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Rektio – What are rections? – Finnish Grammar

November 10, 2022

What is a "rektio"? Or a "verbirektio"? Learn more about what "rections" are in the Finnish language in this article!

The 5 Finnish Infinitives

April 26, 2021

Do you know when to use ostaa, ostaakseen, ostaen, ostaessa, ostettaessa, ostamassa, ostaminen, or ostaakseen? The 5 finnish infinitives are pretty cool!

Location Case Verb Rections – Rektiot Missä Mistä Mihin

February 19, 2021

"Verb rections" refers to the phenomenon where a word requires other words to appear in a certain form. Location case verbs rections are one subgroup.

Finnish Noun Rections – Noun + Noun

November 10, 2020

This article contains a long list of noun + noun rections, such as "ratkaisu ongelmaan" and "tieto ongelmasta". Expand your vocabulary!

Finnish Rections – Keneltä? Kenestä? Keneen?

May 30, 2020

Keneltä? Minulta! Kenestä? Minusta! Keneen? Minuun! Learn when to use these forms in this article about Finnish rections!

Translative Verb Rections – Translatiivi Rektiot

December 16, 2019

Grammatical Cases

There are quite many verbs that require the translative for their complements. You can find examples of these translative verb rections on this page!

How to say TO TRY in Finnish – Yrittää Pyrkiä Kokeilla

November 28, 2019

Interesting Verbs

You can use many verbs to say TO TRY in Finnish. In this article, you can find out what each of them means, as well as their rections!

Verb Rections with Että – Siihen että, Siitä että

November 27, 2019

Rakastan sitä, että.. Tykkään siitä, että... Luotan siitä, että... Kuulostaa siltä,että... Learn more about verb rections with että-sentences!

Making someone do something – Pyytää Kehottaa Käskeä

November 20, 2019

Pyytää, neuvoa, vaatia, käskeä and velvoittaa are some of the Finnish verbs you can use to express "making someone do something".

Adjective Rections – Vihainen sinulle – Ylpeä sinusta

October 8, 2019

Adjective rections are the reason why we say: rehellinen SINULLE, ihastunut SINUUN and ylpeä SINUSTA. Learn more of the different rections now!