No. 97 in Finnish
maanantaina
"On Monday"
In a sentence
Tapaamme ystäviä maanantaina.
We will meet friends on Monday.
Here, 'maanantaina' functions as an adverbial expression of time, specifying the day of the week an event will occur.
Maanantaina satoi vettä koko päivän.
It rained all day on Monday.
In this sentence, 'maanantaina' specifies the day on which the described weather event occurred.
Yleensä käyn kuntosalilla maanantaina.
I usually go to the gym on Monday.
Here, 'maanantaina' indicates the routine day of the week when the subject goes to the gym.
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