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Moni
moni
moni
Cicipu
Noun
moni
Reference
- Stuart McGill, Markus Yabani, Cicipu dictionary (with English and Hausa finderlists), version 0.1
Finnish
Pronoun
moni
- (indefinite, as a modifier) Many.
- Moni opiskelija joutuu elämään toimeentulon rajoilla.
- Many students are forced to live at the subsistence level.
- Moni opiskelija joutuu elämään toimeentulon rajoilla.
- (indefinite, without a noun, refers often to people) Many people.
- As a modifier in a compound term, signifies poly-, multi- or many-.
- Together with determiner aika or melko, may also be translated as few.
- Join aika monta olutta.
- I had quite a few beers.
- Melko moni tahtoo olutta.
- Quite a few people want beer.
- Join aika monta olutta.
Declension
| Declension of moni (type tiili)
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- ) declension type number 23 (tiili); except of colloquial essive singular form monna.
Usage notes
When used as the grammatical subject in a sentence the use of moni differs according to the linguistic style.
In written Finnish, moni is the plural marker and the following noun (if any) and verb are in the singular.
In spoken Finnish the plural form "monet" is used and the modified noun and the following verb are plural.
- moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi (written language style)
- many children eat porridge for breakfast
- =many a child eats porridge for breakfast
- many children eat porridge for breakfast
- monet lapset syövät puuroa aamiaiseksi (spoken language style)
- many children eat porridge for breakfast
When used as the grammatical object in a sentence, both moni and the noun it qualifies follow the case dictated by the verb.
- pystyn vaikuttamaan moniin ihmisiin.. (illative case dictated by vaikuttaa)
- I'm able to influence many people..
- rakastan monta ihmistä (partitive case dictated by rakastaa)
- I love many people
Synonyms
- (many): usea