aikamääreenä

Aikamääreenä is a Finnish grammatical term that translates to "adverb of time" or "temporal adverb." It refers to a word or phrase that indicates when an action or event takes place. These adverbs provide information about the time, duration, frequency, or order of events.

Common examples of aikamääreenä in Finnish include words like "nyt" (now), "silloin" (then), "aina" (always), "joskus" (sometimes), "eilen" (yesterday), "huomenna" (tomorrow), "pian" (soon), and "myöhemmin" (later). Phrases like "viime viikolla" (last week) or "joka päivä" (every day) also function as temporal adverbs.

The position of an aikamääreenä in a Finnish sentence can be relatively flexible, but it often appears before the verb or at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis. Understanding aikamääreenä is crucial for comprehending the temporal aspects of Finnish sentences and for constructing grammatically correct and clear expressions of time. They play a vital role in specifying the temporal context of a statement.