No. 301 in Finnish
päivänä
"Päivänä" means "on (a) day" in English.
In a sentence
Tuona päivänä satoi vettä koko ajan.
On that day, it rained all the time.
The word 'päivänä' is in the essive case, specifying a particular day during which the action took place.
Hänet muistetaan suurena johtajana vielä tänäkin päivänä.
He is still remembered as a great leader even today.
The word 'päivänä' in this sentence is in the essive case, referring to 'today' as a time reference for ongoing remembrance.
Ystäväni syntymäpäivänä leivoimme ison kakun.
On my friend's birthday, we baked a big cake.
The word 'päivänä' is used in the essive case, denoting the specific day of the birthday during which the action occurred.
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