viime aikoina
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]viime (“latest, last”) + aikoina (“essive plural of time”)
Adverb
[edit]- lately, of late (in the recent past)
- Olet ollut viime aikoina aika väsynyt.
- You have been quite tired lately.
- Poikani on käynyt täällä usein viime aikoina.
- My son has been here often lately.
Usage notes
[edit]- viime aikoina is understood to refer to a continuous or repeated action. For example, one cannot say *Poikani kävi täällä viime aikoina (“My son was here lately”) if he visited just once. Words understood to refer to a one-time or well-specified event include: hiljattain, äskettäin, taannoin.