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Partitive Verbs – Partitiiviverbit – Finnish Grammar

February 27, 2019

Here's a list of some basic partitive verbs. Partitive verbs require the noun they're attached to to appear in the partitive case.

Finnish Prepositions – Finnish Grammar

February 26, 2019

Constructions

Postpositions are definitely more common in Finnish, but there are some Finnish prepositions as well. In addition, some words can be both!

Question Word: Kuka? Who? – Interrogative Pronoun

February 24, 2019

Constructions

A thing as simple as asking "who" is a whole hassle in Finnish. Learn more now about the complicated uses of the question word kuka!

The Inflection of Postpositions – Finnish Grammar

February 23, 2019

Constructions

If you understand the basics of postpositions, this is the right place for you Learn about the inflection of postpositions in the mistä and mihin form!

Finnish Postpositions – Edessä Takana Vieressä

February 21, 2019

Constructions

Finnish has a lot of postpositions. Especially the concrete ones that are related to where something is situated are important, but there are many more!

Perceptional Verbs – Aistiverbit – Finnish Vocabulary

February 19, 2019

Constructions

Perceptional verbs come by many names: sense verbs, aistiverbit, aistimusverbit, vaikutelmaverbit, etc. They have a special rection to them!

The Imperfect Tense – Past Tense – Imperfekti

February 18, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

The past tense - or the imperfect tense - is used for when something is completely over with. Find out how it is conjugated in Finnish right now!

Verbtype 6 Consonant Gradation

February 16, 2019

Consonant Gradation

Verbtype 6 consonant gradation is very much like for verbtype 3 and 4. This means the basic form of the verb will be weak and the conjugations strong.

Minulla on – Possession (Having Something) – Finnish

February 14, 2019

Sentence Types

In this article we talk about possession (having something). In Finnish you need the minulla on -sentence construction for that. Learn more now!

Verbtype 3 Consonant Gradation

February 13, 2019

Consonant Gradation

Ommella becomes ompelen, ajatella becomes ajattelen and tapella become tappelen. Learn more about verbtype 3 consonant gradation!