yleensä
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The illative singular of ylä- (yle-) with a possessive suffix; compare läpi > läpeensä and Estonian üldse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]yleensä
- usually, normally, typically, generally, on average
- Yleensä ei ole ollut tällaisia ongelmia.
- Usually there have not been such problems.
Usage notes
[edit]- May sometimes be translated with the verb "to tend" (to be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic)
- He menevät yleensä ulos lauantaisin.
- They tend to go out on Saturdays.
- Yleensä täällä on talvella lunta.
- It tends to snow here in winter.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yleensä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01