Morphology Archives - Uusi kielemme

Finnish Verb Stems – All Verbtypes

November 4, 2024

More analytical students may benefit from this overview of the Finnish verb stems of all the verbtypes. Click to find out more!

August 21, 2024

Learn about Finnish contractions such as ettei, muttei, ehkei and miksei, as well as their other person forms (etten, ettet, ettemme, etc.)

December 29, 2023

Learn more about the WORD FAMILY of the verb liikkua! This look at Finnish derivation should help you make sense of how words are created in Finnish.

December 3, 2023

Click to find out more about consonant gradation where K disappears! Astevaihtelu or KPT-vaihtelu where the K disappears is tricky.

November 30, 2023

Learn more about the Finnish derivational system and the derivational suffixes used to create new adjectives, nouns, adverbs and verbs!

July 26, 2022

Homonyms are Finnish words like KUUSI (6) and KUUSI (spruce), JÄÄ (ice) and JÄÄ (stay), MAKSA (pay) and MAKSA (liver), which mean two things.

June 26, 2022

Learn more about Finnish suffixes such as -sto, -tar and -utua and how they are used in derivation to create new words from existing ones!

March 20, 2022

I'm often asked for a list of KOIRA-words while we're learning the partitive plural of different word types. Here's a helpful list!

March 19, 2022

I'm often asked for a list of KISSA-words while we're learning the partitive plural of different word types. Here's a helpful list!