probability Archives - Uusi kielemme

Lie Lienee – Expressing probability – Potential

October 24, 2019

So you've come across the words lie and lienee and now you wonder what they mean. Find out more about ways to express probability in this article!

October 21, 2019

We can use certain auxialliary verbs to express probability in Finnish: taitaa, mahtaa and saattaa. Learn more about their usage in this article!

June 5, 2019

In this list, you can find adverbs that express certainty (selvästi, totta kai), probability (todennäköisesti, varmaan), and unlikelihood (tuskin)

March 23, 2019

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