No. 836 in Finnish
heinäkuun
"Heinäkuun" means "of July" in English.
In a sentence
Heinäkuun lämpimät illat ovat idyllisiä.
The warm evenings of July are idyllic.
Heinäkuun is used as a possessive form (genitive case) to indicate time or association, meaning 'of July'.
Heinäkuun alussa matkustimme perheen kanssa.
At the beginning of July, we traveled with the family.
Heinäkuun functions here as a reference to a specific time period with 'alussa' indicating 'in the beginning of'.
Heinäkuun jälkeen säät alkoivat kylmetä.
After July, the weather began to get colder.
Heinäkuun is utilized to signify 'after July,' where 'jälkeen' positions it temporally.
Heinäkuun aikana kävimme monessa kauniissa paikassa.
During July, we visited many beautiful places.
In this sentence, 'heinäkuun' is in the genitive case, indicating possession or association ('during July').
Odotan heinäkuun iltoja innolla.
I look forward to the evenings of July with excitement.
Here, 'heinäkuun' is used in the genitive case to describe ownership of the evenings ('July's evenings').
Heinäkuun sää oli tänä vuonna aurinkoinen ja lempeä.
This year's July weather was sunny and gentle.
In this instance, 'heinäkuun' modifies 'sää' in the genitive case to denote that the weather pertains to July.
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