See jos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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7
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4,
7
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4,
6
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"english": "now if ever",
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3
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0,
2
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],
"english": "if one thinks that way",
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},
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6,
9
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],
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11,
13
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"english": "it'll come if it'll come",
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20,
23
]
],
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23,
25
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],
"english": "I will buy a fancy car if I win the lottery.",
"text": "Ostan hienon auton, jos voitan lotossa.",
"translation": "I will buy a fancy car if I win the lottery.",
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},
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0,
3
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],
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0,
2
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],
"english": "If you could choose, which one of these would you take?",
"text": "Jos saisit valita, minkä näistä ottaisit?",
"translation": "If you could choose, which one of these would you take?",
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},
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0,
3
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0,
2
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"english": "If you listened for once, maybe we could get somewhere!",
"text": "Jos nyt kerran kuuntelisit, ehkä saisimme jotain aikaankin!",
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0,
2
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"english": "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?",
"text": "Jos metsässä kaatuu puu ja kukaan ei ole kuulemassa, kuuluuko siitä ääni?",
"translation": "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?",
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24,
27
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21,
23
]
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"english": "Who else could it be if not you?",
"text": "Kuka muu se voisi olla, jos et sinä?",
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28,
31
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30,
32
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"english": "What would have been your job if you had lived 200 years ago?",
"text": "Mikä olisi ollut ammattisi, jos olisit elänyt 200 vuotta sitten?",
"translation": "What would have been your job if you had lived 200 years ago?",
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}
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"english": "That, if anything, proves you are wrong.",
"text": "Tuo jos mikä(än) osoittaa sinun olevan väärässä.",
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39
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"english": "He's a plagiarist if ever there was one.",
"text": "Hän jos kuka(an) on plagiaristi.",
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"(subordinating) if (supposing that)",
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"english": "If you could come here to look.",
"text": "Jos tulisit katsomaan.",
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"ipa": "/ˈjos/"
},
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"ipa": "[ˈjo̞s̠]"
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],
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"Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
"Finnish terms suffixed with -s (adverbial)",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Finnish/os",
"Rhymes:Finnish/os/1 syllable"
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{
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{
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7
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4,
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4,
6
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"english": "now if ever",
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"english": "if one thinks that way",
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6,
9
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11,
13
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"english": "it'll come if it'll come",
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"collocation"
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"text": "tulee jos on tullakseen",
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20,
23
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23,
25
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"english": "I will buy a fancy car if I win the lottery.",
"text": "Ostan hienon auton, jos voitan lotossa.",
"translation": "I will buy a fancy car if I win the lottery.",
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},
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0,
3
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],
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0,
2
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"english": "If you could choose, which one of these would you take?",
"text": "Jos saisit valita, minkä näistä ottaisit?",
"translation": "If you could choose, which one of these would you take?",
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},
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0,
3
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0,
2
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"english": "If you listened for once, maybe we could get somewhere!",
"text": "Jos nyt kerran kuuntelisit, ehkä saisimme jotain aikaankin!",
"translation": "If you listened for once, maybe we could get somewhere!",
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0,
3
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0,
2
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"english": "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?",
"text": "Jos metsässä kaatuu puu ja kukaan ei ole kuulemassa, kuuluuko siitä ääni?",
"translation": "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?",
"type": "example"
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24,
27
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],
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21,
23
]
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"english": "Who else could it be if not you?",
"text": "Kuka muu se voisi olla, jos et sinä?",
"translation": "Who else could it be if not you?",
"type": "example"
},
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28,
31
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],
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[
30,
32
]
],
"english": "What would have been your job if you had lived 200 years ago?",
"text": "Mikä olisi ollut ammattisi, jos olisit elänyt 200 vuotta sitten?",
"translation": "What would have been your job if you had lived 200 years ago?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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"(subordinating) if (supposing that)"
],
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},
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4,
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6,
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"english": "That, if anything, proves you are wrong.",
"text": "Tuo jos mikä(än) osoittaa sinun olevan väärässä.",
"translation": "That, if anything, proves you are wrong.",
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},
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4,
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],
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18,
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],
"english": "He's a plagiarist if ever there was one.",
"text": "Hän jos kuka(an) on plagiaristi.",
"translation": "He's a plagiarist if ever there was one.",
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}
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],
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[
"if",
"if"
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"mikä",
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[
"mikään",
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],
[
"kuka",
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],
[
"kukaan",
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]
],
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"(subordinating) if (supposing that)",
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],
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"subordinating"
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"english": "If you could come here to look.",
"text": "Jos tulisit katsomaan.",
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"if, whether (used to introduce an indirect question)"
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"if",
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}
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈjos/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈjo̞s̠]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-os"
}
],
"word": "jos"
}
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