No. 7 in Finnish
kuin
"As" or "than."
In a sentence
Hän on nopeampi kuin minä.
He is faster than me.
In this sentence, 'kuin' is used as a conjunction to compare two entities, specifically expressing that 'he' has a greater degree of speed than 'I'.
Teen sen näin, kuin opetit.
I do it like you taught me.
Here, 'kuin' functions as a conjunction introducing a manner or method comparison, showing how 'I' perform the task in the way 'you' taught.
Se ei ole missään niin kaunis kuin täällä.
Nowhere is as beautiful as it is here.
In this sentence, 'kuin' is used as a part of a correlative construction to equate levels of beauty, showing that 'here' is as beautiful as no other place.
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