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"text": "Is s/he here?",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "Täälläkö hän on? (täällä + -kö)",
"text": "Is s/he here?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Tuleeko hän laivalla? (tulee > + -ko)",
"text": "Is she coming by the ship?",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "Millä sitten - veneelläkö? (veneellä + -kö)",
"text": "By what, then - on the boat?",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "Näkeekö hän? (näkee > + -kö)",
"text": "Does s/he see?",
"type": "example"
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"text": "Should s/he come here?",
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"(enclitic) Turns a clause interrogative. It is appended to the element of the clause that is questioned most. English equivalents include the normal ways of forming an interrogative statement without using an interrogative pronoun, such as the verb \"do\", inversion of the word order and intonation."
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"text": "En tiedä, tuleeko hän.",
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"text": "Pukeutuikohan hän tarpeeksi lämpimästi tänä aamuna?",
"type": "example"
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"english": "I wonder if he went to school this morning.",
"text": "Meniköhän hän kouluun tänä aamuna?",
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"(enclitic) With the particle -han/-hän attached to the topic of discussion, it expresses \"I wonder if\"."
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"english": "When are you coming by here?",
"text": "Olikko millon tulossa käymään?",
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"(enclitic, colloquial) In a question with an interrogative word."
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"ref": "Onko hän täällä? (on > + -ko)",
"text": "Is s/he here?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Täälläkö hän on? (täällä + -kö)",
"text": "Is s/he here?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Tuleeko hän laivalla? (tulee > + -ko)",
"text": "Is she coming by the ship?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Millä sitten - veneelläkö? (veneellä + -kö)",
"text": "By what, then - on the boat?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Näkeekö hän? (näkee > + -kö)",
"text": "Does s/he see?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "Pitäisikö hänen tulla tänne? (pitäisi > + -kö)",
"text": "Should s/he come here?",
"type": "example"
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],
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"do",
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"intonation",
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"(enclitic) Turns a clause interrogative. It is appended to the element of the clause that is questioned most. English equivalents include the normal ways of forming an interrogative statement without using an interrogative pronoun, such as the verb \"do\", inversion of the word order and intonation."
],
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"english": "I don't know if she comes.",
"text": "En tiedä, tuleeko hän.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I don't know if she sees.",
"text": "En tiedä, näkeekö hän.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"In indirect questions, -ko/-kö appended to the verb corresponds to the conjunctions if and whether in English."
],
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"if",
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[
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"(enclitic) In indirect questions, -ko/-kö appended to the verb corresponds to the conjunctions if and whether in English."
],
"tags": [
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"particle"
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{
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"Finnish terms with usage examples"
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"english": "I wonder if he put enough clothes on this morning.",
"text": "Pukeutuikohan hän tarpeeksi lämpimästi tänä aamuna?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I wonder if he went to school this morning.",
"text": "Meniköhän hän kouluun tänä aamuna?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"With the particle -han/-hän attached to the topic of discussion, it expresses \"I wonder if\"."
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"(enclitic) With the particle -han/-hän attached to the topic of discussion, it expresses \"I wonder if\"."
],
"tags": [
"enclitic",
"particle"
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"Finnish terms with usage examples"
],
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"english": "I suppose we'll get by somehow.",
"text": "Emmeköhän me jotenkuten tule toimeen.",
"type": "example"
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"particle"
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"english": "When are you coming by here?",
"text": "Olikko millon tulossa käymään?",
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"In a question with an interrogative word."
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"(enclitic, colloquial) In a question with an interrogative word."
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