jälkeen

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjælkeːn/, [ˈjælk̟e̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ælkeːn
  • Syllabification(key): jäl‧keen
  • Hyphenation(key): jäl‧keen

Noun

jälkeen

  1. illative singular of jälki

Postposition

jälkeen [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. (temporal) after, since
    Hän tulee kymmenen jälkeen.
    He comes after ten o'clock.
    En ole kävellyt kauppaan sen jälkeen, kun ostin auton. / En ole kävellyt kauppaan auton ostamisen jälkeen.
    I have not walked to the grocery store ever since I bought the car.
    (literally, “I have not walked to the grocery store after [the fact] that I bought the car.”)
  2. after, following
    Synonym: (more often) perässä
    sinun jälkeesi ― after you

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of jälkeen
no possessor jälkeen
possessor singular plural
1st person jälkeeni jälkeemme
2nd person jälkeesi jälkeenne
3rd person jälkeensä

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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