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Thedistributive case (abbreviatedDISTR) is used on nouns for the meanings of 'per' or 'each.'
InHungarian it is-nként and expresses the manner when something happens to each member of a set one by one (e.g.,fejenként "per head",esetenként "in some case"), or the frequency in time (hetenként "once a week",tízpercenként "every ten minutes").
In theFinnish language, thisadverb type is rare, even rarer in the singular. Its ending is-ttain/-ttäin.[1] The basic meaning is "separately for each". For example,maa ("country") becomesmaittain for an expression likeLaki ratifioidaan maittain ("The law is ratified separately in each country"). It can be used to distribute the action to frequent points in time, e.g.,päivä (day) has the plural distributivepäivittäin (each day).
It can mean also "in (or with) regard to the (cultural) perspective" when combined with a word referring to an inhabitant (-lais-). Frequently Finns (suomalaiset) say thatsuomalaisittain tuntuu oudolta, että ..., or "in the Finnish perspective, it feels strange that ...".
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