sillä

See also: silla and Silla

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsilːæ/, [ˈs̠ilːæ]
  • Rhymes: -ilːæ
  • Syllabification(key): sil‧lä

Pronoun

sillä

  1. (demonstrative) adessive singular of se
    Sillä koiralla on isot korvat.
    That dog has big ears.

Conjunction

sillä

  1. (coordinating) for, since, because
    Jään kotiin, sillä olen sairas.
    I'll stay at home because I am sick.
    Tiedän, että huomenna sataa, sillä niin kerrottiin televisiossa.
    I know it will rain tomorrow because that was told on television.

Usage notes

As an explanative conjunction, sillä may be seen as roughly synonymous with the causal conjunction koska, but the words are not always interchangeable, and koska can appear in positions where sillä cannot. For example, unlike koska, sillä cannot begin a sentence-initial subordinate clause: Koska tänään on maanantai, taidemuseo on suljettu is grammatical but *Sillä tänään on sunnuntai, taidemuseo on suljettu is not.

Adverb

sillä

  1. for that reason or intention, because
    Sillähän minä tätä ehdotin, ettei meidän tarvitsisi enää riidellä.
    I suggested this for the reason that we wouldn't have to fight anymore, alright.
    Menin eilen pihalle sillä, että tapaisin muita ihmisiä.
    I went outside yesterday for the intention of meeting other people.

See also

Anagrams

Ingrian

Conjunction

sillä

  1. for, since
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