No. 303 in Finnish
riittää
"Riittää" means "to be enough" or "to suffice."
In a sentence
Tämä annos riittää meille kaikille.
This portion is enough for all of us.
In this sentence, 'riittää' is used to express sufficiency or adequacy of amount.
Riittää kun teet parhaasi.
It is enough if you do your best.
Here, 'riittää' conveys the idea of 'sufficient conditions' or satisfactory extent.
En tiedä riittääkö aika tähän tehtävään.
I do not know if there is enough time for this task.
In this case, 'riittää' questions the adequacy or sufficiency of time for a specific purpose.
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