No. 254 in Finnish
ympäri
Around.
In a sentence
Kävelin puiston ympäri aamulla.
I walked around the park in the morning.
Here, 'ympäri' is used as a preposition to indicate movement around a specific location.
Ravintolat olivat täynnä ihmisiä ympäri kaupunkia.
The restaurants were full of people all over the city.
In this example, 'ympäri' denotes the widespread presence or distribution across a location.
Laitoin köyden kiertämään puun ympäri.
I placed the rope to go around the tree.
'Ympäri' here is used to describe a physical action involving encircling an object.
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