sitten

This is the 28th most frequent Finnish word.


sitten

"Then," "after that," "since," or "ago" (context-dependent).


Here, 'sitten' is used to indicate a point in time in the past, paired with a duration (an hour).

Tulimme kotiin tunti sitten.

We came home an hour ago.


In this sentence, 'sitten' functions as a temporal marker to refer to an event proceeding another, orderly.

Mitä teemmekään tämän tehtävän jälkeen sitten?

What will we do after this task then?


Here, 'sitten' acts as a logical connector, transitioning from a condition to an action happening as a result.

Jos olet valmis, sitten voimme aloittaa.

If you are ready, then we can start.