meneillään

Finnish

Etymology

meneillä with a possessive suffix

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmenei̯lːæːn/, [ˈme̞ne̞i̯lːæːn]
Rhymes: -eneilːæːn
Syllabification^(key): me‧neil‧lään

Adverb

meneillään

going on, currently happening

Usage notes

This adverb can be used predicatively with olla (“to be”); it can be used as an adjective in other positions (such as attributively) by using oleva.

“meneillään”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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