Handbook of Finnish, 2nd edition, section 13 Numerals:

Adverbs derived from numerals

There are some suffixes used to derive adverbs from numerals, described in other sections of this book and summarized in the following table.

Suffix

Meaning

Example

Translation

sen

Approximate numeral

kolmisen metriƤ

about three meters

sti

Indicates number of repetitions

kolmesti

three times, thrice

ttAin

Distributive

kolmittain

in groups of three

 


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