Plural Translative Case – Finnish Grammar August 16, 2022 Grammatical Cases Learn more about the plural translative case! It consists of the plural marker -i- with the case marker -ksi at the end. Read More
Puhui Puhumistaan – “Kept Doing” Construction August 7, 2022 Constructions These Finnish phrases express actions repeatedly happening (eg. puhui puhumistaan) or increasing in intensity (eg. vanhenee vanhenemistaan). Read More
Homonyms – Finnish words with multiple meanings July 26, 2022 Morphology Homonyms are Finnish words like KUUSI (6) and KUUSI (spruce), JÄÄ (ice) and JÄÄ (stay), MAKSA (pay) and MAKSA (liver), which mean two things. Read More
The Finnish Object – Objekti July 16, 2022 Object Sentences Luen kirjaa. Luin kirjan. Lue kirja! Lue kirjat! Luen kirjoja. Learn about the Finnish Object with many examples and explanations! Read More
What is Derivation? – Finnish Derivational Suffixes June 26, 2022 Morphology 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! Read More
How to be polite in Finnish June 3, 2022 Constructions We all know Finnish doesn't have a word for "please". This article teaches you different ways that exist to be polite in Finnish! Read More
Accusative Total Object – Human objects – Minut Sinut April 26, 2022 Object Sentences This article contains a list of verbs with an accusative total object. Learn which verbs usually get MINUT, SINUT, HÄNET as an object! Read More
Total Object Verbs – Genitive Object – Verb List April 13, 2022 Object Sentences Click for a list of TOTAL OBJECT VERBS, which normally get a genitive case object, such as "Tiedän/muistan/unohdan nimen"! Read More
Koira-words in the plural partitive March 20, 2022 Morphology 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! Read More
Kissa-words in the Plural Partitive March 19, 2022 Morphology 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! Read More