosko, “when”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
koska
- (subordinating) because, since.
- Synonym: sillä (see its usage notes)
Koska et soittanut, lähdimme ilman sinua.- Since you didn't call, we left without you.
Koska meillä on joulu, juhla armas lapsien, eikä rasita koulu, syyt’ on olla iloinen!- Because we have the midwinter festival now, ...
Usage notes
| Negative contractions for koska
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| basic form
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koska
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| negative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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kosken
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koskemme
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| 2nd person
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kosket
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koskette
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| 3rd person
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koskei
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koskeivät
koskeivat
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These contractions are used with the indicative forms of the negative verb ei. These contractions with koska are not particularly common nowadays, perhaps due to potential confusion with forms of koskea. Thus it is more common to keep the two words separate.
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Adverb
koska (not comparable)
- Synonym of milloin (“when, at what time”)
Koska he tulevat?- When will they arrive?
Tiedätkö, koska he tulevat?- Do you know when they'll arrive?
Preposition
koska (rare, slang, nonstandard)
- Synonym of takia (“because of”) (as a calque of English prepositional because)
Miks sä oot kotona? Koska kuume.- Why are you at home? Because fever.
Derived terms
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Further reading
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kôska/
- Hyphenation: kos‧ka
Noun
kȍska f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ска)
- a big bone
Further reading
- “koska” in Hrvatski jezični portal