Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 18 of 21

The Second Infinitive

April 27, 2019

Puhun kuiskaten. Laulan tehdessäni ruokaa. Ruokaa tehtäessä käytetään liesituuletinta. Learn how to use the second infinitive aka E-infinitive!

Modal Substitute Construction – Modaalinen Lauseenvastike

April 26, 2019

Constructions

Lapsi tuli itkien. Me tanssimme laulaen. Äiti siivoaa radiota kuunnellen. Find out more about the modal substitute construction aka modaalirakenne!

Fourth Infinitive Verb Rections

April 24, 2019

Constructions

Harrastan lukemista, nautin lukemisesta, mutta sitten kyllästyn lukemiseen. Learn some fourth infinitive verb rections now!

The Fourth Infinitive -minen Neljäs Infinitiivi

April 24, 2019

Infinitives

Rakastan nukkumista! Nukkuminen on kivaa. Hän nukkuu nukkumistaan. Learn how to use the fourth infinitive (neljäs infinitiivi) now!

The Verb Harrastaa – Talking about Your Hobbies

April 7, 2019

Rections

To talk about your hobbies in Finnish, you will need the verb "harrastaa. Learn how to use it and how the fourth infinitive is related to it!

The Future Tense in Finnish – Expressing Intent

April 6, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Why is there no future tense in Finnish? How do you express intent when you can't use a tense for it? Learn how Finns talk about future events!

The Perfect Conditional – Konditionaalin Perfekti

March 31, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

"If I would have known, I wouldn't have come" This sentence contains the perfect conditional. Learn more about how to form it in this article!

Necessity Sentences – Täytyy – Pitää – On Pakko

March 30, 2019

Sentence Types

"Minun täytyy" and "minun on pakko" are part of necessity sentences. Learn how to use them, as well as what happens to the object of the sentence!

Vowel Harmony Exceptions – Vokaaliharmonia

March 28, 2019

Interesting inflection

The vowel harmony rules apply to most Finnish words. However, there are several groups of loanwords with vowel harmony exceptions. Learn more now!

Vowel Harmony – Vokaaliharmonia – Finnish Grammar

March 28, 2019

Finnish Grammar

The Finnish vowels form two opposite groups: A, O and U versus Ä, Ö and Y. Learn how this affects inflection, conjugation and derivation!