Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 4 of 21

Wordtype B Consonant Gradation

February 16, 2022

Wordtype B consists of words ending in -e, -ton, -in, -as and -tar. Learn now how wordtype B consonant gradation differs from normal consonant gradation!

The Illative Case (Mihin) – S-Mihin – Finnish Grammar

February 16, 2022

Grammatical Cases

The illative case answers to the question "mihin?". Learn more about when to use this grammatical case and how words are inflected!

The Allative Case (Mille) – Finnish Grammar

February 16, 2022

Location Cases

The -lle ending is a response to the questions "mihin" and "mille". Learn when to use it as well as how to form it in this article!

The Ablative Case (Miltä) – Finnish Grammar

February 14, 2022

Location Cases

The ablative case (miltä) is one of the Finnish location cases. Learn more about this -lta ending, when to use it and how to add it to words!

The Elative Case (Mistä) – Finnish Grammar

February 14, 2022

Grammatical Cases

The elative case (mistä) -- one of the Finnish location cases -- signifies leaving from somewhere. Learn more about this case now!

The Inessive Case (Missä) – Finnish Grammar

February 14, 2022

Location Cases

The "missä" case is called the inessive by linguists. Learn more about when to use it and how words change when you put -ssa to the end!

The Adessive Case (Millä) – Finnish Grammar

February 14, 2022

Location Cases

The adessive case is the answer to the questions "millä" and "kenellä". It's one of the location cases that's also used to express possession.

Joka-pronomini – Jonka Jota Joista Joiden

December 28, 2021

Constructions

Read more about which situations to use the different forms of the relative pronoun joka, ie. JOKA-PRONOMINI!

Ilman Vailla Paitsi – Expressing a “Lack of Something” in Finnish

December 9, 2021

Constructions

Learn how to express a LACK of something in Finnish! You can say "without" in many ways, as demonstrated in this article.

-Han/hän – Liitepartikkeli Clitic – Minähän sanoin!

November 21, 2021

Liitepartikkelit

Missähän? Miksihän? Minähän sanoin! This tricky little clitic -han/hän appears all over the place in Finnish. Learn what it means and how to use it!