Verbs - Finnish Grammar Archives - Page 5 of 6

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!

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 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!

The Third Infinitive – Kolmas Infinitiivi

March 25, 2019

Infinitives

"Menen nukkumaan" is an example of a phrase with the third infinitive. It's very commonly used in Finnish. Learn more about this form here!

The Potential – Potentiaali – Saanen muistuttaa…

March 23, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

The potential mood expresses that something is probable, but not certain. It's an extremely rarely used Finnish verbal mood.

The Passive Present Participle – TAVA-Participle

March 19, 2019

Participles

Tehtävä, luettava, sanottava, muistettava and tarvittava are all examples of the present passive participle. Learn more about it in this article!

Present Passive Participle Sentence Constructions

March 19, 2019

Constructions

"On tehtävissä", "on tehtävänä" and "vien tehtäväksi" are very interesting present passive participle sentence constructions. Learn more now!

The Active Past Participle – NUT-Partisiippi

March 6, 2019

Constructions

You can make verbs into the -nut form, which is called the active past participle. This form is the used for several different functions. Find out more!

Että-Participle – Referatiivirakenne

March 6, 2019

Constructions

There are so many things you can do with particles! Learn how to use participles to replace an että-sentence in this article!