älä
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See ei.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]älä
- second-person singular imperative present of ei
- Juokse! -> Älä juokse!
- Run! -> Do not run!
Interjection
[edit]älä
- don't!, stop!
- (colloquial) wow, really? (expressing positive surprise)
- (colloquial, indicates agreement on the preceding statement) tell me about it! I know, right?
- Elokuva oli ihan hillitön! — Älä!
- The movie was hilarious! — I know!
- (colloquial, sarcastic) you don't say, (oh) really?
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “älä”, 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 2023-07-04
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ælæ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ælæ/2 syllables
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- Finnish palindromes
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish sarcastic terms
- Finnish verb negative forms