Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 16 of 21

Oleva Olevan Olevasi Olevansa – What?

July 8, 2019

What do the words oleva olevan olevasi and olevansa mean exactly? Learn more about this participle and how to use it in our article!

The 5 Finnish Participles – Overview

July 5, 2019

Participles

The page contains an overview of the 5 finnish participles and their most important uses. It also contains links to all our other participle articles!

How to Say Yes and No in Finnish – Kyllä ja Ei

July 3, 2019

Syntax

How do you say "yes" and "no" in Finnish? The simple answer is respectively "kyllä" and "ei". However, it's not quite that simple. Learn how to say yes and no in Finnish!

Body Movements – Plural Imperative – Nouskaa!

July 1, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

In this body movements article we look both at verbs related to these movements and how to use them in a sentence. Oppikaa uusia verbejä!

Body Movements – Imperative – Kapteeni Käskee

July 1, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Turn around, sit down, raise your hand, close your eyes! These imperatives are related to body movements. In this article, we will look at more examples.

Third Infinitive in Spoken Language: Menen nukkuun

June 22, 2019

Infinitives

Pystytkö ymmärtään? Alkaako ärsyttään? Alatko etsiin selityksiä? The third infinitive in spoken language loses its marker -maan.

Agent Participle – Agenttipartisiippi

June 8, 2019

Participles

The agent participle has the marker -mA, and expresses the agent of something (kirjoittamani kirja, or äidin kirjoittama kirja).

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.