No. 919 in Finnish
talvena
"Talvena" means "in the winter" in English.
In a sentence
Viime talvena lunta satoi paljon.
Last winter, it snowed a lot.
In this sentence, 'talvena' is used in the essive case to indicate the time period (winter) when an action occurred, emphasizing its role as the context for the verb 'satoi' (snowed).
Nuorena talvena hän oppi hiihtämään.
As a young winter, she learned to ski.
Here, 'talvena' is again in the essive case, but it metaphorically describes the state or period during which the subject was young and learning skiing, humorously personifying 'winter'.
Tänä talvena olemme matkustaneet etelään.
This winter, we have traveled to the south.
In this usage, 'talvena' denotes the current winter period where the action of 'matkustaneet' (traveled) took place.
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