No. 313 in Finnish
elokuuta
"Elokuuta" means "August" in English, in the partitive case.
In a sentence
Elokuuta vietetään kesän loppupuolella.
August is observed during the latter part of summer.
Elokuuta is used to indicate the month of August as the object in the partitive case, emphasizing an ongoing state or event.
Hän syntyi elokuuta.
She was born in August.
Elokuuta here is used in the partitive case to indicate the time of an event, specifically denoting the month.
Valmistujaiset järjestettiin elokuuta.
The graduation ceremony was held in August.
Elokuuta functions similarly here, again indicating a temporal context as the object of the action.
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