Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 12 of 21

Siinä tapauksessa – Siitä huolimatta – Connectives

November 26, 2019

Siinä tapauksessa - Sen takia - Sitä varten - Siinä mielessä - Sitä paitsi - Sillä tavoin. These are all phrases that include the pronoun "se". Learn more now!

Making someone do something – Pyytää Kehottaa Käskeä

November 20, 2019

Constructions

Pyytää, neuvoa, vaatia, käskeä and velvoittaa are some of the Finnish verbs you can use to express "making someone do something".

Verbtype 1 – Conjugation – All Tenses and Moods

November 18, 2019

Verbtypes

Verbtype 1 is usually the first verbtype you learn. On this page you can find information about how verb type 1 verbs are conjugated in Finnish.

Reduplication: Vuosi vuodelta – Askel askeleelta

November 16, 2019

Constructions

Reduplication is the phenomenon where a word or phrase gets repeated several times in a row. In Finnish you can have for example "juuri ja juuri" and "käsi kädessä".

Auttaa Auttoi – Verbtype 1 Imperfect Tense

November 5, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Ajaa ajoi, auttaa auttoi, maksaa maksoi, laittaa laittoi. Four examples of a..a - a...oi verbs, aka verbtype 1 verbs in their imperfect form.

Verbs like Lentää Lensi Tietää Tiesi – Imperfect

October 28, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Why does the verb lentää become "hän lensi" in the past tense? And tietää "minä tiesin"? Let's take a look at the type of verbs that have this rule!

Vowel Lengths: Matemaatikko Matematiikka

October 20, 2019

Phonology

Let's take a look at the vowel lengths in words like politiikka and poliitikko. These are parallel nouns that express a person and a field of science.

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!

Adjective Rections – Vihainen sinulle – Ylpeä sinusta

October 8, 2019

Rections

Adjective rections are the reason why we say: rehellinen SINULLE, ihastunut SINUUN and ylpeä SINUSTA. Learn more of the different rections now!

Transitivity and Intransitivity – Different Derivation Types

October 1, 2019

Types of Verbs

Finnish verbs can be divided based on their transitivity and intransitivity. This article contains more information of the different derivation types.