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Sentences Without a Subject – Subjektittomat Lauseet

August 1, 2019

In addition to the basic passive sentence, Finnish has several other kinds of sentences without a subject. This is a rather advanced topic.

The Sinä-Passive and Other Generic Sentences

July 29, 2019

Sentence Types

You can use a generic sentence to express that anyone can be the subject of the sentence. In Finnish, you can use both the third person singular and the sinä-passive.

Overview of the Passives

May 6, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

In this overview of the passives you can find the present passive, the past passive and the passive conditional all in one place!

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!