Maksuaika loppuu perjantaina.

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Breakdown of Maksuaika loppuu perjantaina.

• loppua: to run out
• maksuaika: the payment period

Questions & Answers about Maksuaika loppuu perjantaina.

Why is maksuaika written as one word?

Because Finnish very often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

• maksu = payment
• aika = time, period

So maksuaika means something like payment time / payment period / time allowed for payment.

This is much more natural in Finnish as one word than as two separate words.

What exactly does maksuaika mean here?

In this sentence, maksuaika means the time limit for paying, payment period, or due period.

It does not mean just time in a general sense. It refers to the allowed period during which a payment should be made.

So in practical contexts, it often functions like the payment deadline period or the due time.

Why is the verb loppuu and not lopettaa?