No. 470 in Finnish
muualla
"Elsewhere."
In a sentence
Olen muualla tänä viikonloppuna.
I am elsewhere this weekend.
Here, 'muualla' is an adverb indicating the subject's present or future state of being in a different location than the speaker's reference point.
Ei tarvitse etsiä, se on jossain muualla.
No need to search, it is somewhere else.
In this sentence, 'muualla' specifies that the topic or the item being searched for is located at another, unspecified place.
Hän haluaisi asua muualla kuin täällä.
She would like to live somewhere other than here.
Here, 'muualla' functions to compare the current location with another, preferred location, implying a desire to be at that alternate place.
Minun täytyy etsiä avaimiani, koska ne ovat muualla.
I need to search for my keys because they are elsewhere.
Here, 'muualla' is used as an adverb to indicate that the keys are in a different location.
Hän asui ennen täällä, mutta nyt hän asuu muualla.
He used to live here, but now he lives elsewhere.
In this sentence, 'muualla' describes the new location that is different from 'here'.
Etsin ratkaisua täältä ja muualla, mutta en löytänyt sitä.
I searched for the solution here and elsewhere, but I didn’t find it.
In this context, 'muualla' is used to denote areas other than 'here'.
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