No. 30 in Finnish
ennen
"Ennen" means "before" in English.
In a sentence
Ennen kävelyä syömme aamiaisen.
Before the walk, we eat breakfast.
In this sentence, 'ennen' is used as a preposition to indicate a time before another action or event.
Menin nukkumaan ennen kuin oli liian myöhä.
I went to sleep before it was too late.
Here, 'ennen kuin' is a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause indicating the time point before which an action happened.
En koskaan nähnyt häntä ennen.
I never saw him before.
In this example, 'ennen' is used as an adverb to indicate a general earlier point in time.
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