No. 143 in Finnish
kymmenen
The Finnish word "kymmenen" means "ten" in English.
In a sentence
Kello on kymmenen aamulla.
It is ten o'clock in the morning.
Here, 'kymmenen' denotes the numeric time 'ten'.
Hän luki kymmenen kirjaa lomansa aikana.
He read ten books during his vacation.
In this sentence, 'kymmenen' is used as a quantity descriptor, meaning 'ten'.
Tämä tehtävä on kymmenen kertaa vaikeampi.
This task is ten times harder.
Here, 'kymmenen' expresses multiplication, 'ten times'.
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