Finnish Cases Archives - Page 3 of 6

The Abessive Case – tta/ttä – Abessiivi

March 8, 2021

As one of the rarer Finnish cases, the abessive case expresses a lack of something, or going without something. There's a whole bunch of phrases to learn!

The Essive Case – na/nä – Essiivi

March 7, 2021

Grammatical Cases

Look at these words: kotoNA, ulkoNA, myyjäNÄ. They all have the -na/nä marker, which is called the essive. Learn more about the essive case now!

The Translative Case – ksi – Translatiivi

March 5, 2021

Grammatical Cases

The translative case comes with the ending -ksi. It is used for changes in state or transitions. Learn when to use it and how to form it now!

The Plural Forms in Finnish – Examples

November 29, 2020

Finnish Cases

This article contains examples of the plural forms in Finnish: the plural partitive, genitive, inessive and illative cases.

Finnish Numbers Shorter – 10:ää – 24:ttä – 5:nnessä

April 23, 2020

Interesting inflection

How can we make Finnish numbers shorter? You can do so using the number, and a colon combined with the case ending (e.g. 6:ssa, 7:ää, 3:nnessa, 5:nteen)

The Complement – Predikatiivi

April 16, 2020

Grammatical Cases

Have you ever wondered why "kahvi on kuumaa", but "päivä on kuuma"? This page will answer any questions you have about the complement (predikatiivi)

Mustamakkara Uusi-Seelanti – Finnish Double Inflection

February 23, 2020

Interesting inflection

Finnish has some compound words that get endings added to them TWICE. For example, mustamakkara becomes e.g. mustastamakkasta and mustanmakkaran. Learn more!

Comparison of the Inflection of Numbers – Viisi Viides

February 16, 2020

Interesting inflection

Viidessä vs viidennessä, kuutena vs kuudentena, kolmeen vs kolmanteen. Hopefully this comparison of the inflection of numbers will help you!

Hattu Päässä ja Kengät Jalassa – Inessive Case

February 7, 2020

Location Cases

Explaining what you're wearing in Finnish is different: you should specify that you're wearing the hat on your head for example: Minulla on hattu päässä.

Mennä and Lähteä – Finnish Verb Differences

January 27, 2020

Location Cases

The verbs MENNÄ and LÄHTEÄ can be confused easily, especially by native Estonian speakers. Find out now what makes these verbs confusing!