paljon

Finnish

Etymology

The genitive singular of paljo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑljon/, [ˈpɑ̝ljo̞n]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑljon
  • Syllabification(key): pal‧jon
  • Hyphenation(key): pal‧jon

Adverb

paljon (comparative enemmän, superlative eniten)

  1. a lot, plenty, much
    Antonym: vähän
    Minä rakastan sinua paljon.
    I love you a lot.
    Join paljon vettä.
    I drank a lot of water.
  2. (of time, somewhat informal) late (almost always with kello (“clock”))
    Onpa kello paljon!
    Look at how late it is!

Usage notes

  • Uncountable objects modified by paljon are in the partitive singular case, whereas countable objects are in the partitive plural.
  • paljon can sometimes take a case ending as in the following example:
    Paljollako vähenee?
    How much will the reduction be?
    (literally, “By how much does/will it decrease?”)
  • paljon in the sense “a lot, much” is not used very commonly used with units of time.

Derived terms

compounds

Adjective

paljon

  1. genitive singular of paljo

Further reading

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