No. 304 in Finnish
seitsemän
The Finnish word "seitsemän" means "seven" in English.
In a sentence
Minulla on seitsemän kirjaa hyllyssäni.
I have seven books on my shelf.
Here, 'seitsemän' is used to express the exact quantity of books.
He heräävät seitsemältä aamulla.
They wake up at seven in the morning.
In this sentence, 'seitsemän' refers to the specific time of seven o'clock, used with the case suffix '-ltä' to indicate 'at'.
Seitsemän on minun onnennumeroni.
Seven is my lucky number.
Here, 'seitsemän' serves as a noun referring to the numeral seven itself, treated as a subject of the sentence.
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