word types Archives - Uusi kielemme

Finnish Words Ending in -L, -N, -R

September 30, 2019

This article deals with finnish words ending in -l, -n, -r, such as kyynel, sammal, manner, jäsen and vasen. You can learn how to inflect them here!

Adjectives Ending in -NUT/-NYT

September 16, 2019

Words Ending in...

Väsynyt, väsyneenä, väsyneeltä... Kuollut, kuoleella, kuolleen... Learn more about how to put adjectives ending in -nut/nyt in the Finnish cases!

Words Ending in a Consonant: Overview

June 1, 2019

Words Ending in...

Rakas, keskus, soitin, työtön, myyjätär and roskis are all words ending in a consonant. They each have their own page with more information.

Spoken Language Words ending in -is – Puhekieli Sanasto

May 30, 2019

Spoken Language Vocabulary

Roskis, futis, depis and kirppis are spoken language words ending in -is. Add these to your vocabulary and learn how to inflect them in the cases!

Words Ending in -As – Taivutus: As-Loppuiset Sanat

May 28, 2019

Words Ending in...

Some words: hammas, saapas, iäkäs, avulias, rakas, etc. Let's look at some words ending in -as and at how they inflect in the cases!

Old Words versus New Words Ending in -i

May 20, 2019

Words Ending in...

Words that end in -i can be confusing in finnish. Learn now how old words versus new words behave when you put the in the partitive and other cases!

Vowel Harmony Exceptions – Vokaaliharmonia

March 28, 2019

Morphology

The vowel harmony rules apply to most Finnish words. However, there are several groups of loanwords with vowel harmony exceptions. Learn more now!

Verb-Based Words Ending in Us-Ukse-

March 24, 2019

Words Ending in...

One large group of Finnish words ending in an -s are the verb-based words ending in us-ukse. This includes for example words like "tarjous" (from tarjota).

Words Ending in -is – Kallis Kaunis Futis Roskis

March 24, 2019

Words Ending in...

The Finnish language has several types of words that end in -is, which have their own way of being inflected into the cases. Find out more here!

Wordtype B Consonant Gradation

February 16, 2019

Consonant Gradation

Wordtype B consists of words ending in -e, -ton, -in, -as and -tar. Learn now how wordtype B consonant gradation differs from normal consonant gradation!