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"word": "kuka vain"
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{
"english": "I am just/only a human.",
"text": "Olen vain ihminen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The shirt cost just/only two euros.",
"text": "Paita maksoi vain kaksi euroa.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"only, merely, exclusively, solely, just"
],
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],
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"just",
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"english": "whatever",
"text": "mikä vain",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "whenever",
"text": "milloin vain",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"ever (when used with an interrogative pronoun)"
],
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"ever",
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],
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{
"word": "tahansa"
}
]
},
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{
"english": "You went there, didn't you?",
"text": "Kävit siellä, etkö vain?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "This is it, right?",
"text": "Tämä on se, eikö vain?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"An emphatic word used with the negative verb and -kö."
],
"id": "en-vain-fi-adv-Aqxnltb-",
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"-kö",
"-ko#Finnish"
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]
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"english": "\"May I eat the last piece of chocolate?\" \"Go ahead (and eat it).\"",
"text": "\"Saanko syödä viimeisen suklaapalan?\" \"Syö vain.\"",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Definitely don't assume I ate the last slice of cake.",
"text": "Älä vain oleta minun syöneen viimeistä kakkupalaa.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"go ahead, be my guest (in positive); definitely (in negative)"
],
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"(with a verb in imperative) go ahead, be my guest (in positive); definitely (in negative)"
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"word": "sen kuin"
},
{
"word": "sen kun"
},
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"word": "ihmeessä"
}
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],
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"ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯n/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʋɑ̝i̯n]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑin"
}
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"Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin",
"Rhymes:Finnish/ɑin/1 syllable"
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"english": "I am just/only a human.",
"text": "Olen vain ihminen.",
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},
{
"english": "The shirt cost just/only two euros.",
"text": "Paita maksoi vain kaksi euroa.",
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}
],
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"only, merely, exclusively, solely, just"
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"merely",
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"exclusively",
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"solely",
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"just",
"just"
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"english": "whatever",
"text": "mikä vain",
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},
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"english": "whenever",
"text": "milloin vain",
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}
],
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"ever (when used with an interrogative pronoun)"
],
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"ever",
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"word": "tahansa"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You went there, didn't you?",
"text": "Kävit siellä, etkö vain?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "This is it, right?",
"text": "Tämä on se, eikö vain?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"An emphatic word used with the negative verb and -kö."
],
"links": [
[
"-kö",
"-ko#Finnish"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"Finnish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "\"May I eat the last piece of chocolate?\" \"Go ahead (and eat it).\"",
"text": "\"Saanko syödä viimeisen suklaapalan?\" \"Syö vain.\"",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Definitely don't assume I ate the last slice of cake.",
"text": "Älä vain oleta minun syöneen viimeistä kakkupalaa.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"go ahead, be my guest (in positive); definitely (in negative)"
],
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"go ahead",
"go ahead"
],
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"be my guest",
"be my guest"
],
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"definitely",
"definitely"
]
],
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"(with a verb in imperative) go ahead, be my guest (in positive); definitely (in negative)"
],
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"with a verb in imperative"
],
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"word": "sen kuin"
},
{
"word": "sen kun"
},
{
"word": "ihmeessä"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯n/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʋɑ̝i̯n]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑin"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"english": "all senses; also has other non-colloquial meanings",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "vaan"
}
],
"word": "vain"
}
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