Kun is the conjunction when.
- Lähetä mulle tekstiviesti, kun olet valmis. - Send me a text message when you are ready.
Milloin is the question word when.
- Milloin sä menet Tampereelle? - When are you going to Tampere?
Its synonym is koska.
- Koska te tulette takaisin? - When will you (plural) come back?
Kind of confusingly, koska also means because.
- Soitin sinulle, koska haluaisin jutella yhdestä tärkeästä asiasta. - I called you, because I would like to talk about an important thing.
Notice that kun can also mean than. It is the spoken language version of kuin.
- Mun äidin tekemät lihapullat on parempia kun nämä. - My mom's meatballs are better than these ones.)
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4 comments:
What I find annoying is the habit to abbreviate "kun" to "ku", which wouldn't be so bad if "kuin" was not then double abbreviated to also become "ku", which I've heard done.
"Kuin"
Are you sure it's doubly abbreviated?
Mulla on ajatus, mikset sä tehdää myös podcasti tästä postista? Minusta kieli opi on oppinut helpompi kun kuntelen siihen :)
Joo, olen mä vähän suunnitellut sitäkin.:)
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