Toinen

The word toinen is often used in the plural with a possessive suffix to express “each other”. The Finnish grammar term for this word is resiprookkipronomini. For now, I have no separate article on the topic, so these exercises stand on their own.

Itse

The word itse on its own technically just means “self”. By adding a possessive suffix, you can make it myself (itseni), himself (itsensä) or ourselves (itsemme).

In addition, you will need to use the Finnish cases . To find out which case you should use, you could replace the word itse with, for example, the name “Seppo” or the noun “poika“. That way, you get some idea of what case fits into the sentence. For example, we can say “Minä rakastan Seppoa/poikaa“, thus realizing that we need the partitive form of itse: “Minä rakastan itseäni“.

Itse can also be used without a possessive suffix in certain contexts. You can read more about itse on the main Uusi kielemme website.

Jokin

The meaning of jokin changes depending on which case ending you’re using. For example, jotakin means “something”, jossakin means “somewhere” and jostakin means “from somewhere”.

For now, this section only contains exercises about jokin. However, you might also want to check out what the difference is between jokin and joku. In situations where both jokin and joku are used, the exercises will accept either one of the two options. Another thing not included at the moment are the plural forms of jokin (e.g. jotkin, joissakin, joihinkin). I will be adding those soon.

Note how for some of these forms, Finnish has both a longer version and a shorter version of the word: the -k- can be dropped in some cases. The exercises will accept either of the two versions as correct.

Jompikumpi

The word jompikumpi means “either one (of two options)”. Both options are of equal value. This word has a double inflection: the case ending will appear both in the middle of the word and at the end.

I don’t currently have a page on the main site explaining this word in more detail, but I’m confident that looking closely at the sentences in exercise 1 will help you grasp the concept. I will be working on an article on this topic in the near future.