Finnish Cases Archives - Page 4 of 6

The Lative Case – Ylös Alas Kauemmas – Finnish Grammar

January 21, 2020

ULOS, KAUAS, LÄHEMMÄS and KAUEMMAS are considered to be examples of the ancient LATIVE case which doesn't exist anymore. Learn more here!

Eri Pikku Rikki Viime Ensi Poikki – Indeclinable Words

January 17, 2020

Interesting inflection

Some words in Finnish can't be inflected in the Finnish cases: they are indeclinable words. Learn more about some of the most common ones!

Translative Verb Rections – Translatiivi Rektiot

December 16, 2019

Grammatical Cases

There are quite many verbs that require the translative for their complements. You can find examples of these translative verb rections on this page!

Postitse Puhelimitse Ohitse Maitse – Prolative

October 14, 2019

Finnish Cases

The -(i)tse ending on words like postitse, puhelimitse, ohitse and maitse is called the prolative. The name isn't important, but the words can be!

Plural illative – Suomalaisiin ihmisiin

September 11, 2019

Location Cases

"Haluan tutustua suomalaisiin ihmisiin", "olen tottunut kylmiin talviin" and "laitan kirjat hyllyihin" are three example sentences of the plural illative.

Object Sentence Examples – Luen kirjaa / kirjan / kirjat

September 10, 2019

Grammatical Cases

This article offers some object sentence examples that hopefully will help you make sense of the maze that is the Finnish object.

Hyllyllä or Hyllyssä? Pöydässä or Pöydällä?

August 23, 2019

Location Cases

Is the book "hyllyssä" or "hyllyllä"? Are you meeting a friend "kaupungissa" or "kaupungilla"? Learn the difference between these words in this article!

Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives in the Cases

May 25, 2019

Interesting inflection

Isompi, isommalla, isommilla, isoimmall, isoimmilla: these are all comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in the cases. Learn more!

Finnish Comparative Forms – Vertailuasteet

May 23, 2019

Interesting inflection

The Finnish comparative and the superlative are interesting because of their inflection. Here are the comparative forms of adjectives and adverbs!

Finnish Superlative of Adjectives – Superlatiivi

May 23, 2019

Interesting inflection

The Finnish superlative of adjectives is recognisable by the -in at the end of the word. It expresses that something has the most of a certain quality.