myöskin
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]myöskin (not comparable) (informal)
- More emphatic form of myös.
Usage notes
[edit]- Technically tautological, as myös (“also, too”) and -kin (“too”, clitic) mean the same thing. For this reason, it is considered incorrect in the standard language, but is nevertheless rather common in informal contexts.
Related terms
[edit]polarity pair |
positive | myöskin |
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negative | myöskään |
Further reading
[edit]- “myöskin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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