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The Adessive Case (Millä) – Finnish Grammar

February 14, 2022

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.

Levällään Ammollaan Sukkasillaan Finnish Adessive Phrases

December 22, 2019

Constructions

Levällään ammollaan and sukkasillaan are three phrases using the adessive case and a possessive suffix. You can find other similar phrases in this article.

[ Olla + X:lla ] Finnish Adessive Phrases – Olla Kahvilla Meneillä Treffeillä

December 21, 2019

Adverbs

This article lists adessive phrases such as [olla lenkillä] and [olla voitolla], which follow the [olla + x:lla] construction pattern.

Hyllyllä or Hyllyssä? Pöydässä or Pöydällä?

August 23, 2019

Location Cases

Is the book "hyllyssä" or "hyllyllä"? Are you meeting a friend "kaupungissa" or "kaupungilla"? Learn the difference between these words in this article!