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Finnish Syntax – Finnish Grammar

On this page, you can find an overview of all articles related to Finnish syntax, ie. the formation of clauses, sentences and phrases.

Finnish sentence types

FINNISH SYNTAX – FINNISH SENTENCE TYPES

1. Finnish sentence types

- Overview of sentence types

2. Possessive sentences

- Minulla on (having something)

3. Necessity sentences

4. Existential sentences

- Existential sentences
- Word order in existential sentences

5. Other sentence types

- Sentences without a subject
- Generic sentences
- Change and result sentences
- Tuloslause vs. muutoslause

6. Object & complement sentences

- The object
- Luen kirjaa/kirjan/kirjat
- Syön leipää/pullan/nakkeja
- Tarvitsen rakkautta
- Advanced object: overview
- Total object verbs
- The complement
- Mass nouns
- Complications
- Abstract nouns

7. Subordinate clauses

8. Infinitive and participle constructions

- Use of infinitives and participles
- Finaalirakenne
- Modaalirakenne
- Temporaalirakenne
- Referatiivirakenne

Rections

FINNISH SYNTAX – RECTIONS

1. What are rections?

2. Verb + noun rections

- Partitive verbs
- So-called partitive verbs
- Käydä + missä
- Location case verb rections
- Translative verb rections
- Perceptional verbs
- Keneltä kenestä keneen

3. Verb + verb rections

- Infinitive verb rections
- Third infinitive verb rections
- Fourth infinitive verb rections

4. Noun rections

- Adjective rections
- Noun + noun rections
- Noun + verb rections (coming soon)

other interesting constructions

OTHER INTERESTING CONSTRUCTIONS

1. Constructions with the verb olla

2. Other constructions