hello (when answering at the beginning of a call) · used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening · hello (as an in-person greeting)
köken: Borrowed from Greek μακάρι (makári, “I wish”), which is derived from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, happy”). Compare Portuguese macar (“although”, conjunction), Spanish maguer (“although”, conjunction) and Romanian măcar (“even”, adverb).
köken: From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo). The sense “whether” is possibly a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo efu (“if, when; if, whether”).
Als je die knop indrukt, gaat de computer uit.
Als het regent worden alle daken nat.
Dinsdagochtend op een grindpad / Het weekend geweest / Men maakt zich op / Voor de wandeling / Als ging men naar een feest
In indirect questions, -ko/-kö appended to the verb corresponds to the conjunctions if and whether in English. · With the particle -han/-hän attached to the topic of discussion, it expresses "I wonder if". · With the negative verb (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät) and the particle -han/-hän, expresses "I suppose".
köken: From Proto-Finnic *-ko, probably ultimately from Proto-Uralic *ko-.