No. 28 in Finnish
sitten
"Then," "after that," "since," or "ago" (context-dependent).
In a sentence
Tulimme kotiin tunti sitten.
We came home an hour ago.
Here, 'sitten' is used to indicate a point in time in the past, paired with a duration (an hour).
Mitä teemmekään tämän tehtävän jälkeen sitten?
What will we do after this task then?
In this sentence, 'sitten' functions as a temporal marker to refer to an event proceeding another, orderly.
Jos olet valmis, sitten voimme aloittaa.
If you are ready, then we can start.
Here, 'sitten' acts as a logical connector, transitioning from a condition to an action happening as a result.
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