Concept · Postpositiot
Many relations that English and Russian put before a noun come after it in Finnish, and the noun before them takes the genitive: talon edessä (in front of the house, перед домом), pöydän alla (under the table), viikon kuluttua (in a week, через неделю), loman aikana (during the holiday). The genitive marks the landmark, and the little word after it says how you stand to it.
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in (a time from now), … later · через; спустя
Lähdemme lomalle viikon kuluttua.We’re going on holiday in a week.
Counts forward, from now or from any moment in a story: hetken kuluttua alkoi sataa is a moment later. Päästä means the same and is the usual word in speech. Like talon edessä, the landmark takes the genitive: kahden viikon kuluttua.
around, about (a time) · около
Tulen kahden aikoihin.I’ll come around two.
Three ways to say about the same time. Maissa goes mostly with clock times, aikoihin with other times too (samoihin aikoihin, around the same time), and paikkeilla with places as well. The number before them takes the genitive: kahden, not kaksi.
during, within · во время; за
Loman aikana luin monta hyvää kirjaa.During the holiday I read lots of good books.
Something happens inside the period, at one point or several. A stretch that fills the whole period is a measure instead: Satoi koko päivän, it rained all day.
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