Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 9 of 21

Finnish Rections – Keneltä? Kenestä? Keneen?

May 30, 2020

Keneltä? Minulta! Kenestä? Minusta! Keneen? Minuun! Learn when to use these forms in this article about Finnish rections!

Boundary Gemination – Loppukahdennus – Advanced Finnish

May 20, 2020

Phonology

Menep pois! Tulet tänne! Boundary gemination (rajageminaatio) or "end doubling" (loppukahdennus) is an advanced phonological phenomenon in Finnish.

Syntax of Spoken Finnish – Spoken Language Grammar

May 15, 2020

Spoken Language Grammar

This article contains 6 things that make the syntax (sentence constructions) in spoken language different than written Finnish!

Mass Nouns as Objects – Food and the Partitive

May 12, 2020

Object Sentences

This article gives you examples of mass nouns (ainesanat) as the objects of sentences. Learn more about how the partitive, genitive and plurals work!

-Kin and -kaan/kään Liitepartikkeli Clitic – Minäkin Minäkään

May 2, 2020

Liitepartikkelit

Learning how to use the clitics -kin and -kaan/kään will be a long process because it has many possible meanings depending on the context. Find out more!

Abstract Nouns in Object Sentences

April 26, 2020

Object Sentences

When abstract nouns appear in object sentences, they will get inflected in the partitive case. This article contains many such abstract nouns!

Finnish Numbers Shorter – 10:ää – 24:ttä – 5:nnessä

April 23, 2020

Interesting inflection

How can we make Finnish numbers shorter? You can do so using the number, and a colon combined with the case ending (e.g. 6:ssa, 7:ää, 3:nnessa, 5:nteen)

The Complement – Predikatiivi

April 16, 2020

Grammatical Cases

Have you ever wondered why "kahvi on kuumaa", but "päivä on kuuma"? This page will answer any questions you have about the complement (predikatiivi)

Abstract Nouns in Complement Sentences – Predikatiivi

April 3, 2020

Syntax

This topic is tough! Let's look at abstract nouns in complement sentences! The predikatiivi for abstract nouns is less straight-forward than you'd think!

Finnish Spoken Language Pronunciation

March 13, 2020

Phonology

"Sit haluun yhen vihreen pussin karkkej" That sentence contains 5 ways in which the Finnish spoken language pronunciation differs from its written form!