sentence constructions Archives

Finnish Commas Rules – PART 1: Pilkkusäännöt

June 22, 2025

Syntax

Learn the Finnish comma rules in this in-depth article. In part 1 we look at comma rules within full sentences.

Sentence types with verb in the third person singular – Incongruence

October 13, 2024

Sentence Types

Some Finnish sentence types always have the verb in the third person singular. Learn about these sentence types to make better sentences!

Finnish Sentence Types Expressing Change: Tuloslause vs. Muutoslause

July 14, 2020

Sentence Types

Minusta tuli onnellinen VERSUS Minä tulin onnelliseksi - Learn the difference between these two Finnish sentence types expressing change!

Hänestä tuli lääkäri – Tuloslause – Change and Result Sentences

July 12, 2020

Sentence Types

The sentence type in the example "Hänestä tuli lääkäri" is called TULOSLAUSE in Finnish. It expresses a development. Learn more Finnish grammar today!

Syntax of Spoken Finnish – Spoken Language Grammar

May 15, 2020

Spoken Language Grammar

This article contains 6 things that make the syntax (sentence constructions) in spoken language different than written Finnish!

Sivulause – Finnish Sentence Types: Subordinate Clauses

November 29, 2019

Sentence Types

Learn about Finnish sentence types! A "sivulause" (subordinate clause in English) gives more information about the main sentence, or complements it.

Nauraa Hohotti – Colorative Descriptive Verb Chains

August 10, 2019

Constructions

"Kuolla kupsahti", "nauraa hohotti" and "puhua pälpätti" are three verb chain phrase examples of the colorative construction. This is an advanced Finnish grammar subject.

T-Plural vs. Partitive Plural

August 9, 2019

Sentence Types

In this article, you can get some insight in when to use T-plural vs partitive plural in both regular sentences and existential sentences.

Existential Sentences – Jossain on jotain

August 9, 2019

Sentence Types

Existential sentences express that somewhere there is something, for example "Pöydällä on kirja". Learn more about this sentence type now!

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.